$10 million slip-and-fall verdict reinstated 
Published: November 15, 2011
Tags: Discovery, negligence, slip and fall, Wal-Mart
A slip-and-fall plaintiff’s failure to immediately disclose a key record obtained as trial began did not constitute a discovery violation that would require the overturning of her $10 million judgment, the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled.
First new Wal-Mart bias suit filed after Supreme Court ruling
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: October 28, 2011
Tags: class action, employment discrimination, Supreme Court, Title VII, unequal pay, Wal-Mart
The first of what promises to be many smaller-sized job discrimination class actions against Wal-Mart in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling barring a single massive class has been filed in California.
The new class of 2011
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: July 26, 2011
Tags: AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, class actions, Supreme Court, Wal-Mart
When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its rulings in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion and Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes, some predicted they would lead to the demise of class actions. But don’t don black for the class action funeral just yet.
Class dismissed!
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: June 28, 2011
Tags: class action, glue test, Rule 23, Supreme Court, Wal-Mart
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision barring certification of what would have been the largest job discrimination class action in history has spurred a debate among legal experts about the role of class actions not only as a tool for seeking monetary relief, but also as an instrument of systematic change.
Former Walmart workers sue over firings
Published: June 20, 2011
Tags: Utah, Wal-Mart, Walmart, wrongful termination
Six Utah residents are suing Walmart after being fired for disarming thieves.
Supremes nix Wal-Mart workers’ class action bid
Published: June 20, 2011
Tags: class action, employment discrimination, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Supreme Court, Wal-Mart
A group of more than a million sex discrimination plaintiffs cannot be certified as a class under Rule 23(a) because their claims do not depend upon a common contention capable of class-wide resolution, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
CLASS ACTIONS
Published: June 20, 2011
Tags: class action, employment discrimination, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Supreme Court, Wal-Mart
A group of more than a million sex discrimination plaintiffs cannot be certified as a class under Rule 23(a) because their claims do not depend upon a common contention capable of class-wide resolution.
Wal-Mart employees face Supreme skepticism
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: March 29, 2011
Tags: class action, employment discrimination, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Supreme Court, Wal-Mart
WASHINGTON – The case of Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes involves a complex set of legal and procedural issues that will determine whether a group of 1.5 million current and former retail store employees can join to form the largest class ever in an employment discrimination case.
Future of class actions in Supreme Court’s hands
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: March 8, 2011
Tags: class action, employment discrimination, gender bias, Supreme Court, Wal-Mart
When the U.S. Supreme Court rules in Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes, it will not only decide whether more than 1.5 million female Wal-Mart workers can proceed as a class in a gender bias lawsuit, but also another issue: just how similar must plaintiffs’ claims be in order to certify a class action?
Wal-Mart to get new trial in $15 million slip-and-fall case
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: February 16, 2011
Tags: slip and fall, Wal-Mart
Two small firm lawyers who won a $15 million jury verdict in a slip-and-fall case against Wal-Mart in November will now have to retry the case.
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