• Henry v. Wilmington Trust NA

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Chagares
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah M. Adams, Michael J. Prame, Groom Law Group Chartered, Washington, DC; Mark A. Nebrig, Moore & Van Allen, Charlotte, NC; Kevin J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Daniel Feinberg, Feinberg Jackson Worthman & Wasow, Berkeley, CA; David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Wilmington, DE. Ryan T. Jenny, Gregory Y. Porter, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Washington, D.C.; Peter K. Stris, Rachana A. Pathak, John R. Stokes, Stris & Maher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Tillman J. Breckenridge, Stris & Maher LLP, Washington, DC for appellee.

    Case Number: 21-2801

    Nonseverable class action waiver in ESOP plan's arbitration provision rendered provision unenforceable where waiver barred plan participants from pursuing remedies authorized by ERISA.

  • Smith v. Holy Family Univ.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Baylson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2:21-cv-2700-MMB

    Defendant moved for judgment as a matter of law in plaintiff's Americans with Disabilities Act action after jury found in plaintiff's favor and awarded compensatory and punitive damages and court noted that jury found plaintiff could perform the essential functions of her job, defendant failed to offer a reasonable accommodation and treated plaintiff at least with recklessness and evidence sufficiently supported the jury's findings. Motion denied.

  • Walsh v. Nursing Home Care Mgmt., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Kenney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-cv-02583

    Defendants moved to alter or amend judgment in action finding it failed to pay travel time to employees traveling between different clients' homes or between defendant's office and client homes and court found the travel time was "indispensable" and compensable, defendant failed to keep records, its violation was willful and trial court properly granted summary judgment on damages and an injunction. Motion denied.

  • Lienhard v. CHC Solutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Goldberg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-3230

    Employer failed to prove plaintiff completely withdrew from labor market where plaintiff accepted consulting and part-time work that ultimately led to full-time employment. Defendant's motion for partial summary judgment denied.

  • Williams v Tech Mahindra (Americas) Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Hammervold, Daniel Kotchen, Kotchen & Low, Washington, DC for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Gage, Daniel Richards, Paul Hastings, New York, NY for appellee.

    Case Number: 21-1365

    Non-applicability of American Pipe tolling did not preclude a class action plaintiff from asserting wrong-forum tolling to render their claim timely under the expired statute of limitations.

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  • Minor v. Delaware River & Bay Auth.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Ambro
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William F. Cook, William M. Tambussi, Brown & Connery, Westmont, NJ for appellants.
    for defendant: Richard M. Pescatore, Vineland, NJ for appellee.

    Case Number: 21-2491

    District court erred in denying summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds where it considered public commissioners' claim of qualified immunity collectively rather than conducting individual analysis as to each commissioner's actions and knowledge.

  • City of Philadelphia v. Healey

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1158 C.D. 2021

    Requiring a workers' compensation claimant under Act 46 to prove exposure to a substance listed on the International Agency for Research on Cancer's Group 1 carcinogens did not change the evidentiary burden for a claimant to prove entitlement to the statutory presumption of causation even though ongoing medical research led to alterations of the Group 1 list. Order of the WCAB affirmed.

  • Huff v. Dresher Hill Health & Rehab. Ctr.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Goldberg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-1773

    Defendant moved for summary judgment in plaintiff's Americans with Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, interference under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and violation of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act action over her termination and court found plaintiff failed to point to any evidence to show her termination was motivated by any association between her and her disabled son, she failed to point to any evidence to support her FMLA interference or retaliation claims and defendant was entitled to a good fai

  • Ganoe v. Austin

    Publication Date: 2023-07-03
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Kane
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1:20-cv-00663

    Court awarded attorneys' fees to defendant where plaintiff did not meaningfully contest the reasonableness of defendant's counsel's hours worked or hourly billing rate. Defendant's motion for attorneys' fees granted.

  • Pangallo v. Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Appeals Bd.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 526 C.D. 2022

    Petitioner appealed the holding it had unintentionally violated the Prevailing Wage Act and was personally financially responsible for the failure to comply with the act and court found the act did not authorize the bureau to impose penalties on public bodies who failed to comply with the act as petitioner had argued. Affirmed.