Cases --- November 8th through 14th

Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination

*Kreso v. McDonald (10th Cir.,November 12, 2015) (affirming district court’s refusal to overturn Veteran’s Affairs Disciplinary Appeals Board’s termination of Kreso’s employment)

Discrimination & Retaliation
*Cory v. City of Basehor (10th Cir.,November 12, 2015) (upholding summary judgment against Cory on his claim that the city terminated him as a police officer in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights)

Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease

Quast v. Labor Commission (Utah Ct. App., November 12, 2015) (setting aside the Commission's denial of her claim for permanent total disability compensation because the denial was based upon an improper "reasonable" or "complete" standard)

*Fulton v. Colvin (10th Cir., November 9, 2015) (affirming denial of Fulton's application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental income)

*Lee v. Colvin (10th Cir., November 12, 2015) (affirming Commissioner’s denial of application for Social Security benefits)

Blue Mountain Energy v. Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation (10th Cir., November 13, 2015) (denying Blue Mountain’s petition for review of a Benefits Review Board decision affirming an award of black lung benefits)

 *Cases marked with an asterisk are cases the 10th Circuit does not consider binding precedent except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. They may be cited, however, for persuasive value under Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.

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