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Cozen O'Connor

Texas Supreme Court Narrows Employer Liability and Explains Standard for Proximate Cause

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In a significant decision issued on June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court of Texas reversed a jury verdict awarding over $89 million in damages in favor of the plaintiffs in Werner Enterprises, Inc. v. Blake, holding that the...more

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$2.49 Million Verdict Underscores Expansive USERRA Protections

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A little more than a year after U.S. Army veteran Le Roy Torres kept his case alive at the U.S. Supreme Court, a Texas jury voted unanimously to award him $2.49 million on the claim that his former employer, the Texas...more

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Employers Beware: California Jury Verdicts Continue to Skyrocket!

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Very few companies doing business in California missed the news recently that a San Francisco jury ordered Tesla, the electric car manufacturer, to pay $137 million to a Black former elevator operator who had worked at the...more

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Treble Ahead? SJC Opinion Offers Damages Caution for Massachusetts Employers With Commissioned Employees

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On February 12, 2020, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued an opinion with significant implications for Massachusetts employers with commissioned employees. In Parker v. EnerNOC, Inc. (SJC-12703), the SJC...more

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Association of American Railroads: FELA awards may not be vacated unless “monstrously excessive.”

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FELA plaintiffs have long pointed out that Congress placed FELA cases in the hand of juries “to the maximum extent proper.” Tiller v. Atl. Coast Line R. Co., 318 U.S. 54, 68 & n. 30 (1943). But how often to the railroads make...more

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Fourth Circuit Disallows Blended Hourly Rate That Does Not Take Into Account Overtime Hours Worked

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In some situations, developing a creative approach toward overtime pay can cost the employer more than if it had simply paid time and one-half overtime in the first place. On February 8, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals...more

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An Employer’s Duty To Accommodate Not So-Common Religious Practices

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Q. An employee has requested that the company give her an accommodation due to a religious practice I have never heard of. Do we have to comply with this request? A. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects...more

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