U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Hear 2 Employment-Related Bias, Injury Appeals

Mealey's (March 5, 2019, 1:26 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 4 denied petitions for a writ of certiorari filed by employees in two separate cases, one concerning bias and retaliation and the other concerning on-the-job injuries, leaving in place rulings by the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Texas, respectively, in favor of the employers (Marisol Micheo-Acevedo v. Stericycle of Puerto Rico, Inc., No. 18-967, U.S. Sup., 2019 U.S. LEXIS 1603, Iveth Rodriguez Lopez v. ReadyOne Industries, Inc., No. 18-1011, U.S. Sup., 2019 U.S. LEXIS 1648)....