Breach of Contract Cases

Motion to compel arbitration Existence and scope of arbitration agreement Construction of contract language.

This appeal concerns an employee who made preparations to start a competing business while still employed by his old company. Todd Heins ("Heins") was a manager working for Leslie's Poolmart, Inc. ("Leslie's"), a nationwide pool supply business, at its Bartlett Hills location in the Memphis,…

Trial court did not err in granting appellee's motion for summary judgment where the evidence in support of the motion established as a matter of law that appellant was an independent contractor of appellee, not an employee. Nor did the trial court err by granting summary judgment as to appellant's…

The trial court denied Appellant, employee, relief under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and employee appeals. Because the trial court's judgment does not clearly show that it applied the correct legal standard in deciding the case, we vacate and remand.

Employee handbook unjust enrichment payment of accrued, unused PTO summary judgment

This case came before the Supreme Court on appeal by the defendant, the Rhode Island Troopers Association, from a judgment granting declaratory and equitable relief in favor of the plaintiff, the State of Rhode Island. The Superior Court declared that the Governmental Tort Liability Act, G.L. 1956…

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE – COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING AGREEMENT – UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE – WRONGFUL DISCHARGE – DISCRIMINATION – JURISDICTION: The State Employment Relations Board has exclusive jurisdiction over a wrongful-discharge claim brought against a public employer by an employee subject to a…

Res judicata

MALPRACTICE - legal where appellant discharged her attorney by letter in July 2015 and a cognizable event occurred in November 2015 when she signed a grievance against her attorney with Disciplinary Counsel, appellant's cause of action accrued and the statute of limitations began to run in November…

TRADE SECRETS – MISAPPROPRIATION: A company's client list and financial data are trade secrets where the client list and financial data derive independent value from not being generally known, and where the company has made efforts to maintain their secrecy. The unauthorized sharing of a company's…

Breach of Contract,Mitigation,Settlement Offer,Accord and Satisfaction. U.S. Welding, Inc. (Welding) sought review of the Court of Appeals' judgment affirming the district court's order awarding it no damages whatsoever for breach of contract with Advanced Circuits, Inc. (Advanced). Notwithstanding…

No error disposing case because no issue of material fact existed to challenge whether employment was governed by CBA no jurisdiction.