An employee who broke both legs while exiting a commuter train and who was treated with multiple surgeries, bed rest, pain medication and physical therapy may sue on a claim that his temporary impairment qualifies as a disability under the ...

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

A business project manager who took eight months’ medical leave in light of an alleged heart attack and who was granted work-from-home privileges and a reduced schedule during this period, loses her suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act, as ...

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

Employer, a modular home manufacturer, wins summary judgment in a Title VII hostile environment suit filed by plaintiff, a 52-year-old woman who was terminated by the company; coworkers’ “boorish, moronic” behavior was not enough to sustain her claim. Plaintiff has ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses a Title VII hostile work environment and disparate treatment suit filed by an American female who worked for defendant Global Linguist Solutions LLC in Kuwait; the court may not infer plaintiff was performing her ...

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

Adopting the recommendation of a magistrate judge, the Norfolk U.S. District Court dismisses a suit filed by a former volunteer police auxiliary police officer of the Chesapeake Police Department who alleges disability discrimination and violation of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Douglas E. Miller Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A female plaintiff who worked for a staffing company and was assigned to defendant bank may sue for retaliation based on age, but her claims for disability-based retaliation are dismissed; a Norfolk U.S. District Court says plaintiff may sue the ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court denies an employer’s “prevailing party” petition for attorney’s fees and costs against a plaintiff whose sexual harassment/retaliation suit was dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. A prevailing party is one whose lawsuit has effected ...

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

A Richmond U.S. District Court says plaintiff’s age bias claim alleging failure to promote may go forward, but the court dismisses plaintiff’s claim for retaliation because it is not reasonably related to the allegations in plaintiff’s EEOC complaint in which ...

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

A dairy delivery driver who lost his age discrimination suit is ordered to pay defendant dairy $3,081.87 in costs; the Lynchburg U.S. District Court says plaintiff has failed to make a sufficient showing of hardship to justify a denial of ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

In a pro se plaintiff’s suit alleging race bias led to his termination as technical director of quality assurance for defendant pharmaceutical company, a Lynchburg U.S. District Court rejects plaintiff’s claim that an affidavit filed by defendant is a “perjured ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District