A petitioner serving a 25-year sentence for rape and object penetration is not entitled to geriatric release; a Richmond U.S. District Court says that even if the Virginia Parole Board did not follow its own voting procedure when it denied ...
Tagged with: Criminal Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Read More »The estate of a worker who died while using a ripsaw which produced a “kickback” and sent a sliver of wood out of the machine, striking him in the head, has stated claims against the ripsaw manufacturer and its holding ...
Tagged with: Judge John A. Gibney Jr. Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Read More »A Richmond U.S. District Court orders both parties to submit “all original time records and entire client bills” when defendant credit reporting agency objected to paying a $95,361 attorney’s fee after plaintiff consumer accepted the agency’s $65,000 offer of judgment; ...
Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Read More »Faced with a “Stalingrad defense” to a plaintiff’s request for attorney’s fees in a consumer protection case, a Richmond federal judge took the novel approach of asking the defendant company to file its own billing records with the court. The ...
Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge John A. Gibney Jr.
Read More »Defendant Family Dollar Stores wins summary judgment in this suit filed by plaintiffs who allege defendant violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by taking adverse action against job applicants before providing FCRA-required notice; in contrast to some other district courts, ...
Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Read More »A Richmond U.S. District Court certifies a class in plaintiffs’ suit alleging defendant employers did not hire plaintiffs based, in part, on information contained in consumer reports furnished by Trans Union LLC, in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. ...
Tagged with: Consumer Reporting Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Read More »A Maryland federal court’s Local Rule 701 regulating practice by Maryland bar members and non-Maryland bar members for lawyers practicing in the federal court does not violate the First Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause, the Rules Enabling Act or the ...
Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Rights Judge John A. Gibney Jr.
Read More »A Richmond U.S. District Court denies summary judgment to a decedent’s first wife and two children in a dispute with his second wife over who is the rightful beneficiary of decedent’s retirement savings plan proceeds of $372,056; the plan faces ...
Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Read More »Defendant housing officials for the city of Richmond have qualified immunity in a suit filed by Latino residents of mobile homes alleging selective and discriminatory enforcement of building codes against Latino homeowners violated federal and state fair housing laws. Plaintiffs ...
Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Read More »A Sussex County restaurant and lounge cannot sue the county sheriff and a deputy for due process or Fourth Amendment violations for allegedly forcing it to hire and pay off-duty uniformed deputies as security; decreasing the maximum occupancy of its ...
Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District
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