An African-American woman who complained about questions from contract marketing employees about whether she liked watermelon and whether there were still “crack hoes running around” Harlem, where plaintiff had family, was not terminated because of her complaints but because she ...

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

The seller of a warehouse full of seasonal and sports-branded merchandise who waited until six weeks before the trial date to invoke contract remedies including arbitration has waived his right to arbitrate a dispute over the merchantability of the inventory, ...

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

In this suit alleging defendant school system discriminated in terminating an electrical utilities worker who is an African-American of Jamaican heritage, a Richmond U.S. District Court denies his Rule 60 motion to vacate dismissal of his claim. The stated reason ...

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

A Richmond U.S. District Court denies plaintiff’s motion to file under seal itemized attorney time entries, attorney biographies and declaration of counsel submitted in support of its attorney’s fee request. Plaintiff argues the hourly rates charged by counsel and other ...

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

A Richmond U.S. District Court says a plaintiff who spent nearly a year in jail prior to his acquittal of attempted murder charges based on a former girlfriend’s accusations may sue a Colonial Beach police lieutenant on claims of false ...

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

Although plaintiff’s auto accident and back surgery affected her ability to work and pay off her student loan debt of nearly $20,000, she spent thousands of dollars on gambling trips to Atlantic City, and the Richmond U.S. District Court upholds ...

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

A woman cannot sue a prosecutor and two deputies, who allegedly violated her civil rights by seeing that she was charged with child neglect and marijuana manufacture and distribution, in order to pressure her husband to agree to the commonwealth’s ...

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

A former U.S. Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan may sue county police officers and a county-employed psychotherapist on a claim that, without being confronted with an emergency situation and without knowing anything about him other than his expression ...

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

A Richmond U.S. District Court says a plaintiff who spent nearly a year in jail prior to being acquitted of attempted murder charges based on a woman’s statements that plaintiff attempted to murder her may sue a Westmoreland County assistant ...

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

A Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses a race discrimination complaint filed by plaintiff electrical utilities worker, who was fired by defendant school board after he threatened co-workers he suspected of placing screws near his truck to cause a flat tire, ...

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