Yaskin has obtained several noteworthy employment law decisions:
- Hoag v. Brown, 397 N.J. Super. 34 (App. Div. 2007) (Court
reprioritized factors in determining that prison social worker contractor’s employee
could be deemed a protected employee of NJ Dept. of Corrections under New
Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”);
also, expanded negligent supervision liability and causation grounds to recover
under NJ Tort Claims Act for permanent psychological injuries).
- Waugh v. Pathmark Stores, Inc., 191 F.R.D. 427 (D.N.J. 2000) (attempt to extend waiver of attorney-client privilege to in-house attorney's participation in remediation of racial harassment).
- Kube v. New Penn Motor Express, 865 F. Supp. 221(D.N.J. 1994) (denying §301 pre-emption in handicap discrimination case where collective bargaining agreement did not address "reasonable accommodation" of a physical handicap as is required by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination).
- Muench v. Township of Haddon, 255 N.J. Super. 288 (App. Div. 1992) (establishing a sexually hostile work environment and constructive firing due to gender harassment engaged in because the female plaintiff sought to work as a police dispatcher).
- Weber v. LDC/Milton Roy Co., 42 FEP cases 1507 (D.N.J. 1986) (defeating employer's summary judgment motion under ADEA, LAD and N.J. Const. by showing that the employer's proffered explanation for termination was a pretext for age discrimination).
Yaskin has contributed to NELA/NJ's amicus curiae briefs addressing:
- The doctrine of "after acquired" evidence of employee misconduct in Nicosia v. Wakefern Food Corp., 136 N.J. 401 (1994)
- The application of judicial estoppel to bar disability discrimination claims in McNemar v. Disney Stores, Inc., 91 F.3d 610 (3d Cir. 1996) cert. denied, 117 S. Ct. 958 (1997)
- The prominence and content of employee handbook disclaimers in Jackson v. Georgia-Pacific Corp., 296 N.J. Super 1 (App. Div. 1996) cert. denied, 149 N.J. 141 (1997)
Yaskin was the first private attorney to represent a State-wide class of Social
Security disability applicants who were denied benefits assertedly due to an
unlawful regulation. Wilson v. Heckler,
622 F. Supp. 649 (D.N.J. 1985) (subsequent citations omitted).
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