As plaintiff inmate has adequately disputed defendant correctional officials’ assertion that he failed to exhaust his administrative remedies on his claim that his confinement to a strip cell and special housing was causing suicidal tendencies and he needed group therapy, ...

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In a male inmate’s suit alleging violation of his civil rights, the Roanoke U.S. District Court denies defendant correctional officials’ motion for summary judgment as to plaintiff’s Fourth Amendment claims against four correctional officers for strip searches with female staff ...

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In a plaintiff’s suit alleging malpractice by three ophthalmologists, a Danville U.S. District Court says evidence of plaintiff’s informed consent to the cataract surgery is not relevant and will be excluded, and evidence of known complications may be used only ...

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After a one-day bench trial, a Danville U.S. District Court finds that plaintiff has “failed to establish a coherent recitation” of an alleged accident in which a U.S. Postal Service rural mail carrier allegedly ran over plaintiff’s foot in 2004 ...

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In a plaintiff’s suit alleging medical malpractice by three North Carolina ophthalmologists who provided intra-operative and post-operative care in her cataract treatment, the Danville U.S. District Court says plaintiff has satisfied a North Carolina requirement for pre-filing review by an ...

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A woman who took medical retirement from the U.S. Army at age 35 due to depression and fibromyalgia, and who later left private employment and received long-term disability benefits under an ERISA-qualified plan and social security disability benefits for her ...

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A male press operator at a Chatham plant that manufactured business forms has not stated a claim for Title VII retaliation based on his complaint about boorish comments made by a male production manager, in the presence of other male ...

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A former nursing home inspector for the state health department who alleges she was wrongfully terminated after she sought accommodation after rotator cuff surgery and she tore the meniscus in her left knee has her disability discrimination suit against the ...

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A Danville U.S. District Court will allow a pro se plaintiff who says she was fired after she suffered work-related injuries to amend her complaint to allege a claim for wrongful termination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Virginia ...

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An employee who processed inventory for a discount store, which required that he read labels on merchandise and handle heavy equipment, who was blind in one eye and then suffered iritis and a temporary total loss of vision in his ...

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