Labor & Employment Law

Constructive dismissal
Constructive dismissalGraziano v NYS Division of State Police, USDC, SDNY, 198 F...

Children?s Claim For Constructive Trust Get De Novo Review
After his ex-wife died, Edward Trevino got into a dispute with his children over the disposition of a $100,000 life insurance benefit...

Constructive termination
Constructive terminationDuffy v Paper Magic Group, Inc., CA3, 265 F.3d 163 It is not enough to that the individual feel stressed or frustrated by his or her job situation to claim constructive discharge...

Federal court dismisses challenge to 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' US military policy
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit [official website] Monday dismissed [ruling, PDF] a challenge to the US military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy [statute text; HRC backgrounder] which provides for the discharge of openly gay service members...

Claim That Pollution Infringes Free Exercise Summarily Dismissed
In West v. United States Secretary of Defense, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46565 (WD WA, June 13, 2008), a pro se plaintiff challenged various aspects of a dredging project and cargo yard improvements in Olympia, Washington...

US Patent 7309404 - Arc discharge CNT manufacture using charcoal electrodes
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7309404.htmlThe three main methods of carbon nanotube manufacture are laser ablation, CVD, and arc discharge...

Constructive Discharge
How intolerable conditions can yield claims for constructive discharge

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Ladder Accident Injury Claims
Were you or a loved one injured in a ladder accident?

Unlawful Retaliation for Sexual Harassment Claim
Title VII retaliatory discharge retaliation requires proof of participation in protected activities

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

How do i go bout geting a free laywer to sue the durham police department for drug raids and nothing is found?they have been in my house 4 or 5 times seems like every 4 months or so and breaking down my door tearing up m
They need a warrant to get into your house...if they never showed you one...you ...

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

Did I harass someone?
Oh, yes. This can be taken in as so many things, especially since you had testif...

How can I get my parents away from my bulling brother?
First of all, if you are paying your lawyer, you should not be on the back burne...

How to prove housing discrimination based on sexual orientation in student housing?
There are several things you can do. First of all, contact any welfare advisors,...

AIG Settles Injury Claim
for $18 Million

US Army Corps of Engineers
Class action dismissed for allegedly failing to protect New Orleans from the levee breach.

Failure-to-accommodate claim yields $1.82M award
$1.82 Million Awarded in Employment Lawsuit

False Arrest
City of Greer pays $50,000 settlement after imprisoning a woman whose charges had been dismissed years earlier.

Chocolate Discharge
G.K.I. Foods agrees to $43,000 settlement after disposing production waste water into a sanitary waste water system.

Recovery Claim
Florida Insurance Guarantee Association agrees to pay $14 million settlement to Home Solutions of America for construction services.