Employment Law Court Rulings

Workers' compensation—Temporary-total-disability compensation—R.C. 4123.56—Employee who had already been terminated for violation of employment policies before his shoulder surgery was not "unable to work" as "direct result of an impairment arising from an injury or occupational disease" under…

Summary judgment judgment on the pleadings retaliation R.C. 4112.02(I) adverse employment action breach of fiduciary duty wrongful termination in violation of public policy self-serving affidavits notice of appeal. Summary judgment in favor of defendants affirmed where plaintiff-employee failed to…

The trial court did not err in finding that the Unemployment Compensation Review Commission's decision, denying appellant's claim for unemployment compensation benefits, was not unlawful, unreasonable, or against the manifest weight of the evidence. Evidence in the record supported the commission's…

The plaintiff sought to recover damages for the alleged wrongful termination of her employment by the defendant, which she claimed was the result of pregnancy discrimination in violation of the Connecticut Fair Employ- ment Practices Act (§ 46a-51 et seq.). The defendant hired the plaintiff to work…

Home health aide sought workers' compensation benefits after she fell in the wet grass in the side yard of her client's home and sustained an injury to her back. The employee had completed her shift, had stayed with the client (a long-time friend) for approximately 15 minutes after her shift, and…

Summary judgment prima facie case sexual harassment gender discrimination retaliation. The trial court did not err in granting the appellees' motion for summary judgment because the appellant did not establish a prima facie case for sexual harassment, gender discrimination, or retaliation.

Summary judgment in favor of appellee on claims of disability discrimination and retaliation is appropriate where appellant provided no evidence that he was able to perform the functions of the job, even with a reasonable accommodation, or that he engaged in a protected activity, respectively.…

Appellant failed to produce sufficient evidence from which a reasonable jury could reject as pretextual the employer's legitimate nondiscriminatory reasons for termination of poor work performance. Accordingly, there are no genuine issues of material fact in this case and it was not error for the…

The Unemployment Compensation Review Commission did not err.

The trial court did not err in denying appellant's motion for relief from judgment pursuant to Civ.R. 60(B). Appellant's Civ.R. 60(B) motion was not an appropriate mechanism to challenge the trial court's judgment affirming a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Review Commission denying…

Limitations agreement contained in an employment application is enforceable as a contract where it is supported by consideration in the form of the employer's promise to review the prospective employee's application.