Recent News About Chief Judge D. Brooks Smith
-
A federal appellate court will allow an expansive Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit to proceed against Steak 'n Shake restaurants, but ruled the case did not yet achieve class action status.
-
PHILADELPHIA – Due to a perceived pattern of improper investigation and dismissals, a federal appeals court has upheld the payment of more than $127,000 in legal fees from Washington, D.C., firefighters who claimed hearing loss from exposure to the sirens on their fire trucks, to the manufacturers of those same devices.
-
PHILADELPHIA – A decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Third District has identified subgroups as a segment of employees that
cannot be discriminated against under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
(ADEA).
