Employment Law Hot Topics – 2019 MALA Conference

Berry Moorman Attorney Sheryl Laughren provided a legal update on “Employment Law Hot Topics” to the Michigan Assisted Living Association (MALA) during the 2019 MALA Annual Conference. The annual MALA Conference, took place on May 15, 2019 in the Lansing Center, in...

Goins v. Ajax Metal Processing, Inc.,

984 F Supp 1057 (ED Mich 1997) Former employee’s state law claim for wrongful discharge against his employer was preempted by the Section 301 of the LMRA and was remover to federal court. U. S. District Court granted summary judgment to employer for employee’s failure...

E.E.O.C. v. Allendale Nursing Centre

U.S. District Court granted Defendant summary judgment on Plaintiff’s claim of religious discrimination based on the employee’s discharge for her refusal to obtain a social security number allegedly for religious reasons. The court awarded Defendant costs against the...

Smith v. Fitzsimons Manufacturing Co.

U.S. District Court granted Defendant summary judgment on Plaintiff’s hybrid 301 action, finding Federal law preempted Plaintiff’s state law breach of contract claim because it arose out of the employment relationship covered by a collective bargaining agreement....