Employment

  • Mitchell v. Osceola Farms Company

    Class of H-2A Cane Cutters Opposes Federal Motion to Dismiss Wage Claims Based on Decertification of Class in Prior State-Court Proceeding

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    December 05, 2005

  • Muszynska v. Resurrection Health Care

    Nursing Home Employer Properly Pleaded a Common-Law Retaliatory Discharge Claim Under Its Whistle-Blowing Public Policy Mandate, Court Finds

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    November 03, 2005

  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Harris Farms Incorporated

    Farmworker Wins Damages and Injunctive Relief Against Employer for Retaliation and Inadequate Response to Her Sexual Harassment Complaint

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    September 30, 2005

  • Doe v. Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated

    Employees of WalMart’s Overseas Suppliers and Adversely Affected U.S. Union Members Bring Third-Party Beneficiary and State-Law Claims in California Court Against WalMart for Failure to Enforce the Code of Conduct in Its Supplier Contracts

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    September 13, 2005

  • United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Tyson Foods Incorporated

    African American Employees Sue Tyson Foods Under Section 1981, Title VII, of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Alabama Law for Hostile Work Environment Due to “Whites Only” Bathroom, Restricted Break Room, Racist Comments and Behavior, and Retaliation

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    August 12, 2005

  • Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    Wal-Mart Challenges Class Certification in Discrimination Suit by Female Employees

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    February 14, 2005

  • Smith v. City of Jackson

    Age Discrimination in Employment Act Authorizes Recovery in Disparate-Impact Cases Comparable to Griggs

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    January 01, 2005

  • Sanango v. 200 East 16th Street Housing Corporation

    Undocumented Laborer’s Tort Recovery for Lost Earnings Is Limited to Wages Plaintiff Could Have Earned in His Home Country

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    December 28, 2004

  • Balbuena v. IDR Realty LLC

    Immigration Reform and Control Act Preempts State Tort Recovery for Lost Earnings Based on Undocumented Employee’s Potential U.S. Earnings

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    December 28, 2004

  • Cagnoli v. Tandem Staffing and Specialty Risk Services Inc.

    Florida Law Requiring Social Security Number on Workers’ Compensation Benefit Application Violates Federal Privacy Act

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    November 05, 2004