Saturday, June 27, 2015
- US Supreme Court: The Court held that “the right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of the person, and under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment couples of the same-sex may not be deprived of that right and that liberty”
- Maine Superior Court: The court found motel owed no duty to protect invitee who was assaulted by someone he expected to be a prostitute when he opened the door to his motel room
- Maine Superior Court: The court found car dealership was not vicariously liable for negligence by its salesman while driving home from a bar at night in one of the dealership’s cars that was for sale even though salesman had been promoting the car (a Lexus) at the bar
- Maine Superior Court: The court held that plowing company was not liable for employee’s injuries when she fell on ice covered by snow in parking lot because the plowing company (a non-possessor of the parking) did not create the dangerous condition (the snow did, even if the plowing company failed to remove it)
- First Circuit: The court reversed summary judgment for officer on Fourth Amendment unconstitutional arrest claim because there was a disputed issue whether officer had probable cause to believe plaintiff was obstructing police activity by restricting access to a school
- EEOC: $50,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit alleging employer fired employee with breast because its medical staff imposed restrictions that prevented plaintiff from performing her job where plaintiff’s own doctor cleared her to return to work without restrictions
- EEOC: Pregnancy Discrimination Guidance updated in light of U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Young v. UPS
- HUD: Study finds well-qualified homeseekers who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as homeseekers who use wheelchairs, are told about fewer available housing units than comparable homeseekers who can hear and walk
- Maine Supreme Judicial Court: Proposed amendment to the Maine Rules of Evidence would remove exception from non-hearsay (they would not be hearsay) for statements to a principal or employer by a party’s agent or employee
