Where a medical management nurse showed that that she was similarly situated to other medical management nurses working at the defendant’s location, at a similar employment level and whose primary job duty was conducting medical necessity reviews, a collective action ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a detainee alleged a prison official used excessive force towards him, but the record showed the detainee first attacked the official and the official used a limited amount of force to secure his safety, the official was granted summary ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the automobile accident giving rise to the suit occurred in Alabama; the plaintiff and nonparty witnesses were all in Alabama and Alabama law likely applied to the matter, the suit was transferred to the Northern District of Alabama. Background ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a company failed to respond to an amended complaint for more than five months, despite having notice of that filing and a court order requiring it to respond within 14 days, its untimely answer was allowed, but it was ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The public does not have a First Amendment right to remotely access civil court records, even though attorneys can access the records and they are publicly available at the courthouse, the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled in a case ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a student alleged that the Henrico County School Board failed to provide her with a free and appropriate public education, or FAPE, the hearing examiner found in her favor but nevertheless denied her damages and she filed suit challenging ...

Tagged with: Administrative Law Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where life insurance beneficiaries alleged a carrier failed to pay policy death benefit proceeds, their negligence and fraud claims were dismissed because their remedy was under contract law, not tort law. Background Caroline B. Reynolds, Alison W. Reynolds and Paige ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a man claimed that defendants engaged in 754 violations of federal law when they allegedly bullied him into purchasing a vehicle that was later repossessed, his complaint was dismissed. It failed to plead facts plausibly showing violations of the ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where one Virginia statute denies non-Virginia-barred attorneys remote access to records otherwise available at the courthouse, and another statute prevents individuals who have remote access from selling, posting or redistributing data obtained from these records to third parties, the statutes ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a detainee alleged that the condition of her infected tooth was an objectively serious medical need, but that a nurse refused to prescribe the Penicillin ordered by the oral surgeon, she plausibly stated a claim for deliberate indifference. Background ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District