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Supreme Court to Weigh in on Trial By Formula
2015-06-10 07:35:58| Food - Topix.net
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal challenging an almost $6 million judgment awarded in a class action case against Tyson Foods, Inc. See Bouaphakeo, et al. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., No, 12-3753 .
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UPDATE 1-U.S. Supreme Court takes up Tyson Foods class action challenge
2015-06-08 16:47:59| Food - Topix.net
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up Tyson Foods Inc's challenge to an almost $5.8 million judgment awarded against the company over worker pay at an Iowa meat processing facility. In a case that will be closely watched by the business community, which has sought to limit big-money class action payouts, the court will consider the company's objection to the use of statistics to determine damages instead of assessing individual damages.
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Supreme Court Clarifies Burden of Proof for Religious Accommodation and Disparate-Treatment Claims
2015-06-04 10:21:04| Apparel - Topix.net
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the EEOC today and clarified the standard for religious accommodation and disparate-treatment claims under Title VII. The Court ruled that an applicant can advance a disparate-treatment claim by showing that an employer's belief that she needed a religious accommodation was a motivating factor in the employer's decision against hiring her.
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Texas Supreme Court Eliminates Premises Liability for Concurrent Acts of Premises Employees
2015-06-02 19:16:04| Chemicals - Topix.net
In Magdalena Adrienna Abutahoun, et al. v. The Dow Chemical Company , 2015 WL 2147979, the Supreme Court of Texas affirmed the overturning of a jury verdict against Dow, finding it owed no duty related to the plaintiffs' claims that their decedent's asbestos-related disease was caused by his exposure to asbestos on Dow's property.
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Supreme Court declines to hear Verizon case on pension fund switch
2015-06-02 16:53:43| IT Services - Topix.net
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case filed by retirees of Verizon Communications Inc., New York, claiming they and other employees were involuntarily switched from Verizon's pension fund to a spinoff company. The ERISA class action, originally filed in a U.S. District Court in Dallas in November 2009, charged that they were switched without their knowledge or consent to a pension fund run by Dallas-based Idearc Inc., a Verizon spinoff company that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2006.
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