Joseph E. Gumina's Legal Cases (4)

Employment and labor

Carter v. Labor Commission Appeals Board, 2006 UT App 477 (Utah Ct. App. 2006)

Nov 30, 2006

OUTCOME: Upheld Dismissal on Appeal

Successfully reversed a decision awarding an employee $191,649 in damages on a retaliation claim and successfully defended the reversal of the judgment in the Utah Court of Appeals.

Discrimination

Hossack v. Floor Covering Associates of Joliet, 2004 WL 2423825 (N.D. Ill. 2004)

Jan 01, 2004

OUTCOME: Case Dismissed in Favor of Employer

Successfully defended an employer in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in a jury trial by convincing the court to dismiss the case pursuant to Rule 50, a motion after verdic ... t, on the grounds that the palintiff did not meet her burden of proof in establishing a case of sex discrimination.

Employment and labor

Ulatowski v. John Sterling Corp., 2004 WL 1385829 (N.D. Ill. 2004)

Jan 01, 2004

OUTCOME: Obtained Summary Judgment in Favor of Employer

Successfully obtained summary judgment for an Illinois employer in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against an employee alleging that her assignment to a temporary light du ... ty position, as a reasonable accommodation, entitled her to a permanent job position.

Employment and labor

Bowne of Chicago, Inc. v. Human Rights Commission, 301 Ill.App.3d 116, 703 N.E.2d 443, 234 Ill. Dec. 582 (1st Dist. 1998)

Jan 01, 1998

OUTCOME:

Argued case of first impression before the Appellate Court of Illinois regarding the retroactive effect of the 1996 amendments to the Illinois Human Rights Act.

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