Philadelphia cop can’t claim that management retaliated by failing to stop...
By Mark Anderson and Beth Touschner In Anselmo v. City of Philadelphia, a city police officer brought a lawsuit against her employer alleging she was retaliated against by coworkers after she reported...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Police Tow Trucker Driver’s Prayers Answered as Court Holds...
By Mark Anderson and Katrina Thornton In Bonilla v. City of Philadelphia, a Philadelphia court denied the City of Philadelphia’s request to throw out a Christian tow truck driver’s lawsuit claiming...
View ArticleFederal Court in Illinois Throws Out Black Probation Officer’s Race...
By Mark Anderson and Katrina Thornton In Smith v. Cook County, an Illinois court dismissed an African American probation officer’s lawsuit claiming the County denied his request for an adjusted...
View ArticleIllinois Court Holds Inconsistent Discipline Standards can be a Basis for...
By Mark Anderson and Katrina Thornton In Levy v. Wilkie, an Illinois court of appeals ordered a trial of an African American police officer’s race discrimination lawsuit. Levy worked as a police...
View ArticleVegas Police Officer Loses Law Enforcement Career over Gamble with Department...
By Jim Cline and Troy Thornton Arbitrator Kenneth J. Latsch found that the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department had just cause to terminate Officer Raymond Cuevas for accessing the department...
View ArticleCalifornia Deputy’s Oral Inconsistencies about Oral Sex Leads to Sustained...
By Jim Cline and Troy Thornton In Merced Sheriff’s Office, 2020 BNA 1296, Arbitrator Patrick Halter upheld the termination decision of an unnamed Merced County Sheriff’s Deputy. The Deputy was fired...
View ArticleTennessee Court Upholds Police Officer’s First Amendment’s Free Speech Rights
By Jim Cline and Mark Anderson In Bagby v. City of Morristown, a Tennessee court ordered a trial for Officer Bagby’s claim that the City of Morristown Police Department violated his freedom of speech...
View ArticleTexas Jailor Union Barred from Pursuing Arbitration due to Grievance Timing
By Jim Cline and Troy Thornton Arbitrator Patrick Halter found that a union representing federal corrections officers in Seagoville, Texas, failed to file a timely grievance on an alleged arbitrator...
View ArticleArbitrator Denies Rookie Pennsylvania Cop Access to Parental Leave
By Jim Cline and Troy Thornton Arbitrator Matthew M. Franckiewicz found that the Employer, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, correctly denied access to paid parental leave to Officer Randy Alexander....
View ArticleProspective Firefighter Unable to Overcome Obstacles in Disability Suit
By Jim Cline and Mark Anderson In Frost v. City of Philadelphia, a Philadelphia court denied a trial for Plaintiff Frost’s claims that the City discriminated against him by refusing to admit him to the...
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