A motion to dismiss is not the proper method by which to eliminate a claim to attorney’s fees in a female college student’s suit against a male college student alleging battery and negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress arising ...
Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District
Read More »A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court upholds a bankruptcy court judgment that a state court judgment against husband on a joint credit-card debt could be discharged in the couple’s joint bankruptcy but wife’s liability for the debt survived. The bankruptcy court ...
Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District
Read More »An exchange of emails between a lawyer and sellers of property facing an issue with a title company over reservation of an easement did not establish a written contract that will allow the sellers a five-year limitations period for their ...
Tagged with: Employment Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District
Read More »A UPS worker who alleges he was assigned to unload trucks despite a knee injury and denied a chance to use a cane at work, and terminated after his supervisor failed to relay text messages plaintiff sent about his absences ...
Tagged with: Employment Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District
Read More »A plaintiff suing defendant company for a coworker’s persistent sexual harassment of her during her internship may sue the coworker, who allegedly has been terminated for sexual harassment, on a state law claim for assault and battery; the Roanoke U.S. ...
Tagged with: Employment Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District
Read More »A plaintiff who lost her suit alleging her employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act does not have the financial ability to pay the $10,610 bill of costs filed by defendant employer under Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d), and the ...
Tagged with: Employment Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District
Read More »An African-American male security officer at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant who alleged racial harassment including a noose at work and a supervisor holding white sheet as a KKK hood, did not use the employer’s complaint procedure and did not ...
Tagged with: Employment Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District
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April 25, 2016
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A well-meaning effort to make college campuses safer may have spawned harsh procedures and penalties that ignore basic guarantees of fairness, some advocates are saying. While many have welcomed campus changes that protect victims of sexual violence, others say some ...
Tagged with: Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Norfolk Circuit Court
Read More »In this male college student’s suit against James Madison University for violation of his procedural due process rights in its handling of a female student’s appeal of a finding of his nonresponsibility for sexual misconduct, the Harrisonburg U.S. District Court ...
Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District
Read More »A male college student can sue James Madison University for violation of his procedural due process rights based on a property interest, for refusing to allow him to appear before an appeal board and limiting his ability to respond to ...
Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District
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