Employment Law Court Rulings

A Davidson County jury convicted the Defendant, Dequan Hasani Bertrand, of aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and employment of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony. The jury acquitted the Defendant of one count of aggravated rape and was unable to reach a verdict as to two…

Trial court was within its discretion to award attorney fees and punitive damages.

This appeal involved a dispute over a two-mile stretch of beach in the Misquamicut area of Westerly, Rhode Island. The Attorney General of the State of Rhode Island brought an action against the beachfront property owners to enjoin them from preventing public access to the beach area. The state…

CIVIL - reverse discrimination Ohio Civil Rights Commission random draw apprenticeship program unlawful practice R.C. 4112 probable cause application of prior federal court decisions manifest imbalance voluntary affirmative action plan prima facie case

This appeal concerns a jury award of damages in a negligence case. Suzanne Bishop West ("West") sued Epiphany Salon & Day Spa, LLC ("Epiphany") in the Circuit Court for Hamilton County ("the Trial Court") for damages resulting from a facial she received that burned her face. Epiphany conceded…

The plaintiffs appeal the grant of summary judgment in a negligence case. One of the plaintiffs, a truck driver, suffered injuries stemming from a collision with another tractor-trailer owned by the defendant and operated by its employee. The plaintiffs claimed that the employee's negligence…

This is an appeal from a final decree of divorce. The trial court declared the parties divorced, divided the marital property and marital debt, and ordered Husband to pay rehabilitative alimony of $2,500.00 per month for three years, and an award of $20,000.00 for attorney's fees, as alimony in…

Firefighter—Injury—Occupational Disability Benefits—Fire and Police Pension Association—Policemen's and Firemen's Pension Reform Act—Fire Chief—Amended Complaint. Dolan joined North Metro Fire Rescue in 1986, and in 2007, he sustained an injury that prevented him from passing the physical tests for…

As appellant did not file a memorandum in opposition to appellees' motion or any objection to allegedly non-complying documents in support thereof, the court could consider the same when adjudicating appellee's summary judgment motion. [A] store is not liable for a customer's injuries unless the…

The Appellant, Wendall Curtis Doree, was convicted by a Perry County Circuit Court Jury of especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, unlawful employment of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous offense, theft over $1,000, and facilitation of vandalism over…