Cases --- December 7th through 18th

Defamation

Singer v. Steidley (10th Cir., December 18, 2014) (dismissing for lack of jurisdiction questions of defamation as well as qualified and absolute immunity)

Discrimination

Hartigan v. Utah Transit Authority (10th Cir., December 10, 2014) (upholding summary judgement in favor of the UTA on Hartigan's Title VII claims for gender discrimination and retaliation)

Workers’ Compensation

Estate of Brett R. Reitz v. Labor Commission (Utah Ct. App., December 11, 2014) (affirming denial of benefits despite the possibility that "another conclusion from the evidence is permissible”)

Labor Unions

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Public Service Company of Colorado (10th Cir., December 9, 2014) (affirming denial of stay and arbitrability of collective bargaining agreement under the FAA---excellent discussion of jurisdiction and the FAA, as well as a cogent dissent) 

Wages
Integrated Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk (U.S., December 9, 2014) (Fair Labor Standards Act---Employees’time spent waiting to undergo and undergoing security screenings is not an activity intrinsic to their employment, and thus is not compensable under the FLSA)
 

Cases --- November 23 through December 6

Contract

Tomlinson v. NCR Corporation (Utah, November 25, 2014 ) (reversing Court of Appeals determination that NCR's corporate management policy manual established an implied-in-fact contract (rebutting Tomlinson's status as an at-will employee); no implied covenant where no contract exists)

Discrimination

Melin v. Verizon Business, Inc. (10th Cir., November 25, 2014) (upholding summary judgement in favor of Verizon on Mr. Melin's ADA and retaliation claims)

Ward v. Jewell, Secretary of the Interior (10th Cir., November 24, 2014) (affirming summary judgement in favor of the Department of Interior because "no reasonable fact-finder could infer retaliation")

ERISA

Liebel v. Aetna Life Insurance Company (10th Cir., December 3, 2014) (affirming the denial of long term disability benefits as a procedurally reasonable and supported by substantial evidence)

Unemployment

Brehm v. Department of Workforce Services (Utah Ct. App., November 28, 2014) (upholding Board's just cause analysis in its determination that Brehm could not properly receive unemployment benefits.  Discusses the just-cause and bounds-of-reasonableness-and-rationality analyses.)

Gourley v. Department of Workforce Services (Utah Ct. App., November 28, 2014) (refusing to disturb board determination that Gourley had fraudulently received unemployment benefits and imposing repayment and civil penalty)