Cases — March 15th through 21st

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Discrimination

EEOC v. Beverage Distributors Company, LLC (10th Cir., March 16, 2015) (discrimination claim by blind employee; reversing based on district court’s erroneous direct threat instruction)

Jones v. McHugh, Secretary of the Army (10th Cir., March 16, 2015) (affirming summary judgement against Jones in the absence of evidence of improper motive)

Contract

Andersen v. Department of Corrections (Utah Ct. App., March 19, 2015) (affirming summary judgment in favor of the DOC upon Plaintiffs’ contract claims regarding pay incentives for transportation-unit correctional officers)

Unemployment

Evolocity v. Department of Workforce Services (Utah Ct. App., March 19, 2015) (declining to disturb DWS determination that Deabra Colbert was discharged without just cause and therefore entitled to unemployment benefits)

Evolocity v. Department of WorkforceServices (Utah Ct. App., March 19, 2015) (upholding DWS determination thatDeabra Colbert was an employee of Evolocity and not an independent contractor,despite contractual language to the contrary.)