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The North Carolina Supreme Court has sent a tricky workers’ compensation case back the Industrial Commission for additional fact-finding. Cardwell v. Jenkins Cleaner involves a plaintiff who was injured when she slipped on some black ice three… Read More

In a recent unpublished opinion, Bunting v. Town of Ocean City, the Fourth Circuit partially overturned a grant of summary judgment and allowed the plaintiff to proceed to trial on his USERRA retaliation claim. USERRA is a federal statute that protec… Read More

Late last month, in Thompson v. North American Stainless, the Supreme Court unanimously concluded that firing a worker’s fiancé in retaliation for a sex discrimination claim filed by the worker is itself unlawful retaliation under Title VII. The a… Read More

The North Carolina Court of Appeals published two opinions on workers’ compensation earlier this month. The first, Blalock v. Southeastern Materials, involved an award of attorneys’ fees as a sanction for unreasonable defense. N.C.G.S. §… Read More

In Kee v. Caromont Health, Inc., the North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld the Industrial Commission’s rejection of a compromise settlement agreement. The agreement originally reached by the parties involved the defendants paying plaintiff $20… Read More

In Lockett v. Sister-2-Sister Solutions, Inc., the North Carolina Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a breach of contract claim based on the plaintiff’s employment. In this case, the plaintiff had an employment contract with the defenda… Read More

The Fourth Circuit has published a couple of opinions on employment law cases in recent weeks. The first case, Bonds v. Leavitt, concerned a federal employee’s suit against the Department of Health and Human Services, which alleged Title VII cl… Read More

In Williams v. American Eagle Airlines, the North Carolina Court of Appeals addressed the interplay between union contracts and employment claims. In this case, the plaintiff had been a part-time fleet service clerk for American Eagle, where she was… Read More