An ERISA-qualified defined benefit plan is entitled to recover pension lump-sum overpayments to four plan participants who worked for a plant that was closing; however, the 4th Circuit vacates summary judgment as to one plan participant, who produced evidence, including ...

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

Defendant Longwood University wins summary judgment in plaintiff marketing professor’s suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 alleging she was denied tenure due to her Turkish ethnicity and national origin, as demonstrated by faculty comments that she “did not fit in”; ...

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

A contract employee who suffers from major depressive disorder and who alleges she was not hired for a permanent position, subjected to a hostile environment, disclosure of confidential medical records and a medical exam in the guise of a referral ...

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

In this suit by 37 black shipyard workers who allege they are not as well paid as white workers, a Newport News U.S. District Court excludes reports with regression analyses performed by a labor economist working for each side; the ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in a pro se plaintiff’s suit alleging Title VII violations in the PTO’s decision not to hire her for patent examiner positions, based on the ...

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

A police officer who retired in 2010 but was diagnosed with heart disease in 2013 may suffer from an occupational disease but he is not eligible for disability benefits under the Line of Duty Act, Va. Code § 9.1-400, says ...

Tagged with: Employment Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Bruce D. White Virginia Circuit Courts

A company whose majority own­er died cannot collect “excessive compensation” paid to the minori­ty owner, her son, who operated a family business in Virginia Beach. That business – the Jungle Golf putt-putt course – is a familiar landmark for lawyers ...

Tagged with: Employment Jungle Golf Nancy Midgett Preston Midgett Virginia Beach Circuit Court

A Norfolk U.S. District Court grants conditional certification to a class of Telephone Claims Representatives I and II based on evidence they have produced indicating they are similarly situated in their positions with GEICO to pursue common claims for overtime ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Michael C. Allen U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court dismisses an African-American male’s suit alleging defendant public school system violated Title VII and the Age Discrimination Employment Act when it dropped him from the roster of substitute teachers; the district judge accepts the magistrate ...

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

A mediation clause in plaintiff’s contract to work for U.S. operations in Afghanistan in his Letter of Assignment is binding, even though his Offer Letter did not include the clause; the Fairfax Circuit Court dismisses his contract action alleging failure ...

Tagged with: Employment Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Kimberley S. White Virginia Circuit Courts