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Where gang members from rival street gangs who allegedly collaborated to facilitate a murder, several attempted murders, two assaults and other related crimes, they could be charged with using a firearm during a crime of violence because murder and attempted ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a company hired an outside firm to create a commercial website and the outside firm used an unlicensed, copyrighted photo to accompany an article posted on one of the webpages, both the company and the owner of the outside ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the doctors did not adequately inform the patient about the specific risks of the surgery or a reasonable alternative, and failed to perform certain pre-surgery procedures and made errors during the surgery, the plaintiff is entitled to recover $2.2 ...

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

Where medical testing demonstrated that a chef was capable of performing work in three alternative occupations with an earning capacity of at least 60% of what he had earned, an insurance company properly ended his disability benefits offered by his ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a school human resources official was terminated, for a history of non-responsiveness and unproductiveness, the school board prevailed in proving her termination was not in retaliation for her complaints. Background Ms. Gooding-Williams raised three claims against FCSB. In Count ...

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

Where the judge’s comments about the defendant were in direct response to the defendant’s conduct, they did not reflect a wrongful or inappropriate prejudice. Background Walter Graves is charged in a one-count indictment with a bank robbery that occurred on ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An employee’s discrimination claims against her employer could not be based on discrete acts that were not timely alleged in charges brought before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and, as a state agency, the employer was also immune from suit ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Ivan D. Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a salaried employee was paid at a rate of $33,000 per year, she was not entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act because her primary duties were directly related to management or general business operations. Background ...

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

The defendants, who persuaded their elderly victims to transfer money to the defendants based on postured romantic relationships, failed to persuade the court that the district court made errors during their trial that would have changed the outcome. Background The ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Criminal Judge Paul Niemeyer

While members of the Double Nine Goon Syndikate failed in their challenge to their convictions because the district court did not err in empaneling an anonymous jury, in its evidentiary rulings or in its jury instructions, four of the defendants ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Criminal Judge Barbara Milano Keenan