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- Labor and Employment Section
- Litigation Section · American Employment Law Council · Mississippi Bar Association
- Labor and Employment Section
-- Chairman, 2008-09 Board of Commissioners, 1999-11
-- President, Young Lawyers Division, 2000-01 · Capital Area Human Resources Association Legal Experience · Porter v. Tunica County, Miss. (N.D.Miss. 2012) (summary judgment obtained for County in case claiming race discrimination, gender discrimination, breach of employment contract, and intentional infliction of emotional distress arising out of termination) · Chisolm v. Ergon Refining, Inc. (S.D.Miss. 2011) (summary judgment obtained for company in claim of race discrimination and intentional infliction of emotional distress arising out of termination) · Rogers v. Ergon Trucking, Inc. (S.D. Miss. 2011) (summary judgment obtained for trucking company in suit brought by truck owner-operator alleging race discrimination, breach of contract, negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress). · Bohanna v. Tunica County, Mississippi (N.D. Miss. 2010) (summary judgment for county on current employee's claim of racial harassment). · Jennings et al. v. Corrections Corporation of America (N.D. Miss. 2009) (summary judgment in multiple plaintiff case claiming racial discrimination, conspiracy and defamation arising out of termination). · James Sweet vs. Murphy Oil USA, Inc. d/b/a Murphy USA (American Arbitration Association 2009) (summary judgment in favor of company in lawsuit brought by former manager who alleged breach of contract, fraud and justifiable reliance). · McRunnels v. Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc. and Leroy Johnson, 2008 WL 4965307 (S.D. Miss 2008) (summary judgment obtained in case claiming sexual harassment, wrongful termination and infliction of emotional distress). · DeVries v. BioLife Plasma Services, L.P., 2006 WL 2700902 (W.D. Mich. 2006) (summary judgment obtained in FMLA retaliation case arising out of termination). · Mathis v. Comcast Corporation (Circuit Court, Lauderdale County, Miss. 2006) (summary judgment in whistle-blower wrongful termination case). · Agro Distribution v. United Agri Products, Inc. (2005) (jury verdict on behalf of employer against a departed manager for breach of his duty of loyalty to his employer, violation of the Uniform Trade Secret Act and civil conspiracy and against the entity who hired the departed manager for tortious interference with business relations and civil conspiracy). · Conti v. BioLife Plasma Services, LLP (Allen County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas, 2005) (summary judgment on Plaintiff's claim that discharge was subject to promissory estoppel exception to employment at will rule, and intentional and negligent inflection of emotional distress and defamation surrounding termination). · Brown v. Dillards, Inc. (2004) (jury verdict for employer on Plaintiff's claims of race discrimination and retaliation surrounding her termination). · Fulton v. Baxter Healthcare Corp., 2005 WL 3115761 (N.D. Miss. 2005) (motion to dismiss granted in wrongful discharge case). · Ezelle v. Angelica Image Apparel & Angelica Corporation (W.D. Tenn. 2003) (summary judgment in Title VII retaliatory discharge, negligent and intentional inflection of emotional distress arising out of termination). · Lewis v. Waste Management of Miss., Inc., 148 F.Supp.2d 726 (S.D. Miss 2001) (summary judgment on Plaintiff's claims of sexually hostile work environment and constructive discharge in violation of Title VII). · Carter v. Standex International Corp. d/b/a Master-Bilt Corporation (N.D. Miss. 2000) (summary judgment where Plaintiff claimed intentional interference with his employment contract). · Vance v. North Panola School District, 31 F.Supp.2d 545 (N.D. Miss. 1998) (summary judgment on Plaintiffs claim that her termination was result of racial discrimination under Title VII and § 1983). · Stephen L. LaFrance Pharmacy v. Tallant, 1997 WL 392736 (N.D. Miss. 1997) (secured Preliminary Injunction enforcing employees non-competition and other restrictive covenants). · Harris v. Tate County School District, 882 F.Supp. 90 (N.D. Miss. 1995) (summary judgment where student alleged violation of Constitutional procedural and substantive due process rights). · Davis v. Ceco Building Systems, 813 F.Supp. 1202 (N.D. Miss. 1993) (summary judgment on Plaintiff's claim that discharge violated Age Discrimination in Employment Act). · McArn v. Allied Bruce-Terminex Co., Inc., 626 So.2d 603 (Miss. 1993) (summary judgment confirming that communications between an employer and the unemployment commission are privileged; case also created two public policy exceptions to employment at-will). · Solomon v. Walgreens, 975 F.2d 1086 (5th Cir. 1992) (summary judgment on Plaintiff's claim that discharge was subject to equitable and promissory estoppel exceptions to employment at will rule). Papers, Presentations & Publications · "Promotion, Advancement and Reclassificaton Chapter," Fourth Edition of Lindemann and Grossman's Employment Discrimination Law. · "Mississippi Section," 50-State Compendium on Restrictive Covenants, Defense Research Institute. · 24th Annual Multi-State Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Orlando, Florida, (2006). |