A hospital security officer who was fired for missing assigned work shifts after he repeatedly requested a written copy of his work schedule as an accommodation of his dyslexia can try his claims of discrimination/retaliation and reasonable accommodation under the ...

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

A Caucasian hospital worker, mar­ried to an African-American man and the mother of biracial children, who alleges her white coworkers, includ­ing her supervisor, made persistent disparaging remarks about interracial relationships and interracial children, has exhausted her race discrimina­tion claim in ...

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

An engineering technician who lost his job when his certification was suspended alleged­ly due to defendant accrediting organization’s failure to identify a clerical error as the source of an audit problem has stated a claim for de­nial of a common ...

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

In plaintiff’s suit against defen¬dants for personal injuries she al¬legedly suffered as a result of using Mire¬na, a levonorgestrel-re­leasing intrauterine system manufactured by defendant Bayer, a Harrisonburg U.S. District Court says defendant is entitled to addition­al discovery from a third-party ...

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

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court dismisses a female student’s suit alleg­ing defendant James Madison University violated Title IX by failing to adequate­ly respond to her complaint of sexual assault by three male students based on their production and circulation of ...

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

At defendant’s trial for possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, witness intimidation and related charges, a Roanoke U.S. District Court will allow tes­timony about other, related instances of gun possession by defendant as well as domestic violence against ...

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

An officer had reasonable suspicion to stop defendant’s car based on his ex-girl­friend’s 911 call and description of the defendant after he left her home, with a report that he had two guns in his car; the Roanoke U.S. District ...

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

In plaintiff’s suit seeking to hold defen­dants liable for personal injuries she al­legedly suffered as a result of using Mire­na, a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system manufactured by defendant Bayer, a Harrisonburg U.S. District Court grants defendants’ motion to exclude new opinions ...

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

A Danville U.S. District Court refus­es to enter a default judgment against a pharmacy sued for negligent mislabel­ing of a pain medication prescribed for a child’s post-tonsillectomy pain, based on defendant’s delay in answering the negligence count of the complaint ...

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

A mother has stated a separate emo­tional distress claim based on allegations that defendant CVS pharmacy negli­gently mislabeled the dosage for oxyco­done pain medication prescribed for her 5-year-old daughter after a routine ton­sillectomy, overrode an in-house safety check and failed ...

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