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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A Danville U.S. District Court grants debtor doctor’s motion to quash a garnishment summons to pay creditor Virginia hospital a Pennsylvania resident doctor’s wages paid by an Ohio company; debtor’s wages are not located in Virginia and a garnishment summons ...

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Haymes Brothers, a site and excavating company, was the site contractor on a project for RTI International Metals Inc.’s construction of a new facility in Martinsville. The case involved a claim by Haymes Brothers for an “equitable adjustment” under the ...

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The chairman of the Virginia Senate Courts of Justice Committee has been held in civil contempt of court by a Danville federal judge. Sen. Henry L. Marsh III, D-Richmond, was cited for two violations of a scheduling order in a ...

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A Danville U.S. District Court dismisses a pro se plaintiff’s lawsuit against local, state and federal law enforcement authorities and a local law firm, all of whom allegedly failed to satisfy plaintiff’s many requests for help identifying the source of ...

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In an earlier decision in a construction company’s claim against the Danville Redevelopment and Housing Authority under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a Danville U.S. District Court denied in part and granted in part defendants’ motions ...

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A Danville U.S. District Court grants a new trial, setting aside a $3.17 million jury award to a construction company on its claim against the Danville Redevelopment and Housing Authority under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ...

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A funeral home employee who alleges she was required to volunteer her time in community service to generate business for her employer, to respond to calls after hours and to work through or be interrupted during their scheduled meal breaks, ...

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An African-American hair stylist at a Danville salon does not have a prima facie claim for disparate treatment under Title VII with her bare assertion that the white stylist with whom she had a physical altercation on the job was ...

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