October 2016 | Category: Firm News
The firm was recognized in the September 30th edition of the Phoenix Business Journal. The List is a compilation of the top 28 law practices in the metropolitan Phoenix area practicing labor and employment law.
October 2016 | Category: Firm News
The firm was recognized in the September 30th edition of the Phoenix Business Journal. The List is a compilation of the top 28 law practices in the metropolitan Phoenix area practicing labor and employment law.
April 2016 | Category: Significant Cases
In Taylor v. Barkes, 135 S. Ct. 2042 (2015), the United States Supreme Court granted qualified immunity to prison officials who allegedly failed to supervise and monitor a private contractor that provided medical treatment to inmates. The decedent committed suicide a day after mental health screened him at intake and determined […]
April 2016 | Category: Significant Cases
In Coleman v. Tollefson, 135 S. Ct. 1759 (2015), the Supreme Court held that a district court’s dismissal of an inmate’s complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g)—frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim—counts as a “strike” for purposes of determining an inmate’s eligibility for in forma pauperis (IFP) status, even […]
April 2016 | Category: Significant Cases
In Castro v. County of Los Angeles, 785 F.3d 336 (9th Cir. 2015), the Ninth Circuit held that the design of a jail cell constitutes a formal policy for purposes of Monell liability. But because the Eighth Amendment’s deliberate-indifference element is a subjective standard, there must be proof that a policymaker with authority […]
April 2016 | Category: Significant Cases
In Cortez v. Skol, 776 F.3d 1046 (9th Cir. 2015), the Ninth Circuit reversed summary judgment on a § 1983 claim in favor of a prison guard who allegedly failed to protect an inmate from an attack by two other inmates during a prison escort. The guard had been escorting three […]
April 2016 | Category: Significant Cases
In Holt v. Hobbs, 135 S.Ct. 853 (2015), the Supreme Court held that a prison’s grooming policy that prohibited inmates from growing ½-inch beards violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act because it imposed a substantial burden on the inmate’s exercise of his Muslim faith. The court held that […]
April 2016 | Category: Significant Cases
In Mullenix v. Luna, No. 14-1143 (U.S. Nov. 9, 2015), the Supreme Court afforded qualified immunity to an officer accused of excessive force when he shot and killed a fleeing, intoxicated suspect from an overpass. The suspect led officers on an 18-minute chase at speeds of up to 110 miles-per-hour, and […]
April 2016 | Category: Significant Cases
In Gallagher v. Tucson Unified School District, No. 2 CA-CV 2014-0124, 2015 WL 2221657 (Ariz. App. May 12, 2015), the Arizona Court of Appeals held that TUSD was entitled to absolute immunity under A.R.S. § 12-820.05. The court held that the requested damages (“anxiety, reasonable expenses for medical intervention or other […]
April 2016 | Category: Significant Cases
In City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan, 135 S. Ct. 1765 (2015), the United States Supreme Court held that two police officers’ re-entry into the residence of an armed, mentally ill suspect (who had threatened officers moments before with a knife) to quickly subdue her—instead of attempting to accommodate […]
April 2016 | Category: Significant Cases
In Guerra v. State, 348 P.3d 423 (Ariz. 2015), the Arizona Supreme Court held that law enforcement officers do not have a duty of care to accurately deliver next-of-kin (“NOK”) notifications to a decedent’s family members. The Court concluded that officers do not assume a duty of care to an accident […]