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AEROSPACE & DEFENSE, CIVIL PROCEDURE, INTERNATIONAL LAW,
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW, TRANSPORTATION
Ventress
v. Japan Airlines, No. 04-17353, 05-15044,
06-15904
The Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation
Treaty between the U.S. and Japan does not preempt California's
whistle blower protection laws. Read
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CIVIL PROCEDURE, CIVIL RIGHTS, HEALTH LAW, LABOR &
EMPLOYMENT LAW
Gambini
v. Total Renal Care, No. 05-35209
In an action
setting forth Family Medical Leave Act and state discrimination law
claims, denial of employee's motion seeking judgment as a matter of
law and a new trial after a jury verdict in favor of former employer
is affirmed in part as to the FMLA claim, but reversed in part
where: 1) the district court abused its discretion when it declined
to give an instruction stating that conduct resulting from a
disability is part of the disability and not a separate basis for
termination; and 2) the exclusion was not harmless error. (Amended
opinion) Read
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