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J. Conti dismisses certain contract counterclaims brought against a competing aluminum manufacturer in claims arising from a licensing agreement that allows use of the competitor's aluminum pretreatment process in manufacturing Ford F-150 pickup truck bodies. The licensing agreement does not provide particulars about material pricing and "market forces," and both parties paid the same price for materials from the same supplier, with the exception that the competitor received royalties for the use of proprietary technology.
Court: USDC Western District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Conti, Filed On: July 13, 2023, Case #: 2:17cv1434, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition, Contract
J. Haines finds that Idlewild Park and SoakZone may force a lifeguard to arbitrate sexual harassment claims contending she had been fired when employers discovered she was in a relationship with a woman because the employer sufficiently pleaded the employee received a digital copy of the company's arbitration agreement upon hire and that her termination preceded the "ending forced arbitration of sexual assault and sexual harassment act" of 2021.
Court: USDC Western District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Haines, Filed On: June 27, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv165, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Arbitration, Employment, Lgbtq
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J. Hornak allows a mental health counselor to pursue vicarious liability claims against the hospital that employed her while she gained clinical hours. She contends her supervisor retaliated against her for taking medical leave for anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder by refusing to sign off on more than 2,500 experiential hours she had earned, and the hospital may be responsible for adverse employment actions imposed by the supervisor.
Court: USDC Western District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Hornak, Filed On: June 21, 2023, Case #: 2:22cv1306, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities-Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Employment, Employment Retaliation
J. Conti declines to reconsider the decision allowing parents to sue a school district for allowing a teacher to present a mandatory transgender curriculum to her first grade class. The teacher, who allegedly told students to keep gender related conversations secret from their parents, is accused of "grooming" one child by encouraging him to wear dresses and drawing comparisons to her own first grader, who identifies as trans, and suggesting to students that parents sometimes make mistakes about gender. By introducing transgender curriculum to the classroom, the teacher was imposing her own agenda as opposed to teaching tolerance, and the school may have obstructed parental rights by adopting a "de facto policy" without notifying parents or allowing them to opt out of the particular agenda.
Court: USDC Western District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Conti, Filed On: May 31, 2023, Case #: 2:22cv837, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Education, Lgbtq