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Labor & Employment
November 24-28, 2003
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Weekly Opinion Summaries for November 10-2003/11/17 Mon PM 01:02:41 CST
Labor & Employment Case Summaries
OPINION SUMMARIES - November 24-28, 2003
Weekly Opinion Summaries for November 24-28, 2003
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

* ROSARIO-URDAZ v. RIVERA-HERNANDEZ

* VENTURELLI v. ARC CMTY SERV., INC.

* EEOC v. PAC. MAR. ASS'N

* RABKIN v. OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES

* JEBIAN v. HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ORG. INCOME PROT.
PLAN

* TESH v. US POSTAL SERV.

* O'SHEA v. WELCH

* SILVA v. BIELUCH

* ADAMS v. US

* STATE DEP'T OF HEALTH SERVS. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO
COUNTY (MCGINNIS)

* TODD v. PRUDENTIAL SECS., INC.

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U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals
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ROSARIO-URDAZ v. RIVERA-HERNANDEZ (11/25/03 - No. 02-2593)
The district court's summary denial of preliminary injunctive relief
preventing the firing of plaintiff cannot stand, where the plaintiff
still must be accorded the opportunity to argue that her dismissal on
this ground was a pretext for political discrimination.

To read the full text of this opinion, go to:
http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/1st/022593.html

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U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
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VENTURELLI v. ARC CMTY SERV., INC. (11/26/03 - No. 02-2294)
In a Title VII action, summary judgment to defendant is affirmed where
plaintiff does not present direct or circumstantial evidence sufficient
to proceed under the direct method of proving discrimination, and is
unable to produce evidence under the indirect method for establishing
the third or fourth elements of a prima facie case.

To read the full text of this opinion, go to:[PDF File]
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/7th/022294p.pdf

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U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
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EEOC v. PAC. MAR. ASS'N (11/24/03 - No. 02-35536)
In a sexual harassment case, brought by the EEOC on behalf of
intervenor, there was no legally sufficient basis for the jury to find a
connection with an employment relationship between defendant and
intervenor and as a result, the district court erred when it denied
defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law.

To read the full text of this opinion, go to:[PDF File]
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0235536p.pdf

RABKIN v. OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES (11/24/03 - No. 02-35077)
Defendant's denied motion to reduce a jury verdict under the Oregon
Tort Claims Act is reversed, as an award under Oregon's Whistleblower
Law is limited to $200,000. District Court had jurisdiction in the
underlying action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1331 based on
plaintiff's First Amendment claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983.

To read the full text of this opinion, go to:[PDF File]
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0235077p.pdf

JEBIAN v. HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ORG. INCOME PROT. PLAN
(11/25/03 - No. 00-56988)
In light of the Supreme Court's ruling in Black & Decker Disability
Plan v. Nord, 123 S.Ct. 1965, 1969 (2003), the district court need not
consider appellant's ERISA claims in the light of a "treating physician
rule."

To read the full text of this opinion, go to:[PDF File]
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0056988p.pdf

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U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
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TESH v. US POSTAL SERV. (11/24/03 - No. 02-5133)
In an action alleging disability discrimination and failure to
accommodate, judgment as a matter of law in favor of employer on both
the discrimination and the accommodation claims is affirmed.

To read the full text of this opinion, go to:
http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/10th/025133.html

O'SHEA v. WELCH (11/26/03 - No. 02-3343)
Summary judgment to defendant/employer is reversed where a reasonable
jury could find that employee's attempted deviation from his direct
route to obtain non-emergency vehicle maintenance was something which
employer might reasonably be deemed to have anticipated and assented to.

To read the full text of this opinion, go to:
http://laws.findlaw.com/10th/023343.html

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U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
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SILVA v. BIELUCH (11/25/03 - No. 01-15721)
In an action by deputy sheriffs who filed suit after they were
transferred from their probationary lieutenancies back to their previous
positions by defendant, dismissal of the free speech claim is reversed.

To read the full text of this opinion, go to:[PDF File]
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/11th/0115721p.pdf

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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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ADAMS v. US (11/25/03 - No. 02-5076)
In an action brought by US Border Patrol agents, alleging that the
government failed to pay them overtime wages at a time-and-a-half rate
as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act, the judgment award to
plaintiffs is affirmed.

To read the full text of this opinion, go to:
http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/fed/025076.html

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Supreme Court of California
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STATE DEP'T OF HEALTH SERVS. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY
(MCGINNIS) (11/24/03 - No. S103487)
In a sexual harassment action concerning the application of liability
of California's Fair Employment and Housing Act (Gov. Code section
12900), an employer can be strictly liable under the FEHA for sexual
harassment by a supervisor, and a plaintiff's damages do not include
those damages that could have been avoided with reasonable effort and
without undue risk, expense, or humiliation.

To read the full text of this opinion, go to:
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/data2/californiastatecases/s103487.doc

To read the full text of this opinion, go to:[PDF File]
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/data2/californiastatecases/s103487.pdf

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New York Court of Appeals
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TODD v. PRUDENTIAL SECS., INC. (11/24/03 - No. 3 No. 126)
On certification, the court held that because the wage deductions
directed into the investment plan qualify as "payments for the benefit
of the employee," which are "similar" to the types of wage withholdings
authorized by the statute, the investment benefit plan at issue does not
violate New York Labor Law section 193.

To read the full text of this opinion, go to:[PDF File]
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/data/ny/cases/app/126opn03.pdf 

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