Cases — October 30th through November 5th

Wages

Sharp v. CGG Land (U.S.), Inc. (10th Cir., November 4, 2016) (affirming exclusion of meal allowance from time-and-a-half overtime calculation)

Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease

Petersen v. Labor Commission (Utah Ct. App., November 3, 2016) (affirming commission determination that surgeries were unnecessary and thus incompensable)

*Paulsen v. Colvin (10th Cir., November 1, 2016) (affirming denial of disability benefits and supplemental income: the ALJ properly evaluated credibility, weighed the medical evidence, and properly denied her motion to strike the vocational expert’s testimony)

*Cases marked with an asterisk are cases the 10th Circuit does not consider binding precedent except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. They may be cited, however, for persuasive value under Fed.R.App.P. 32.1 and 10th Cir.R. 32.1.