North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

The Career Status Law, former G.S. § 126-5(d)(2c), which was passed after Governor Cooper’s election, has been deemed unconstitutional; moreover, it would not have governed petitioner’s career status in any event. Just before leaving office, Governor McCrory changed petitioner’s status ...

Petitioner’s employment was terminated by the respondent-university after she returned from a medical leave, but she was then reinstated pursuant to a final university decision. Petitioner was not entitled to file a contested case to seek review of the implementation ...

  Even though petitioner denied that she used the racial epithet, “n—–,” she admitted to using the variant “nigra.” We fail to see how using a variant of an epithet that is commonly understood to be a complete anathema is ...

Although a woman’s co-worker was found liable for sexually assaulting her during her shifts at Radford Arsenal, the evidence was insufficient to hold their employer liable for the co-worker’s conduct. Background Carla A. Clehm is an employee of defendant BAE ...

  The evidence showed that petitioner, a state trooper, engaged in conduct that violated the Highway Patrol policy relating to unbecoming conduct: placing an open bottle of vodka in his patrol vehicle and, without prior authorization, driving the vehicle to ...

Although the United Mine Workers Benefit plan argued that Consol Energy’s change in benefits violated federal law, the alleged risk of harm to the beneficiaries was too speculative to confer standing. Background Consol Energy Inc. is required under the Coal ...

  An employee agreed to sign the part of a document which said he would meet the employer’s expectations, but he refused to sign the part of the document which said the employer had made a complete investigation into his ...

Where there was no material fact as to a former paper mill worker’s claims that the company discriminated and retaliated against him and subjected him to a hostile work environment, the court ruled the alleged conduct was insufficient as a ...

Where a plaintiff brought gender and race discrimination claims against International Paper Company alleging it subjected her to a hostile work environment that resulted in her constructive discharge, paid her unequally and retaliated against her, the record did not support ...

Where a police officer suffered post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of being frequently exposed to child pornography at work, and could not sue under the under the Americans with Disability Act because the state was immune, but he could ...