by travisadmin | Jan 14, 2017 | Civil Rights
In Gillis, et al v. Miller, 2017 WL 65563 (6th Cir., January 6, 2017), plaintiffs Gillis and Walraven were correctional officers at the Bay County, Michigan jail. Walraven was a sergeant and Gillis was the President of the local Corrections Officers Union. In early...
by travisadmin | Jan 13, 2017 | Title VII
Under an interesting set of facts, the Eleventh Circuit recently reversed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the employer on a sexual harassment claim, but affirmed summary judgment on the retaliation component. In Furcron v. Mail Centers Plus, LLC,...
by travisadmin | Jan 13, 2017 | ADA
In Hale v. Johnson, 2016 WL 7473785 (6th Cir., December 29, 2016), after the Eastern District of Tennessee overruled the defendant’s motion to dismiss and certified an interlocutory appeal, the Sixth Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision. This case involved...
by travisadmin | Jan 12, 2017 | FMLA
In Chase v. United States Postal Service, 2016 WL 7228809 (1st Cir. December 14, 2016), the First Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the defendant in a case alleging retaliation under the FMLA. The facts giving rise to the case arose in July 2010 when the employee...
by travisadmin | Jan 12, 2017 | Labor Law
In United Auto Workers Union Local 1700 v. NLRB, 2016 WL 7384008 (6th Cir. Dec. 21, 2016) the Sixth Circuit overturned a decision of the National Labor Relations Board which found that the Local Union had violated its duty of fair representation to a member, Aretha...
