After working as a sales representative for three years at C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Ingrid Reeves sued the company for allegedly subjecting her to a hostile work environment in violation of Title VII. Reeves alleged she was subjected daily to gender-specific vulgarities (“bitch,” “fucking bitch,” “fucking whore,” “crack whore,” and “cunt”) from her male co-workers. She [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Eleventh Circuit holds that pervasive use of gender-specific vulgarities can create a hostile workplace for women, even if they are not directed at a specific female employee.
Posted in Civil Rights, Employment Law, tagged Civil Rights, employment discrimination, sex discrimination, Title VII on January 22, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Eighth Circuit joins other circuits in requiring sex stereotyping plaintiff to show she was treated differently–not the relative treatment of different groups within the workplace.
Posted in Civil Rights, Employment Law, tagged Civil Rights, employment discrimination, sex discrimination, Title VII on January 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Breanna Lewis v. Heartland Inns of America, L.L.C., No. 08-3860. Facts Heartland Inns of America, L.L.C. (“Heartland Inns”), operates a group of hotels in Iowa. In July 2005, Breanna Lewis began working for Heartland Inns. Over the next year and a half, Lewis successfully filled several positions related to guest services. Lewis received multiple commendations [...]
Third Circuit rules that fired Muslim scientist is not entitled to a hearing to contest being terminated.
Posted in Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Employment Law, tagged national security, termination on January 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Dr. Abdel Moniem Ali El-Ganayni, an Egyptian native, has lived in the United States since the 1980s and worked as a nuclear physicist for Bettis Laboratory. In 2007, El-Ganayni passed out copies of a Muslim religious tract called "The Miracle in the Ant" at a prison. He was grilled by the Bettis Laboratory security manager [...]
Arkansas Court of Appeals holds that attorney for incompetent person is not entitled to attorney’s fees for challenge of guardianship.
Posted in Family Law, Practice & Procedure, Probate Law, tagged attorney fees, guardianship, incompetent person on January 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In re: the Estate of Mary Elizabeth Reimer, incompetent, No. CA09-770. In 2004, George Reimer petitioned for guardianship over his wife, Mary Elizabeth Reimer. The trial court found Mrs. Reimer incompetent and appointed Mr. Reimer as guardian over her person. Two years later, Mr. Reimer moved to change guardians, and Karen Hunter, Mrs. Reimer’s daughter, [...]
Arkansas Supreme Court holds that savings statute applies even if service of complaint and summons is defective.
Posted in Practice & Procedure, tagged savings statute, statute of limitations on January 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Rettig v. Ballard, No. 09-361. According to his complaint, Jimmy Rettig’s vehicle was rear-ended by a truck owned by Mississippi Coast Carrier and driven by Alton Ballard. Rettig filed his complaint on January 23, 2008, and had two summonses issued to the defendants on February 22, 2008, and February 29, 2008, respectively. Although defendants were [...]
Arkansas Court of Appeals explains that a contract is severable when different parts of performance are individually priced.
Posted in Construction Law, Contract Law, tagged land purchase contract, real estate development, severability on January 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Elder Construction Co. v. Ivey Lane, LLC, No. CA09-63. In 2003, Elder Construction Company (“Elder”) and Ivey Lane, LLC (“Ivey Lane”), entered into a contract for Elder to purchase sixteen unimproved residential lots in the Enclave Subdivision of Springdale from Ivey Lane for a total purchase price of $1,282,400. Each of the lots available in [...]
Jodie L. Hill
-
Twitter Updates
- So sweet! RT @tsudo 50 Rules for Dads of Daughters bit.ly/q13rfn - A beautiful lesson on being a #GirlDad 3 months ago
- RT @KatieMcManners: I would rather attempt to do something great and fail, than to do nothing and succeed. – Dr. Robert Schuller 3 months ago
- I love it when updates screw up the whole app. Thx #Facebook !! 4 months ago
- RT @the_shizknit: Why is your cable box a horrible, energy-sucking beast? http://t.co/bKttmaYH 4 months ago
- RT @nprnews: Influential Panel Giving Thumbs Down To Routine Prostate Cancer Test http://n.pr/pvFPid 4 months ago
Categories
- Administrative Law
- Animal Law
- Antitrust
- Arbitration
- Blawg Review
- Blog Directories
- Business Law
- Civil Rights
- Constitutional Law
- Construction Law
- Consumer Protection
- Contract Law
- Criminal Law
- Disability Law
- Education Law
- Eleventh Amendment
- Employment Law
- Environmental Law
- Ethics
- Family Law
- First Amendment
- Fourth Amendment
- General Information
- Health Law
- Homeland Security
- Immigration Law
- In Focus
- Insurance Law
- International Law
- Internet Law
- Jurisdiction
- Legislation
- Medical Malpractice
- Politics
- Practice & Procedure
- Probate Law
- Products Liability
- Property Law
- Regulatory Law
- Tenth Amendment
- Torts
- Transportation Law
- Trusts & Estates
- Uncategorized
-
Recent Posts
- Seventh Circuit holds that indigent plaintiff’s lawsuit should not have been dismissed solely because he was unable to pay a court-imposed sanction.
- Ninth Circuit finds that government failed to properly consider the potential impact an increase in Medicare co-payments would have on economically vulnerable Arizonans.
- Fifth Circuit holds that a school district can be held liable for allowing an unauthorized stranger to remove and then sexually abuse a student.
- Utah Court of Appeals holds that “religious” tattoo parlor not exempt from paying unemployment insurance.
- Third Circuit holds that plaintiffs lack standing to challenge individual mandate provision of health care reform because they have no current injury.
-
Top Posts
- Ninth Circuit upholds $250,000 verdict against debt-collection firm for emotional distress.
- Eighth Circuit explains the difference between emotional disturbance and social maladjustment under the IDEA.
- Arkansas Court of Appeals holds that a successful plaintiff may seek attorney fees under Ark. Code Ann. § 23-79-209, even if declaratory judgment was sought as a counterclaim.
Archives
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
This Day at Law- Story of the Day
- An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.
- Law.com Newswire
-
Blog Stats
- 26,897 hits
-
-
-
-
