A Danville U.S. District grants defen­dant school system summary judgment on plaintiff’s Title VII claims alleging he was denied employment as a school bus driver based on his race and his “huge frame,” but denies defendant school system summary judgment ...

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A bankruptcy court erred in sua sponte dis­missing appellant’s chapter 7 petition solely for failure to pay the administrative notice fee, and without any notice or hearing for pe­titioner; the Danville U.S. District Court va­cates the dismissal and remands the ...

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A woman who tripped over wooden pallets as she entered a Wal-Mart store through the Tire and Lube Express can try her negligence claim, as the Danville U.S. District Court denies summary judgment on the store’s as­sertion that plaintiff was ...

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

A Danville U.S. District Court grants a senior living center’s motion to compel arbi­tration of plaintiff’s claim for discriminatory refusal to hire him as a part-time cook in vi­olation of Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act, based on ...

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In plaintiff’s products liability suit involving a roof seamer, a Danville U.S. District Court grants plaintiff’s motion to strike a defense of assumption of the risk to plaintiff’s breach of implied war­ranty claim. Plaintiff alleges he was injured while using ...

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After a bench trial, the Danville U.S. District Court rules for defendant police officers in plaintiff ’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit challenging the officers’ entry and search of his quarters in a rooming house that he owned, and seizure ...

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In a truck buyer’s suit against multi­ple parties in a chain leading to his pur­chase of a truck tainted by an incorrect odometer reading and owner history, the Danville U.S. District Court cannot assert personal jurisdiction over a Ten­nessee Honda ...

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

Because mother’s testimony was not credible concerning issues related to removal of her 3-year-old child from Mexico by respondent, who was not his biological father but listed as his father on the child’s birth certificate, the Dan­ville U.S. District Court ...

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

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 ...

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