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Publication Date: 2023-09-11
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
Judge: District Judge Baxter
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Case Number: 22-278 Erie
Defendant moved to dismiss plaintiff police officer's Fair Labor Standards Act claim for unpaid overtime incurred while caring for his K-9 dog that lived with him and court found the claim was not barred by the "reasonable agreement" exception to the FLSA recognized in Krause v. Manalapan Twp., 486 Fed. Appx. 310, but plaintiff's unjust enrichment and overtime claims failed for lack of specificity. Motion granted in part and denied in part.
Publication Date: 2023-09-11
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Hodge
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Case Number: 70006 of 2023, M.D.
Appellant, a former police officer, appealed the denial of his claim for disability pension benefits, which was deemed untimely by the City. The court found that appellant's statutory appeal could proceed because it was timely filed.
Publication Date: 2023-09-04
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: Health Care
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Porter
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Case Number: 22-1402
Forum-selection clause requiring litigation of claims in state court was not a removal defect supporting award of fees and costs to non-removing party on motion for remand. Order of the district court vacated.
Publication Date: 2023-08-28
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: Education
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Leadbetter
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Case Number: 775 C.D. 2022
Court reversed board's determination that claimant was ineligible for benefits based on a pattern of tardiness and absenteeism because claimant's only absence after he was issued a written warning of termination for further incidents was an absence justified by illness. Reversed.
Publication Date: 2023-08-21
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Covey
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Case Number: 904 C.D. 2022
Workers' Compensation Appeal Board erred in granting specific loss benefits petition where petition was untimely for lack of constructive notice because employee, despite knowing that his diabetic foot ulcer had been aggravated by his working conditions, failed to inform employer that his subsequent amputations were work related. Order of the WCAB reversed.
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Publication Date: 2023-08-21
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: Transportation
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Wojcik
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Case Number: 1233 C.D. 2021
Claimant appealed workers' compensation judge's findings in his workman's compensation claim and court found WCJ did not err in concluding that "left rotator cuff pathology" was not a well-pled allegation and that claimant had fully recovered from all work injuries. Affirmed.
Publication Date: 2023-08-21
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Pratter
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Case Number: 21-3220
Supervisor and city moved to dismiss plaintiff's §1983, title VII and Pennsylvania Human Relations Act claims alleging sexual harassment, due process violations and retaliation and court found plaintiff did not establish she was deprived of a protected liberty or property interest; she was not terminated, demoted, transferred or suspended; she did not suffer any adverse employment actions and pointed to no actions that qualified as retaliation and supervisor's alleged verbal sexual harassment was not egregious enough to shock the cons
Publication Date: 2023-08-14
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Allegheny County
Judge: Judge Hertzberg
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Case Number: 22-729
The court upheld an arbitration award in favor of the defendant, a male officer who was terminated from his employment with the Pittsburgh Police Department.
Publication Date: 2023-08-07
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Covey
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Case Number: 1490 C.D. 2021
Claimant appealed the amount of her pandemic unemployment assistance benefit and court found Unemployment Compensation Board of Review erred in using claimant's prorated annual income to calculate her benefits rather than the actual net income in her highest quarter and violated her due process rights by failing to include all necessary documents submitted to the department in the record before the referee. Vacated and remanded.
Publication Date: 2023-07-31
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Perez
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Case Number: 2:22-cv-815-MRP
Defendants Cobb and Campbell sought summary judgment in plaintiff's breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, tortious interference with contracts, tortious interference with business relationships, unfair competition, civil conspiracy and unjust enrichment action and court found plaintiff's tortious interference, unfair competition, civil conspiracy and unjust enrichment claims failed as a matter of law, plaintiff's fiduciary duty claim was not barred by the gist of the action doctrine and other issues were for the jury to decide
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