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

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

An Italian exchange student who al­leges she was sexually assaulted by a fel­low student she had invited to her dorm room has not stated Title IX claims of “deliberate indifference” against the col­lege, which investigated her complaint, obtained defendant student’s ...

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A dentist has stated a claim for business conspiracy against a consultant hired to evaluate a dental practice that plaintiff had contracted to buy from his partner, and who allegedly assisted the partner in their dispute when the partner refused ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

A defendant does not need a Certificate of Appealability in order to appeal denial of his motion seeking post-conviction testing of DNA evidence under the Innocence Protection Act in order to challenge his 2000 conviction of the robbery and murder ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Criminal Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon

A consultant hired by a two-man dental practice is facing a claim for treble damages and attorney’s fees under Virginia’s business conspiracy statutes. Last month, a Harrisonburg federal court refused to dismiss the suit filed by Frederick Broadhead, DMD, against ...

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A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court dismisses an assistant female prosecutor’s Title VII retaliatory termination claim against the commonwealth’s attorney, who is not an “employer” subject to  Title VII; plaintiff may proceed with her Equal Pay Act claim against the commonwealth’s ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

An Abingdon U.S. District Court transfers venue in a hospital med-mal insurance carrier’s subrogation action against the remaining defendants in a wrongful death suit alleging failure to timely diagnose a woman’s lung cancer; the suit is transferred to the Eastern ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Plaintiff was employed from May 2010 to Aug. 29, 2012, as a support staff and as instructor of electronics at one of the defendant’s private school called Shenandoah Academy. The school, located in Harrisonburg, provided educational services to elementary through ...

Tagged with: Employment Federal Courts Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court says a female student has stated a plausible Title IX claim against James Madison University with her allegations that while a JMU student, she was sexually assaulted by three male JMU students, one of whom ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District