Where the doctors did not adequately inform the patient about the specific risks of the surgery or a reasonable alternative, and failed to perform certain pre-surgery procedures and made errors during the surgery, the plaintiff is entitled to recover $2.2 ...

Tagged with: Judge Leonie Brinkema Medical Malpractice U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An employer that is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and a separate company found to be its alter ago, are liable for unpaid contributions to benefit plans and other damages, including interest, liquidated damages, and attorney’s fees. Background ...

Tagged with: Judge Leonie Brinkema Labor U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The owners of certain domain names obtained a protectable interest in those names by using them in commerce before a hacker transferred the names to his control, and the owners were entitled to an order directing that the domain names ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Fairfax County school employee failed to plausibly allege facts showing the school board or school officials retaliated against her for filing a prior employment lawsuit. Background Kathleen Munive alleges that defendants violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by retaliating against ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A subcontractor that provided equipment, and received over $2.1 million in exchange, lost its attempt to keep those funds after the court agreed the money was paid as an avoidable transfer. Background Clark Construction Group LLC subcontracted work on a ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a lawsuit challenging policies governing servicemembers living with the human immunodeficiency virus, the court held the plaintiffs were entitled to the vast majority of documents withheld by the government on the basis of a “deliberative process” privilege because, among ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The defendant persuaded the 16-year old to engage in actual or simulated masturbation, as well to expose her naked breasts and nude body while showering. Background On Nov. 8, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Seitu ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Reporter’s complaint against individual agents of the Department of Justice and the United States Postal Service who allegedly engaged in illegal surveillance activities against her and her family were dismissed because the individual agents had still not been identified more ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Practice Judge Leonie Brinkema

As the home healthcare aides were employees, not independent contractors, their employer violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by not paying them overtime. Moreover, because the employer was ignorant of the relevant rules, it was liable for additional liquidated damages, ...

Tagged with: Judge Leonie Brinkema Labor U.S. District Court - Eastern District

As the home healthcare aides were employees, not independent contractors, their employer violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by not paying them overtime. Moreover, because the employer was ignorant of the relevant rules, it was liable for additional liquidated damages, ...

Tagged with: Judge Leonie Brinkema Labor U.S. District Court - Eastern District