Where an employer persuaded the court to order return of documents retained by an employee after his termination, but the court found the employer was not harmed by the retention, the employer’s decision to reduce the claimed attorneys’ fees by ...

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Although a restaurant worker accepted an offer of judgment of $6,500 just six weeks after he filed his complaint for nonpayment of overtime wages, the time incurred by his attorneys was reasonable, as were their rates of $495 and $460 ...

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Aetna did not abuse its discretion in denying an employee’s request for long-term disability benefits following a car accident. Although the employee initially received short-term benefits, subsequent examinations by both treating and independent medical professionals concluded she was capable of ...

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Where the employee did not apply for a position, did not suffer an adverse em­ployment action despite his performance warning and did not demonstrate that other similarly situated employees out­side the protected class were treated dif­ferently or that the contractor’s ...

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Where the mother of the insured son was staying with him for two weeks at the time she struck and killed a pedestrian while driving his car, the son’s home was not her “primary residence” and she was not entitled ...

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Where the Fourth Circuit remanded certain claims made by an employee terminated by the Army Contracting Command that were previously dismissed for further consideration, those claims were dismissed again for a variety of reasons, including res judicata, failure to state ...

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Where a pre-K special education teacher was not meeting the expectations of the Arlington County School Board, no adverse employment action was taken against him and he did not show he was treated differently from similarly situated employees outside of ...

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Where a driver was detained by an officer because the driver’s signature on the traffic summons did not match the signature on his license, the officer was entitled to immunity against the driver’s subsequent suit because the “arrest” was supported ...

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Where a current postal employee failed to identify similarly situated employees who were treated differently, failed to prove a causal connection between his protected activity and adverse employment action and failed to rebut the United State Postal Service’s legitimate reasons ...

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Where a job applicant failed to present evidence that his race was the reason he was not hired for the first position, and where the company’s decision to not hire him for the second position was made before it had ...

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