February 05, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a Colorado federal court for permission to pursue an immediate appeal of a jury verdict from the first phase of a disability bias suit against a trucking company, saying the Tenth Circuit could furnish "important guidance" for similar cases.
January 31, 2024
A Colorado federal judge said he would not prevent the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from seeking back pay on a claim that a trucking company's return-to-work policy had a disparate impact on disabled employees, finding in an order Wednesday that the company's request "would be unjust and border on absurd."
January 29, 2024
A Colorado federal judge declined to overturn a trucking company's win in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit that accused it of unlawfully blocking some workers from returning from medical leave, saying the agency failed to sway a jury.
February 28, 2023
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has asked a Colorado federal judge to alter a judgment, or at least grant a new trial, in its disability discrimination lawsuit against a Denver trucking company, arguing that a jury came to an illogical and unjust verdict.
January 30, 2023
A Denver trucking company's employment standards had a disparate adverse impact on disabled drivers, a Colorado federal jury found Monday, siding with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, but rejecting EEOC claims that the company engaged in discriminatory practices.
January 27, 2023
A Colorado trucking company told a federal jury Friday to reject accusations from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that it discriminated against drivers with disabilities, arguing it's caught between the U.S. Department of Transportation's regulatory requirements and the EEOC.
January 09, 2023
Evidence of a Denver trucking company's discrimination against disabled drivers is clear from its policies firing workers who take extended medical leave and the company's own documents, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told jurors in a federal courtroom Monday.
December 22, 2022
A Colorado federal judge refused to hand the EEOC a pretrial win in a long-running Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit claiming a Denver-based trucking company's policies prevent people with disabilities from being hired or returning to work, saying a jury needs to sort out myriad factual disputes.
October 26, 2021
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission would have a Denver-based trucking company endanger the public in the name of disability accommodation, according to an early win bid the company filed in Colorado federal court Monday.
August 31, 2018
A Colorado federal judge agreed Thursday to step away from a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging a Denver-based trucking company limited disabled workers' job prospects in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, saying his impartiality might be questioned because his son is a quadriplegic.