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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 , on January 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »

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 [...]

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Reduction in workers’ compensation benefits because of receipt of Social Security benefits is unconstitutional, according to the Utah Supreme Court.

Posted in Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, tagged , on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Under Utah law, an injured worker’s compensation can be reduced if the worker also qualifies for Social Security benefits.  In a 2007 case, Nathan Merrill was permanently disabled while working for Dakota Cabinets.  He received $395 a week in workers’ compensation benefits.  Because Merrill qualified for Social Security, his workers’ compensation benefits were reduced.  The [...]

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