The Roanoke U.S. District Court dis­misses petitioner’s habeas corpus pe­tition asserting his conviction on two counts of robbery for a single store stick-up in which the second store clerk was a “bystander” violated the double jeopardy protection. At the heart ...

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

A woman may not sue defendant healthcare companies for Title VII pregnancy discrimination, as defen­dants, a closely related cardiology clinic and a healthcare management compa­ny, did not have the requisite number of employees to be covered as a Title VII ...

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

A teacher challenging his termina­tion in a state court action for breach of contract and violation of his due process rights, who nonsuited and then refiled his contract claim, is barred by res judicata from filing a later federal lawsuit ...

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

Although a Danville U.S. District Court said defendant insurance carrier could not deny fire coverage for plaintiff auction house based on the business owner’s alleged fail­ure to disclose his personal prior felony con­victions for fraud, the carrier did not act ...

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A 54-year-old former Director of Med­ical Management for defendant health­care company who alleges she continued to perform her job and the jobs of absent employees after her treatment for breast cancer, that she was fired and replaced by a younger ...

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Two South Boston police officers face trial in May in an excessive force lawsuit after a federal judge refused to dismiss claims based on repeated use of stun guns. The decision by U.S. District Judge Jackson L. Kiser drew praise ...

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Defendant officers win summary judg­ment in plaintiffs’ challenge to a search of his office as part of his residence and seizure of property used in his computer servicing business, operated from his home; plaintiff has standing to pursue his claim ...

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

In a family’s civil rights suit against South Boston police officers who repeatedly tased a man who appeared to be suffering from excited delirium from alcohol and co­caine ingestion and who died in custody, a Danville U.S. District Court says ...

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A Danville U.S. District Court dismisses a suit by plaintiff Virginia Uranium Inc., lessee of a Chatham, Va., mineral estate which is the largest natural uranium deposit in the U.S., challenging a Virginia statute regulating agency permitting of uranium mining; ...

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

Plaintiff parents whose daughter played on a community college basketball team, and who  visited the college athletic director to ask about a report that the women’s basketball coach was having an illicit relationship with a player, can sue the AD ...

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