Head v. Glacier Northwest, Inc., 413 F.3d 1053 (9th Cir. 2005)
Matthew Head, a barge offloader, sued his former employer, Glacier Northwest, Inc., for discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Oregon state law. Glacier contended it terminated Head because he had damaged one of its loaders when it got stuck in the mud. At trial, the jury was instructed
Coghlan v. American Seafoods Co., 413 F.3d 1090 (9th Cir. 2005)
James Coghlan, a commercial fisherman, was employed by American Seafoods Company (ASC). In 1998, following a layoff, Coghlan retained his job as a master of one of ASC’s fishing trawlers. The person who was responsible for retaining Coghlan was Inge Andreassen, ASC’s Vice President of Operations, who was a man of Norwegian birth.
Tellis v. Alaska Airlines, Inc., 414 F.3d 1045 (9th Cir. 2005)
H. Charles Tellis was terminated from his job as an Alaska Airlines maintenance mechanic when he took an unexcused leave of absence from work to fly from Seattle to Atlanta in order to retrieve one of the family’s automobiles, which he then drove back to Seattle. Tellis contended that his trip to Atlanta
People v. Pacific Landmark, LLC, 129 Cal. App. 4th 1203 (2005)
The City of Los Angeles brought a red-light abatement action against the operators of a business and the owners of a strip mall where the business (an illegal massage parlor) was located. The trial court issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the operation of a massage parlor or house of prostitution. Ron Mavaddat contended
Gieg v. DRR, Inc., 407 F.3d 1038 (9th Cir. 2005)
Plaintiffs in this case are finance and insurance managers of retail automobile dealerships who claimed they were entitled to overtime under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The employers contended the managers were exempt from overtime on the ground that at least half their compensation was derived from commissions. The managers received commissions based
Fontani v. Wells Fargo Investments, LLC, 129 Cal. App. 4th 719 (2005)
Wells Fargo terminated Marco Fontani, one of its NASDregistered broker-dealers. Following Fontani’s termination, Wells Fargo filed a Form U-5 with the NASD, stating that Fontani had been terminated “for violation of company policies by misrepresenting information in the sale of annuities, not being properly registered and firm procedures regarding annuity applications.” Fontani
In re Cossu, 410 F.3d 591 (9th Cir. 2005)
Jefferson Pilot Securities filed a claim in the bankruptcy proceeding of Claude Cossu, one of its former broker-dealers, who had failed to report his outside business activities to Jefferson Pilot (for which he was an NASD-registered representative). Cossu was aware that under NASD guidelines, he was not permitted to engage in private securities transactions without
Valles v. Ivy Hill Corp., 410 F.3d 1071 (9th Cir. 2005)
David Valles and John Breslin sued their employer, the Ivy Hill Corporation, for failing to provide them and other unionized employees with adequate meal periods and rest breaks in violation of the California Labor Code and the applicable wage regulations. In response to the lawsuit, Ivy Hill removed the action to federal court
Sunderland v. Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Sys. Support Co., 130 Cal. App. 4th 1 (2005)
While they were waiting in line at the In-N-Out Burger Restaurant in Lancaster, Ali Mazloom, a Lockheed field service representative, rear-ended Kristi Sunderland. In her personal injury action against Mazloom and Lockheed, Sunderland alleged that Mazloom had been acting within the course and scope of his employment when the accident
Trop v. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., 129 Cal. App. 4th 1133 (2005)
Anne Trop was terminated from her position as an assistant to Betty Thomas, a movie producer and director for Tall Trees Productions, a motion picture production company with a “first look” deal with Columbia Pictures (a division of Sony). Prior to her termination, Trop had discussed her pregnancy (and her efforts to