April 15, 2022
The full Second Circuit won't grant a former Disney employee another shot at her appeal of a lower court's ruling that she wasn't owed severance after a stroke left her unable to work, leaving in place a split panel determination upholding the toss of her federal benefits case.
March 03, 2022
A former Disney employee asked the full Second Circuit to reconsider a split panel's conclusion that the company didn't owe her severance pay, claiming the appeals court entertained arguments that were out of bounds because Disney failed to bring them up sooner.
February 16, 2022
The Walt Disney Co. does not owe severance pay to a worker it let go after a stroke left her unable to work, a split Second Circuit panel said Wednesday, ruling that because her termination was not a layoff she didn't qualify for the payout.