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Per curiam, the appellate division finds that the lower court properly found for the employer in an employment discrimination suit. The employer is based in New York, and the employee only began working out of his New Jersey home in 2020 during the Covid-19 lockdown. He therefore cannot avail himself of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination or the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act. Affirmed.
Court: New York Appellate Divisions, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 01770, Categories: jurisdiction, Employment Discrimination, whistleblowers
J. Silva finds that the lower court improperly denied the city's plea to the jurisdiction in this suit brought under the Texas Whistleblower Act by two former employees. The employees contend that their personal deer feeders were removed from city property and that they were fired after reporting the removal of the feeders to police. However, the employees fail to show that their belief that a supervisor "had committed a violation of law" was reasonable. Reversed.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals, Judge: Silva, Filed On: November 16, 2023, Case #: 13-22-00144-CV, Categories: Conversion, jurisdiction, whistleblowers
J. Marcus finds that the 11th Circuit lacks jurisdiction to consider whether the district court properly ruled in favor of the employer and the company on claims brought by the former employee alleging violations of the Florida Public Whistleblower Act, the False Claims Act and the Florida Private Whistleblower Act. The district court refused to find in favor of the employer and company on a claim for tortious interference with business relations. The ex-employee alleged that she was fired for reporting to the employer and company that the company's prison pharmacies were incorrectly logging a drug used to treat Hepatitis C as a narcotic. The district court's order did not dispose of all of the ex-employee's claims against the company. The tortious interference claim remains open and overlaps with the dismissed counts, therefore there is no final judgment for the 11th Circuit to review with respect to the company.
Court: 11th Circuit, Judge: Marcus, Filed On: October 17, 2023, Case #: 21-14214, Categories: jurisdiction, whistleblowers, Employment Retaliation
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J. McFarland grants, in part, the township's motion for summary judgment, ruling the female detective cannot make a prima facie case for sex discrimination. Her termination was based on insubordination that had nothing to do with her gender; in fact, she conceded during her deposition she was fired for "reporting a wrongdoing" related to Covid-19 protocols.
Court: USDC Southern District of Ohio, Judge: McFarland, Filed On: September 15, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv842, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: jurisdiction, Employment Discrimination, whistleblowers