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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A woman who broke her ankle when she slipped on a puddle of water at the entrance to a Hardee’s restaurant loses her negligence action on summary judgment; the Danville U.S. District Court says she produced no evidence the restaurant ...

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A plaintiff who slipped and fell on water inside the entrance to a Hardee’s restaurant cannot sue the restaurant manager for negligence in putting down snow melt and warning cones outside and failing to keep water off the floor where ...

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A Danville U.S. District Court says a plaintiff who worked in a county communications center and alleged she was harassed and prevented from training as a dispatcher after she announced that she suffered from dyslexia loses her suit under the ...

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A site excavation contract for a titanium manufacturing facility in a Henry County industrial park is ambiguous as to the “type” of soils and rocks that might require an equitable adjustment for payments to the excavation contractor, and a Danville ...

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An HIV-positive secretary at Danville Regional Medical Center loses his failure-to-accommodate claim under the Americans With Disabilities Act because the hospital accommodated him with a modified schedule, as requested, during the period before he filed a claim with the EEOC; ...

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