Where a power plant made a claim for damages to its turbine and the carrier made “egregious” decisions in calculating the damages, including improperly discounting the damages of one of its own consultants, so they fell below the $500,000 deductible, ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where Amazon alleged the defendants perpetuated a widespread scheme of kickbacks and fraudulent transactions that violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and Amazon showed a need to preserve assets and evidence, the defendants were enjoined from disrupting any ...

Tagged with: Judge Liam O'Grady Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Disagreements between neighbors was because of the plaintiff’s use of her house for rentals, and not because of her race. There was no evidence that the neighbors treated others outside the protected class who were hosting rentals differently. As such, ...

Tagged with: Judge Liam O'Grady Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a copyright infringement suit brought by members of the music industry against Cox Communications, the jury’s award of $99,830 for each of the infringing works was supported by the evidence and was not unconstitutional. However, Cox will have an ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where each of the 13 causes of action, many based upon an allegedly unlawful polygraph exam, failed as a matter of law, the entire complaint brought by a police officer suing the Town of Purcellville over his employment was dismissed ...

Tagged with: Judge Liam O'Grady Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A company’s bid to avoid overtime liability by claiming an event sales manager was a highly compensated employee failed because her job functions, which included seeking new customers, responding to questions from operations team and serving as the primary point ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

There was no jurisdiction over an individual’s challenge to his inclusion on the No Fly List because judicial review of such orders is vested in the Court of Appeals. Claims brought by the plaintiff’s wife and daughter were dismissed because ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a successful plaintiff was awarded $3 million in damages in her Trafficking Victims Protection Act, or TVPA lawsuit, the award of $975,000 in attorneys’ fees was found reasonable based on the rates charged, the hours worked and the sophistication ...

Tagged with: Attorneys Attorneys Fees Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although an employee argued that Fairfax County’s written reprimand marked him a “wrongdoer” and made him “ineligible for promotion,” there was insufficient evidence that he was ineligible for a promotion or that the reprimand otherwise affected the terms and conditions ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the publisher of romance novels sued another publisher for claiming plagiarism, claims for defamation, tortious interference and conspiracy were dismissed, leaving only a claim under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA. Background This case arises from a dispute ...

Tagged with: Judge Liam O'Grady Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District