Three female servers at a restaurant, who alleged that they complained to the owner of the restaurant about repeated sexual harassment by one of their managers and were ultimately forced to resign as a result of the harassment, were entitled ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The City of Richmond is not liable for the death of a man fatally shot by an off-duty police officer because its training materials did not reflect deliberate indifference, as required to impose liability on the city. The case will ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Defendants, who partnered with plaintiff to develop a community and, as part of a settlement agreement following the project’s collapse, agreed to assume plaintiff’s obligations under a loan taken out to finance the project, committed breach of contract by failing ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A group of neighborhood residents suing a West Point paper mill for trespass and nuisance – based upon allegations that large amounts of wood dust from the paper mill invades their land, home and cars – can proceed as a ...

Tagged with: Judge John A. Gibney Jr. Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A creditor who shipped almost $575,000 worth of goods to a toy store now in bankruptcy will not be allowed to file a priority claim past the deadline set by the bankruptcy court because it had the information necessary to ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A defendant charged with illegal reentry could not dismiss the indictment on the basis the original notice to appear was deficient because he later received an adequate notice of hearing with a time and place. Background Javier Cruz Bonilla is ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a defendant appeared at a removal proceeding despite being served with a defective notice to appear that did not specify the time or date of the proceeding and was subsequently deported from the United States, the defendant could be ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A federal judge has dismissed malicious prosecution and related claims against a Virginia commonwealth’s attorney who initiated an election fraud investigation against a candidate for sheriff. The judge also terminated similar charges against a state police detective. U.S. District Judge ...

Tagged with: Judge John A. Gibney Jr. Malicious Prosecution U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a pipeline company was unable to obtain necessary easements through an agreement with the affected landowners, and the affected landowners failed to respond to the company’s complaint in condemnation, the company was entitled to take possession of the easements ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An employee’s claim of discrimination on the basis of color was allowed to proceed because it was reasonably related to the race discrimination charge she had brought before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the investigation of that charge put ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District