In plaintiff military families’ lawsuit seeking damages for mold exposure in military rental housing, a TV station and reporter who were subpoenaed by defendants have a qualified reporter’s privilege, but the Norfolk U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge says they must ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Douglas E. Miller U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The parents of a 13-year-old girl with autism who do not want the specialized educational services their daughter requires delivered at the specialty center identified by defendant school board have not made the required showing in their suit under the ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Douglas E. Miller Judge Rebecca Beach Smith U.S. District Court - Eastern District

As plaintiff bank settled its collection action on a Promissory Note by settling with six guarantors and jointly moving for a voluntary dismissal, a Norfolk U.S. District Court says a defendant who opposed dismissal cannot pursue cross-claims against the settling ...

Tagged with: Creditor's Rights Judge Douglas E. Miller U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Newport News U.S. District Court says a Kroger store is not entitled to summary judgment on its defense of contributory negligence to a personal injury suit filed by a woman who alleges she injured her wrist and leg when ...

Tagged with: Judge Douglas E. Miller Negligence 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 general contractor does not have a right to set off money a masonry subcontractor owed on a non-bonded school project against money owed a surety on a bonded federal government project; the Norfolk U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge says ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Douglas E. Miller U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A protective services company that settled a failure-to-hire disability discrimination case by agreeing to pay plaintiff $72,000, including attorney’s fees of $28,800, and that has failed to make payments, appear in court or respond to its lawyer’s attempts to contact ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Douglas E. Miller Judge Rebecca Beach Smith U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Tiffany presentation sword presented to Col. Rush Hawkins in May 1863 and conveyed to plaintiff Brown University as part of the Annmary Brown Memorial was stolen from the Memorial sometime before 1977, and because the thief could not convey ...

Tagged with: Judge Douglas E. Miller U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A prospective buyer who entered a Fannie-Mae-owned home and was injured when he walked down basement stairs that were missing multiple steps at the bottom can try his claims against Fannie Mae for negligence and negligence per se, but the ...

Tagged with: Judge Douglas E. Miller Premises Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A woman who alleged she was harassed and dismissed due to discrimination against her for her age and condition of fibromyalgia should have her Title VII retaliation claim dismissed, says a Newport News U.S. District Court magistrate judge, because she ...

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