Where an affidavit supporting a search warrant included information that a woman contacted other parties through Facebook and text messages as part of a bribery scheme, that provided probable cause for a warrant allowing the search of her electronic devices. ...

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

Where a Virginia Department of Transportation coordinator alleged she was paid less than male coordinators, but the alleged comparators worked in a different regional district, and each of the department’s nine districts makes its own compensation decisions, her Equal Pay ...

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

Where the company claimed it terminated a long-time, 60-year-old employee because of poor performance, but there was conflicting testimony on whether his handling of general safety concerns was egregious enough to prompt termination, the company’s motion for summary judgment was ...

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

Where a housing voucher applicant alleged the housing authority violated due process in denying her application, but its letter said the denial was based on her criminal history and it promptly provided the records upon which it relied, the due ...

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

Where the parties in this breach of contract suit are already involved in litigation in the Southern District of New York, and that litigation was connected to this one, this suit was transferred to New York. Background Robert Turcotte alleges ...

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

Where an arbitrator ruled against a man’s Title VII, breach of contract and quantum meruit claims, and the plaintiff did not show how the award failed to draw its essence from the contract or exhibited a manifest disregard for the ...

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

Where an experienced hunter was injured after he removed a harness from a treestand, which was contrary to the instruction manual, but he testified it was impractical to use the stand with the harness attached to the tree at all ...

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

Where the employee requested a special headset, but didn’t make any complaint regarding the headset or access to a headset, the request wasn’t protected activity. Background On July 6, 2021, Maggie Green-Wright filed an amended complaint that asserts six counts: ...

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

Where automobile repair shops alleged that insurance carriers steered customers away from their businesses because they refused to comply with certain terms, because they failed to show a business expectancy that was lost or that carriers used improper methods, their ...

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

Where the plaintiff alleged a device intended to prevent blood clots from moving into her lungs fractured and migrated, causing her anxiety, abdominal pain, chest pain and shortness of breath, but her expert provided no opinion as to the cause ...

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