• Gooden v. Walton

    Publication Date: 2022-10-10
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pappert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-190

    University president could be held personally liable for procedural due process claims arising from locking professor out of his research lab and failing to maintain his access to his research data without notice or opportunity to be heard in a grievance. Defendants' motions for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part.

  • Uronis v. Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-03
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Restrepo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-1874

    District court erred in dismissing appellant's action alleging appellees violated §15(a)(3) of the Fair Labor Standards Act when they refused to hire him because he was "about to testify" in an FLSA collective action where he adequately pled appellees had fair notice he engaged in protected activity, they declined to hire him because of that and it was plausible they discriminated against him based on their anticipation that he would file a consent to join a FLSA collective action. Reversed.

  • Nardelli v. Lamparskid

    Publication Date: 2022-09-26
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: District Judge Eddy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2:20-CV-01723-CRE

    Plaintiffs failed to plausibly plead overtime wage violations where they did not allege sufficient facts to infer that they regularly worked 40 hours in a workweek and regularly worked uncompensated hours over 40 hours in such workweeks. Defendant's motion to strike denied, motion to dismiss granted.

  • Crosbie v. Highmark Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-19
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Consulting | Health Care | Insurance
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-1641

    Whistleblower retaliation claim was properly dismissed where employee failed to show that his termination for harassment, following an investigation, was mere pretext as employee could only speculate that the investigation was a sham. Order of the district court affirmed.

  • O'Neill v. State Employees Ret. Sys.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
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    Case Number: 22-1024

    Commonwealth Court erred in forfeiting appellant's pension under Public Employee Pension Forfeiture Act because appellant's guilty plea to 18 U.S.C. §1001 did not trigger pension forfeiture since §1001 and 18 Pa.C.S. §4906 were not "substantially the same." Reversed.

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  • McCall v. Carbon Schuykill Cmty. Hosp., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Mannion
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-1035

    Employer was denied summary judgment on disability discrimination claims where evidence created triable issue as to whether employee could perform essential functions of their position prior to employee's termination and whether employer had denied request for reasonable accommodation. Defendant's motion for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part.

  • Diaz v. Dep't of Gen. Serv.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-05
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Leavitt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0993

    Death caused by intoxication from combination of prescriptions was a service-related death for Act 101 benefits where decedent had been taking medications to treat chronic pain for a service-related injury, which also caused mobility problems that led to decedent falling and injuring himself so as to need surgery that led to the fatal intoxication. Adjudication of the Pennsylvania Department of General Services reversed.

  • Hi-Tech Flooring, Inc. v. Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Jubelirer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0969

    Workers' Compensation Judge correctly found that claimant had voluntarily left the workforce but had not retired where receipt of union pension and SSDI benefits were related to claimant's work injury and claimant's failure to seek other work was due to a lack of transferrable job skills. Order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board affirmed.

  • Dennison v. Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: District Judge Horan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0977

    Defendants moved for summary judgment in plaintiff's §1983, Title IX, Title VII, and Age Discrimination in Employment Act action alleging she was fired in retaliation for speaking about a matter of public concern and court found weight of the evidence showed defendants terminated plaintiff based on her poor decisions and the need for staff reduction due to financial constraints. Motion granted.

  • Hicks v. Global Data Consultants, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-08-22
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0942

    Breach of contract and Wage Payment and Collection Law claims arising from underpayment of commissions failed where parties had at-will employment relationship, entitling employer to alter the terms of employment, including compensation, at any time. Order of the trial court affirmed.