Briefing cases

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(SHORT ESSAY) Access the following workers compensation case at https://law.justia.com/cases/oklahoma/court-of-appeals-civil/2016/113486.html

Brief the case and give your opinion of the ruling of the Court. Do you agree or disagree with the ruling? Give your reasons for your opinion.

(SHORT ESSAY) Access the following workers compensation case at

https://law.justia.com/cases/oklahoma/court-of-appeals-civil/2016/114526.html

Brief the case and give your opinion of the ruling of the Court. Do you agree or disagree with the ruling? Give your reasons for your opinion.

(SHORT ESSAY) Consider the following “facts” related to two unemployment situations and answer the questions related to cases.

(1) Don Trump is fed up with his job and walks out from his place of employment today, saying that he’s “outa here” and not coming back. He wasn’t forced to quit or laid off. Now he has applied for unemployment insurance. You are the HS&E officer working for the state agency in charge of reviewing claims for unemployment insurance benefits. You receive Trump’s application and send out a noticed of a hearing to Trump and his employer. The employer protests Trump’s application and so a hearing before your agency is scheduled. Who has the burden of proof in this case and what are the key elements that will be considered during the hearing? What witnesses might be called to testify and what types of evidence might be presented by both parties? If Trump loses his case and is denied unemployment insurance, can he appeal the ruling? If he can appeal, to what tribunal does he make his appeal and how does he make the appeal?

(2) Don Trump’s employer is going broke and can’t afford Trump’s salary and so tells Trump that it’s his time to leave and lays him off. Trump files for unemployment insurance and the application come before your agency and the employer protests the claim. Who has the burden of proof in this case? What are the key elements that will be considered during the hearing? What witnesses might be called to testify and what types of evidence might be presented by both parties? Contrast the differences between a case where an employee quits voluntarily and the case where the employee is laid off with respect to claims for unemployment insurance?

(SHORT ESSAY) What is the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? What are the types of discrimination that are covered by the Act and describe these types of discrimination. Does the Act cover discrimination based upon gender preferences?