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An employee cannot collect punitive damages in his successful suit for re­taliatory discharge by his employer, in violation of Va. Code § 40.-151.2:1, for reporting workplace safety violations to the Virginia labor department; the Su­preme Court of Virginia says punitive ...

Tagged with: Employment Supreme Court of Virginia

A former law enforcement officer with the Virginia DMV suing for retaliatory discharge can try his claims for violation of his procedural due process rights, his First Amendment rights to speak with public officials on his own time about matters ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District

In the wake of a jury verdict for plain­tiff, a hearing-impaired nurse practi­tioner, in her disability discrimination suit against the U.S. Navy for failure to accommodate, the Norfolk U.S. Dis­trict Court awards plaintiff back pay of $40,842, with pre- and ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although a former general manag­er for a BMW dealership was award­ed 4,000 shares of restricted stock, the agreement governing the award provided he had to still be employed by defendant company for the shares to vest in three years, and ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A former employee in defendant wholesale club’s tire bay who claims he was fired for allegedly threatening an­other employee who made vulgar and racially derogatory comments about plaintiff on Facebook must arbitrate his employment dispute, as he did not opt ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A government security contractor’s implementation of a State Department directive not to employ persons taking prescription amphetamines as explo­sive-detection dog handlers did not vi­olate the Americans with Disabilities Act, says an Alexandria U.S. District Court. Security contractor Plaintiff ’s complaint ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although a disability plan adminis­trator made mistakes during plaintiff pharmacy technician’s second appeal of a denial of long-term disability ben­efits – including relying on the wrong Facebook profile to assume plaintiff was planning to take a cruise – the plan ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Plaintiff Hair Club for Men wins summary judgment against a former stylist who solicited Hair Club clients for a competing spa where she planned to offer hair replacement services, on plaintiff ’s claims for breach of a non­compete clause and ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Danville U.S. District Court grants a senior living center’s motion to compel arbi­tration of plaintiff’s claim for discriminatory refusal to hire him as a part-time cook in vi­olation of Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act, based on ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Jackson L. Kiser U.S. District Court - Western District

An administrative assistant for a trans­portation authority who suffered from de­pression and anxiety disorder, exacerbated by stress, may sue her former employer for discriminatory discharge under the Ameri­cans With Disabilities Act based on allega­tions that her supervisor, who had sought ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District