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Labor & Employment – ‘Qualified Individual’ Under the ADA – Reasonable Accommodation
Defendant was not a “qualified individual” under the ADA because his medical restrictions prevented him from performing the essential functions of his job with or without reasonable accommodation. We affirmed […]
Labor & Employment – Workers’ Compensation Act – Special-Employee Doctrine
The trial court properly determined that the Workers’ Compensation Act provided the exclusive remedy for Plaintiff’s workplace injuries, thereby depriving the court of subject- matter jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s civil claims. […]
Labor & Employment – Due-Process and Equal-Protection Rights – Employee Dispute Resolution
The district did not err in finding no merit to Plaintiff claim that her immediate supervisor’s supervisor was deliberately indifferent to Plaintiff’s sexual-harassment complaint. We affirmed both district court decisions. […]
Labor & Employment – Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – Hostile Work Environment
Plaintiff alleged no factual basis to support the conclusion that discriminatory bias, rather than the outcome of an investigation, was the Army’s motivation for disciplining her. We affirmed. Plaintiff, a […]
Labor & Employment – Breach of Contract – Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
Plaintiff company failed to identify its trade secrets with sufficient particularity. The Court granted in part and denied in part Defendants’ motion to dismiss. Defendant Ryan McCray was once an […]
Labor & Employment – Breach of Contract – Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
Allegations do not warrant invoking the inevitable disclosure doctrine, as Plaintiff has not alleged that, because its former employees who had access to trade secret information left to work for […]
Labor & Employment – Breach of Non-Compete Agreement – Wrongful Interference with Contract
The non-compete provision is facially overbroad and does not reasonably put Defendant on notice of what services he is prohibited from providing. The Court granted in part and denied in […]
Labor & Employment – Employment Agreement – Trade Secret Misappropriation
Plaintiffs’ allegations are sufficient to satisfy the redressability requirement; Plaintiffs’ claims are not barred by the statute of limitations. The Court denied Defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint. Plaintiff United […]
Labor & Employment – De Jure Fiduciary Relationship – Access to Confidential Information
A genuine issue of material fact remains as to whether defendant Anthony De Piante was an acting Vice President of plaintiff Epes Logistics Services Inc., which would in turn support […]
Labor & Employment – Certification of a Class Action – Commonality and Predominance
The district court abused its discretion in certifying this class action because it employed an inappropriately high level of generality when identifying the policies that allegedly unify prospective class members’ […]
Labor & Employment – Computer Trespass – Tortious Interference
Employer sufficiently pleaded a valid claim for computer trespass. We denied plaintiff’s motion to dismiss. This case involved a twist on a familiar fact pattern in this Court involving a […]
Labor & Employment – Class Action Suit Sovereign Immunity – Retired State Employees
Defendants properly pleaded and asserted sovereign immunity as an absolute bar to Plaintiff’s claims. The trial court erred in denying Defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings. The trial court […]
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