Schorr & Associates’ Employment Case of The Week ending July 21, 2017 By Matthew Schorr Castleberry v. STI Group, No. 16-3131 (decided July 14, 2017) This week focuses on a decision out of the United States Court of Appeals For the Third Circuit. This case was appealed from the U.S. District Court for the Middle…
Read moreWeek Ending 7/14/17: Grande v. St. Clare’s Health System
Schorr & Associates’ Employment Case of The Week ending July 14, 2017 By Jenelle Hubbard Maryanne Grande v. Saint Clare’s Health System, No. A-67-15, 2017 N.J. LEXIS 746 (decided July 12, 2017). This week, our Case of the Week focuses on the New Jersey Supreme Court’s decision in Grande v. Saint Clare’s Health System, which…
Read moreSupreme Court May Hear Groundbreaking Workplace Discrimination Case
When Jameka Evans went to work as a security guard at Georgia Regional Hospital in Savannah, she did not anticipate that being gay would be an issue. But she quickly learned she was wrong. During the 15 months that she worked there she says that she was harassed for being a lesbian, and then eventually…
Read moreWeek Ending 7/7/17: Hernandez v. Major League Baseball
Schorr & Associates’ Employment Case of The Week ending July 7, 2017 By Adam Schorr Hernandez v. The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, Case No. 1:17-cv-456 (S.D. Ohio, Complaint filed July 3, 2017) https://streamable.com/ohpbz Veteran Major League Baseball umpire Angel Hernandez has filed a Title VII race discrimination case against the MLB and the…
Read moreWeek Ending 6/30/17: Credeur v. State of Louisiana
Schorr & Associates’ Employment Case of The Week ending June 30, 2017 By Arykah Trabosh Credeur v. State of Louisiana, 2017 U.S. App LEXIS 11269 (5th Cir., Jun. 23, 2017) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit recently upheld a grant of summary judgment, agreeing with the court below that the Plaintiff could…
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