• Reid v. Temple Univ. Hosp.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-28
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Bartle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1754

    Court dismissed nurses claim under the false claims act for retaliation because her complaints were about the failure to implement an internal policy, dismissed her claim of breach of fiduciary duty because she failed to show a joint venture, but allowed nurses and technicians §1981 claims to go forward since they provided sufficient evidence to give rise to an inference of discrimination in their terminations. .Motion granted in part and denied in part.

  • Raskind v. Resources for Human Dev., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-28
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Kelly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1757

    Employer was entitled to summary judgment in employees religious discrimination and retaliation action because employer accommodated all requests for time off and flexible hours, employee could not show a prima facie case of discrimination where he failed to produce evidence of similarly situated employees who were treated differently and employer demonstrated legitimate, non- discriminatory reasons for his termination. Motion granted.