Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

A regional administrator for the Com­munity Corrections Administration who had an automobile accident while driv­ing to meet with her supervisor has not shown that her accident was due to either blurred vision due to her pre-existing mi­graine headaches or a ...

Tagged with: Judge William G. Petty Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

A county firefighter who alleged he could not return to full duty after a work-related back injury within the 12-month period prescribed by the coun­ty has failed to state claims under Title VII or the ADA based on the county’s ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge James C. Cacheris U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The 4th Circuit grants enforcement of a National Labor Relations Board order re­quiring two West Virginia hospitals to bar­gain with the duly elected representatives of the National Nurses Organizing Com­mittee representing their employees; nei­ther the board’s lack of a quorum ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Judge G. Steven Agee

In a claimant’s efforts to win workers’ comp benefits for injuries he suffered while help­ing to reconstruct an historic schoolhouse, the Court of Appeals reverses a commission holding that the Uninsured Employers Fund waived its argument that claimant was an ...

Tagged with: Judge William G. Petty Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

A claimant failed to establish that his right shoulder injury was causally related to one or both of his falls on a particular date, and the Court of Appeals upholds denial of his claim for workers’ compensation bene­fits. When claimant ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert J. Humphreys Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

A Richmond U.S. District Court dis­misses plaintiff ’s suit against a gov­ernment employee’s union and its local chapter alleging race discrimination motivated replacement of plaintiff and a coworker as shop stewards. The complaint alleges a failure by AFGE and its ...

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

A plaintiff who was hired as defendant’s controller in 2002 and made a corporate officer in 2007, but who was told by letter in December 2012 that his employment would terminate on Nov. 18, 2015, with a possibility of work ...

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

The 4th Circuit orders enforcement of a National Labor Relations Board order certifying a collective bargaining unit consisting of all maintenance employ­ees at an ice-cream production facility operated by petitioner Nestle-Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Inc.; the board did not violate ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Judge Albert Diaz

Plaintiffs who trained as dealers for Maryland Live! Casino in a 12-week ca­sino-sponsored course meant to lead to a gambling license may pursue a claim for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the district court erred in dis­missing ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Judge Diana Gribbon Motz

In considering an undocumented alien’s Title VII claim against defendant carwash, a district court erred in refus­ing to enforce the EEOC’s subpoena seek­ing information related to the complaint; whether and to what extent Title VII cov­ers undocumented aliens is a ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III