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December 6, 2013 By Valerie Johnson

Grandma cited by town for letting grandkids ride bikes on street

A Tennessee Grandmother was cited by police for allowing her grandchildren to ride their bikes in the street in front of her house. Victoria Mathis of Charlotte, TN, was appalled when she was told that her city would take legal action against her if she does not stop her grandkids, ranging in age from 7 […]

Filed Under: Bicycle Law Tagged With: Ann Groninger, bicycle, Case Commentary

August 16, 2011 By Valerie Johnson

Win for CWA Local in Court of Appeals

The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued an opinion today in favor of the Communication Workers of America and their Local Chapter 3602 in Fisher v. CWA. The case was the first case that we know of brought under North Carolina’s Identity Theft Protection Act. The Business Court, Judge Albert Diaz, and the Court of Appeals […]

Filed Under: Cases in the News Tagged With: Ann Groninger, Appeals, Case Commentary, Litigation, NC Court of Appeals

August 7, 2011 By Valerie Johnson

Court of Appeals decides two new workers’ compensation cases

On August 2, 2011, the NC Court of Appeals decided the case of Capps v. Southeastern Cable, in which it held that an installer of cable TV and internet services was an employee, and not an independent contractor. The Court based its decision on the conditions of the employment, and gave no weight to the […]

Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Tagged With: Appeals, Case Commentary, Independent Contractors, Make-work, NC Court of Appeals, North Carolina

March 3, 2011 By Valerie Johnson

Supreme Court issues important decision in discrimination case

In Staub v. Proctor Hospital, the US Supreme Court just issued an important unanimous decision in this military-service-based discrimination case. This case concerns the so-called “cat’s paw” theory of liability, under which one supervisor acts with discriminatory intent against the plaintiff, but the plaintiff is actually fired by another supervisor. The case arose under the Uniformed Services […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Case Commentary, Cat's Paw, Discrimination, Military Discrimination, Race Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Title VII, US Supreme Court, USERRA

February 19, 2011 By Valerie Johnson

NC Supreme Court sends parking lot case back to Commission

The North Carolina Supreme Court has sent a tricky workers’ compensation case back the Industrial Commission for additional fact-finding. Cardwell v. Jenkins Cleaner involves a plaintiff who was injured when she slipped on some black ice three feet away from the back door to her office. Our coverage of the Court of Appeals’ split-decision in […]

Filed Under: News of the Firm, Workers' Compensation Tagged With: Appeals, Case Commentary, Compensable Injury, Employer Premises, Industrial Commission, NC Supreme Court, North Carolina Advocates for Justice

February 14, 2011 By Valerie Johnson

Fourth Circuit rules USERRA retaliation claim can go to trial

In a recent unpublished opinion, Bunting v. Town of Ocean City, the Fourth Circuit partially overturned a grant of summary judgment and allowed the plaintiff to proceed to trial on his USERRA retaliation claim. USERRA is a federal statute that protects armed service members from being discriminated in employment because of their service. Like other anti-discrimination […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Case Commentary, Discrimination, Fourth Circuit, Police, Retaliation, Summary Judgment, USERRA

February 8, 2011 By Valerie Johnson

Supreme Court endorses associational retaliation claim

Late last month, in Thompson v. North American Stainless, the Supreme Court unanimously concluded that firing a worker’s fiancé in retaliation for a sex discrimination claim filed by the worker is itself unlawful retaliation under Title VII. The anti-retaliation provision of Title VII prohibits any employer action that “well might have dissuaded a reasonable worker from making […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Associational Retaliation, Case Commentary, Retaliation, Sex Discrimination, Title VII, US Supreme Court

February 3, 2011 By Valerie Johnson

NC Court of Appeals’ latest decisions on workers’ compensation

The North Carolina Court of Appeals published two opinions on workers’ compensation earlier this month. The first, Blalock v. Southeastern Materials, involved an award of attorneys’ fees as a sanction for unreasonable defense. N.C.G.S. § 97-88.1 permits the Industrial Commission to award a plaintiff the costs of his attorneys’ fees if the case had been defended without […]

Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Tagged With: Aggravated Condition, Attorneys' Fees, Case Commentary, Industrial Commission, Medical Causation, NC Court of Appeals, Parsons Presumption, Sanction, Unreasonable Defense

January 17, 2011 By Valerie Johnson

NC Court of Appeals rejects workers’ compensation settlement agreement

In Kee v. Caromont Health, Inc., the North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld the Industrial Commission’s rejection of a compromise settlement agreement. The agreement originally reached by the parties involved the defendants paying plaintiff $20,000, the plaintiff resigning from her employment, and the plaintiff releasing all of her employment rights. After plaintiff refused to sign the […]

Filed Under: Workers' Compensation Tagged With: Case Commentary, Employment Rights, Industrial Commission, NC Court of Appeals, Settlements

January 15, 2011 By Valerie Johnson

NC Court of Appeals supports employment contract claim

In Lockett v. Sister-2-Sister Solutions, Inc., the North Carolina Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a breach of contract claim based on the plaintiff’s employment.  In this case, the plaintiff had an employment contract with the defendant that provided that he could only be fired for cause. The Court held that “an employment relationship that […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: At-Will Employment, Breach of Contract, Case Commentary, Employment Contract, NC Court of Appeals, NC Wage and Hour Act

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