Employment Law Court Rulings

A jury in a personal injury case awarded damages that were significantly lower than the plaintiff's claimed medical expenses. The trial court denied Plaintiff's motion for a new trial, and the plaintiff appealed, arguing that the jury's verdict was below the range of reasonableness and indicative…

In this appeal from an order denying a motion to reopen a harassment-restraining-order (HRO) proceeding pursuant to Minnesota Rule of Civil Procedure 60.02, appellant argues that the district court abused its discretion by denying his motion. Because the district court acted within its discretion…

This matter is before the Court upon the Defendant's application for an extraordinary appeal pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Appellate Procedure 10. The Defendant seeks review of the trial court's order transferring the Defendant to the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) for…

The appellee sustained severe injuries after falling off of a ladder at his job. The appellee was performing work on a building owned by the appellant when the accident occurred, and he claims the ladder was owned by the appellant. The appellant's workers' compensation policy had lapsed and was not…

Granting traditional and non-evidence summary judgment against Plaintiff's defamation claim because the complained-of statements are not objectively verifiable and therefore, as a matter of law, are not defamatory. Denying reconsideration of an order remanding the case back to district court on the…

Appellant's second assignment of error was not rendered moot by virtue of our determination regarding his first assignment of error and remand to the trial court. Thus, upon remand, in addition to conducting the proper review as set forth in R.C. 119 in the first instance as instructed in our prior…

Nursing home malpractice; admitted liability; jury instructions; jury interrogatories; punitive damages; R.C. 2315.21; invited error; plain error; wavier; judgment notwithstanding the verdict ("JNOV"); de novo; ratification; corporate entity; scope of employment; actual malice; damages cap;…

Summary judgment; Civ.R. 56; evidence; age discrimination; direct evidence; discriminatory intent; prima facie case. The trial court erred in granting summary judgment for employer where employee presented direct evidence of discriminatory intent in his age-discrimination suit. This evidence…

Motion for summary judgment; Civ.R. 56; workers' compensation claim; R.C. 4123.01(C)(5); preexisting condition; substantially aggravated; clear and unambiguous statute; and objective pre-injury medical evidence. The trial court erred when it granted an employer's motion for summary judgment because…

In an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Appeals reversing a jury verdict awarding over $2 billion in damages in favor of a software company against a competitor based on its claims for misappropriation of trade secrets under the Virginia Uniform Trade Secrets Act ("VUTSA"), Code § 59.1-336 et…

Is an insurer comprised of political subdivisions joined to provide liability coverage for its members considered a public entity for purposes of the notice of claim statute A.R.S. Section 12-821.01? On the facts of this record, does the third-party insurance claims administrator have direct or…

NCWHA, UDTP, severance payment, non-compete payment

The plaintiff home improvement contractor appealed from the trial court's judgments for the defendant condominium owners on their respective coun- terclaims for breach of contract and negligence. The plaintiff had com- menced a separate action for, inter alia, breach of contract against the owners…

The plaintiff appealed, on the granting of certification, from the judgment of the Appellate Court, which had affirmed the trial court's partial judgment in favor of N Co., the plaintiff's automobile insurer. The plaintiff had brought an action against the defendant L, seeking damages for, inter…

Appellant's assignments of error, which challenged the trial court's determination that he failed to exhaust administrative remedies because he did not allege in his charge to the Ohio Civil Rights Commission that he had been constructively discharged, were moot because appellant did not assign as…

Appellant seeks review of the district court's order denying her fee-waiver application, which, if granted, would allow her to commence a civil action "without payment of fees, costs, and security for costs" as provided in Minn. Stat. § 563.01, subd. 3 (2024). Because the district court determined…

Appellant Tieshawn Stevie Fields pleaded guilty to felony domestic assault after assaulting his romantic partner at her workplace. Before sentencing, Fields moved to withdraw his plea because he was no longer interested in the terms offered by respondent State of Minnesota. The district court…

A district court has jurisdiction to modify a foreign custody determination, including visitation orders, when the child's home state is North Dakota and the child and parents no longer reside in the issuing jurisdiction. Appellate courts have the authority and duty to determine the applicability…

Whether the administrative law judge's calculation of the average monthly wage for an injured worker, who had recently been promoted when the injury occurred, was a reasonable reflection of the worker's monthly earning capacity.

1. Whether the superior court erred in dismissing a lawsuit filed against a school district for lack of standing where the parent of a student alleged violations of several statutes, including Arizona's Parents' Bill of Rights, A.R.S. § 1-602, arising from the district's adoption of guidelines…

Unemployment Compensation

The language of the Virginia wage theft statute, Code § 40.1-29, specifically lists wages and salaries, but it does not expressly apply to commissions, and its context does not support an interpretation that extends the statute's protections to commissions. Resting its contrary conclusion on the…