Employment Law Court Rulings

Rule 12(b)(6); at-will employment; wrongful discharge; N.C.G.S. § 143-422.2; sex discrimination.

The plaintiff appealed from the trial court's judgment granting the defen- dants' motions to dismiss her retaliatory discharge action, which alleged a violation of the whistleblower statute (§ 31-51m). The plaintiff, while employed at a pizza restaurant owned by the defendant S Co. and managed by…

The plaintiff in error, counsel of record for the defendants in underlying consolidated tort actions, filed a writ of error challenging the trial court's order suspending him from the practice of law for a period of two weeks for violating the Rules of Professional Conduct. He claimed that the…

Describing the distinction between the joint employment doctrine and lent employee doctrine and determining whether plaintiff, a law enforcement officer conducting off-duty traffic control work, was jointly employed by the sheriff's office and the road repair company.

Workers' compensation; spinal stenosis; expert opinions; manifest weight; high-dose steroids. The trial court's judgment finding that plaintiff was entitled to additional workers' compensation benefits was not against the manifest weight of the evidence even though there were conflicting expert…

Concerning a personal injury suit premised on negligence arising out of the collision of a city trash truck and a private vehicle in routine traffic, the Court of Appeals erred in determining that sovereign immunity did not protect the city against the plaintiff's negligence claims but was correct…

summary judgment; workers' compensation retaliation claim; R.C. 4123.90; no genuine issue of material fact regarding legitimate and non-retaliatory reason for termination

The Court addresses whether the Texas Legislature's amount-in-controversy threshold reduction gives the Texas Business Court jurisdiction to hear a previously remanded action and whether the subsequent removal of the action was proper and timely. The Court examines the statutory construction of…

Civ.R. 56, hostile work environment, constructive discharge. Plaintiff failed to produce a genuine issue as to any material fact that he was subjected to a hostile work environment based on his race or national origin, or that he was constructively discharged. The alleged hostile actions and…

Mandamus, Sick Leave Benefits, Retirement, Termination, Ordinance, Taxpayer Standing, Clear Legal Right, Declaratory Relief

Disability, Ohio Civil Rights Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act, Ohio Civil Rights Commission, substantially limits, physical impairment, constructive discharge, R.C. Chapter 4112, R.C. 4112.06(E), R.C. 4112.08, R.C. 4112.02(A), Adm. Code…

Workers' compensation—Industrial Commission did not abuse its discretion in denying claimant's request for temporary-total-disability compensation after finding that he had voluntarily abandoned his employment by not accepting employer's job offer of light-duty work following work-related…

summary ejectment, lease, termination, unfair and deceptive trade practices, implied warranty of habitability, rent abatement, findings of fact, remanded.