• Conrad v. Dep't of Transp. (Workers' Compensation Appeal Bd.)

    Publication Date: 2024-03-22
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 557 C.D. 2022

    Act 111 was constitutional where it merely clarified the guidelines for conducting an impairment rating evaluation after removing language overturned by the supreme court, and did not constitute a special law as it did not treat specific workers differently from other employees entitled to workers' compensation. Order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board affirmed.

  • D'Agostino v. Sec'y United States Air Force

    Publication Date: 2024-03-22
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-2835

    Appellant appealed the judgment entered for appellee, his former employer, following a bench trial.

  • Joseph v. Pepperidge Farm, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-22
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-4049

    Defendant moved to dismiss plaintiff's Title VII, Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Pennsylvania Human Relations Act complaint asserting race and age discrimination and retaliation and court found plaintiff's title VII claim failed because he did not identify any similarly situated comparators who were treated more favorably or sufficiently allege facts to support an inference of race discrimination, and he failed to show he was replaced by a younger person, but defendant's exhaustion argument as to plaintiff's PHRA claim was m

  • Doe v. Temple Univ.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-15
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Wolson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2:23-cv-04433-JDW

    Court declined plaintiff's motion to proceed anonymously to prevent his current employer from learning of his chronic health condition, where plaintiff's claimed fears were largely economic in nature and required the unreasonable assumption that plaintiff's employer would break the law by terminating him due to his disability. Plaintiff's motion to proceed anonymously and seal the record denied.

  • Wintjen v. Denny's Inc

    Publication Date: 2024-03-15
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: District Judge Wiegand
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2:19-CV-00069-CCW

    Parties cross-moved for summary judgment in plaintiff's class/collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act asserting lack of proper tip credit notice and court found defendant's standing argument failed on the law of the case doctrine, a genuine issue of material fact existed as to whether the employees appearing on a tip credit notice list received the tip credit notice, summary judgment was granted to plaintiff and class members who received the other information sheet notices and the wi

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  • Salsberg v. Mann

    Publication Date: 2024-03-15
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Brobson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 7 EAP 2022

    Although an at-will employee could assert a tortious interference with business relations claim against third party, a supervisor acting within the scope of their employment did not qualify as a third party. Judgment of the superior court affirmed.

  • Kennedy v. PEI-Genesis

    Publication Date: 2024-03-15
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Wolson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2:23-cv-00164-JDW

    Defendant moved for summary judgment in plaintiff's Title VII, Americans with Disabilities Act and Pennsylvania Human Relations action over his termination for refusing a COVID-19 vaccination and court found plaintiff provided no evidence that his decision to not get vaccinated was borne of religious belief or that defendant discriminated against him when it fired him. Motion granted.

  • Gustafson v. Am. Fed'n of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 13

    Publication Date: 2024-03-08
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1298 C.D. 2022

    Claim that union discriminated against non-member in failing to fairly represent her during grievance proceedings did not implicate unfair labor practices under the Public Employee Relations Act. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Ursinus Coll. v. Prevailing Wage Appeals Bd.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-08
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Brobson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18 MAP 2023

    Commonwealth court properly found college's project fell outside the purview of the Prevailing Wage Act and it was not "paid for in whole or in part out of the funds of a public body" by virtue of authority's role in providing conduit financing for the project under the circumstances in this case. Affirmed.

  • Weaver v. GAT Airline Ground Support, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-08
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Aerospace | Transportation
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: District Judge Fischer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-869

    Defendants moved to dismiss plaintiff's action alleging violations of Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII, Americans with Disabilities Act, Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, Pregnancy Discrimination Act and Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act and court found her PUMP act and ADA claims failed but her other claims were supported by sufficient factual allegations. Motion granted in part and denied in part.