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Summary Of Mitchell V. Clark County Sch. Dist., 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 21, Chris Orme
Summary Of Mitchell V. Clark County Sch. Dist., 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 21, Chris Orme
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
Julie Mitchell, a Clark County classroom teacher, inexplicably fell down a flight of stairs while at work. The Court held that stairs, in and of themselves, and other things that are not peculiar to the employment environment, are not sufficiently dangerous to be the cause of a workers’ compensation claim.
Discrimination In Our Midst: Law School's Potential Liability For Employment Practices, Ann C. Mcginley
Discrimination In Our Midst: Law School's Potential Liability For Employment Practices, Ann C. Mcginley
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Studies and articles examining tenured, tenure-track and contract faculty in law schools have exposed the inequalities that women face when compared with their male counterparts. This article asks the legal academic community to consider these conditions in light of established Title VII doctrine which forbids discrimination because of sex. This article offers a hypothetical about the fictitious National Law School, whose labor relationships mimic those of many real law schools in a number of ways. Based on the facts in this hypothetical, the article explores different possible causes of action, either systemic or individual, that employees could reasonably win against …
Summary Of Mgm Mirage V. Cotton, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 39 , Ryan Hall
Summary Of Mgm Mirage V. Cotton, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 39 , Ryan Hall
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
When MGM Mirage employee Brenda Cotton walked through her employer’s parking lot ten minutes before her shift, she tripped over a parking lot curb and injured herself. Cotton sustained an ankle fracture and ligament tear. Deciding that Cotton had failed to prove that her injury arose out of her course of employment, MGM denied her workers’ compensation claim. MGM’s decision was upheld by a hearing officer, because the injury did not occur during working hours. The hearing officer’s decision was reversed on appeal. MGM’s petition for review was denied by the district court.
Summary Of Pope V. Motel 6, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 31, Collin Webster
Summary Of Pope V. Motel 6, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 31, Collin Webster
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
On April 5, 1996, Motel 6 hired Juanita Pope as a housekeeper. Within several months, Motel 6 promoted Ms. Pope to the position of head housekeeper. However, within the first fourteen months of Ms. Pope’s employment she was written up, warned, and suspended multiple times for tardiness and unsatisfactory job performance. In June 1997, Victoria Inman, manager of the Motel 6 where Ms. Pope worked, issued a verbal warning to Ms. Pope, telling her that she was to stop gossiping to other Motel 6 employees. Inman explained to Ms. Pope that such conduct was inappropriate for somebody in a management …