• Barlow v. Serv. Employees Int'l Union Local 668

    Publication Date: 2024-01-29
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Restrepo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-3096

    Former union members' First Amendment objections to continued paycheck deduction of dues until contractual end date failed where such claims were governed by state contract law, with the First Amendment not providing the right to disregard contractual obligations. Orders of the district court affirmed.

  • Kebe v. Washington Twp. Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-24
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge per curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-1366

    Plaintiff appealed the dismissal of her complaint.

  • Warminster Twp. v. Murray

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1258 C.D. 2022

    Employer appealed the grant of workers' compensation benefits to claimant and the amount of credit employer was given for payments made to claimant and court found board erred in finding employer was not entitled to a credit for severance benefits made pursuant to a separation agreement but that WCJ erred in awarding credit for the gross amount rather than the net amount. Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

  • Federated Ins. Co. v. Summit Pharmacy (Bureau of Workers' Comp. Fee Review Hearing Office)

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Insurance | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Jubelirer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 115 C.D. 2023

    Workers' compensation bureau erred in relying on Red Book to establish average wholesale prices for pharmaceuticals where Red Book values were based on manufacturer suggested prices rather than representing an average of actual wholesale transactions. Order of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation reversed and remanded.

  • Boulin v. Brandywine Senior Care, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-15
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1273 C.D. 2022

    Petitioner sought review of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's order affirming a workers' compensation judge's order denying and dismissing her petitions as barred by principles of res judicata. The court affirmed, holding that the WCJ and Board did not err in concluding petitioner's petitions effectively sought to relitigate her claims. The court held further that petitioner failed to satisfy the high burden required to obtain post-termination reinstatement of workers' compensation benefits.

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  • Goode v. Camden City Sch. Dist

    Publication Date: 2024-01-11
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge McKee
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-3044

    Plaintiffs appealed the partial grant of summary judgment for defendants.

  • NRA Group, LLC v. Durenleau

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Accounting
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Wilson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1:21-CV-00715

    Court dismissed plaintiff's Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Defend Trade Secrets Act, conspiracy, and breach of common law duty of loyalty action against defendants and found a reasonable jury could find defendants were discriminated against based on their sex, the conduct was severe and pervasive and a reasonable person could find the workplace hostile and abusive. Motion granted in part and denied in part.

  • Leffert v. Walmart, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pappert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-2815

    Defendant moved to dismiss plaintiff's Americans with Disabilities Act and Pennsylvania Human Relations Act disability discrimination and retaliation and title VII and PHRA gender discrimination and retaliation action based on his termination for allegedly violating company absentee policies when he took time off to care for his sick wife and court found it could reasonably infer that wife's epilepsy could have motivated defendant's termination decision but plaintiff failed to plausibly sustain his disability retaliation and gender cl

  • Resources for Human Dev., Inc. v. Dixon

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Jubelirer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 494 C.D. 2022

    Board properly upheld Workers' Compensation Judge's decision granting claimant's review petition, arguing her average weekly wage ought to include wages from her concurrent employment, because substantial evidence supported WCJ's conclusions and employer's argument that claimant had to have worked at her concurrent employment on the date of her work injury failed. Affirmed.

  • Deasey v. Redeemer Health

    Publication Date: 2023-12-25
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Anders
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2398 EDA 2022

    Plaintiff appealed the court's order sustaining defendants' amended preliminary objections to her complaint. The court concluded that its order should be affirmed where plaintiff failed to sufficiently plead wrongful termination or violation of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act after her employer denied her request for a religious exemption and terminated her for failing to comply with its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy.