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1 Lab. L. @ Sports 1 (2022-2023)

handle is hein.journals/labrlwsp1 and id is 1 raw text is: Winter 2022 Vol. 1, Issue 1 Former Arena Employee Defeats Summary Judgment Motion in Employment Law Case By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer J ames Sobucki worked at Fox Valley Ice Arena in Geneva, Illinois, for approximately six and a half years. Fox Valley is owned by Centrum-East West Arenas Venture. It also in Geneva. Sobucki was originally on an hourly basis at the facility but was later converted to a salaried office role. A change at Centrum led to a change in duties for Sobucki, and he began cleaning restrooms. On April 3, 2019, Sobucki sued Centrum in federal court seeking overtime pay. Not surprisingly, Sobucki was not long for Centrum, and he was terminated on May 31, 2019. Sobucki amended his complaint that July, adding a claim that he was fired in retaliation for filing the lawsuit. Centrum filed a motion for summary judgment in November 2020. High School AD Cannot Prove Hostile Employment Actions by School Board, Loses Job By John Miller; Ph.D., Pro fessor; Sport Management, University of North Florida F rom 2004 until 2019, Patrick Murtha worked under contract for the Rossford Exempted Village Schools in various capaci- ties including assistant principal and athletic director (MA'urtha v. Rossford Village Schools, 2021). In late January 2019, several members of the school's cheerleading squad inquired to athletic director Murtha about ordering new uniforms (Thomas-Baird, 2020). Since the request was not in line with the uniform rotation followed by the school, Murtha denied the request. About one week after the denial, one of the upset cheerleaders mentioned in a class that she would retaliate against Murtha for not allowing the purchase of new cheerleading uniforms (Thomas-Baird, 2020). As a result, in February 2019, a group See A Don page S Sobucki's opposition came in January 2021, and Centrum replied in February. In August, Judge Mary Rowland denied the motion (Sobucki v. Centrum-East West Arenas Venture, LLC, N.D. Ill, E. D., Case No. 19-cv-02279 (8-5-21)). See ARENA on page 6 Labor Law @ Sp~r~Copyright © 2022 Hackney Publications (hackneypublicationscom) Labor Law @ Sports Copyright © 2022 Hackney Publications (hackneypublications.cwm) t r r L IAL Wk o- r.'t