Indiana

New L&C Law Scholarship: Damage Control
John B. Dudrey, Damage Control: Two Proposals to Limit the Reach and Effect of Oregon?s Wrongful Discharge Tort, 12 Lewis & Clark Law Review 205 (2008) The wrongful discharge tort is still a fairly new player on the employee rights legal scene...

Employee Claims She was Fired for Complaints of Fraud
A former employee of a Louisiana-based nursing provider has filed a lawsuit accusing the company of firing her for leveling allegations of fraudulent billing.  Sally Christine Summers claims that she was fired from LHC Group Inc...

TJ Maxx employee fired for blowing whistle on lax security www.privateofficer.com
TJ Maxx employee fired for blowing whistle on lax security www.privateofficer.com Atlanta Ga. May 24 2008 TJX Companies, the mammoth US retailer whose substandard security led to the world’s biggest credit card heist, has fired an employee after he left posts in an online forum that made disturbing claims about security practices at the store where he [...

Self Styled Freedom Fighter Receives New Trial
NYTimes.com: It has been a quarter-century since a group of self-styled freedom fighters, including Judith A. Clark, carried out an armored-car robbery in Rockland County, N.Y. On Sept...

IRS auditor giving you trouble Where else can you turn
It is common to feel like you are not getting a fair shake from an IRS auditor.   Frustration mounts with perceptions that the auditor is unreasonable.  No matter what you do, the auditor cannot be satisfied...

ITS THE 21ST CENTURY: Pfizer Employee Claims Company Fired Her After Infection From An Engineered
IT’S THE 21ST CENTURY: Pfizer Employee Claims Company Fired Her After Infection From An Engineered Virus. “A former Pfizer scientist is suing the pharmaceuticals giant after alleging she contracted an artificial, HIV-like, virus created by a colleague...

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Employee Lawsuits (An Introduction and Topic Overview)
How employers can cope with the siege of employee lawsuits

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

Probation User Fees
Clark County Council pays $1.1 million settlement after misappropriating funds.

Airport Security
Jackson County pays former employee $200,000 whistleblower settlement.

Maintenance Worker
Knox County School District pays employee $24,000 harassment settlement.

Clearwire Service
alleging poor quality and unfairly charging early termination fees.

Texas, USA
alleging the Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act of 2003 violates several provisions of the Constitution.

Wendy's International Inc.
allegedly fired illegal immigrant employees after missing a deadline to obtain legal status.