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 ...

Tagged with: Contract Federal Courts Judge Jackson L. Kiser Million-Dollar Verdicts

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 ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Jackson L. Kiser U.S. District Court - Western District

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, ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Jackson L. Kiser U.S. District Court - Western District

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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A photographer for Trader Publishing who regularly worked at defendant Danville Toyota, taking and posting online photos of defendant’s cars for sale, can sue the car dealership for her injuries from allegedly stepping into a grass-covered drainpipe hole; a Danville ...

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A jury in federal court in Danville awarded $3.17 million in damages to a construction company on a Title VI claim against the Danville Redevelopment and Housing Authority. The authority said it removed Carnell Construction Company from a project because ...

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In a suit in which the Danville U.S. District Court already granted summary judgment to plaintiff lender on the issue of liability, the court enters judgment for $400,043.94, plus per diem interest of $51.67 and awards attorney’s fees of $22,100.26, ...

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