Given the transitory nature of plaintiff’s injuries – on the job and in an automobile accident – as well as the types of restrictions placed on her during a period of temporary disability, plaintiff, a fabric worker for the military, ...

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

The only female employee of a Northern Virginia remodeling firm has won a discrimination suit against her employer for denying her health insurance coverage after calling her a “breeder.” Sandra Porter, a single mother, worked as general manager for the ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Federal Courts Insurance Judge Liam O'Grady

Where a homeowner refinanced his property through two loans from SunTrust, with a title insurance policy from First Alliance Title, underwritten by First American Title Insurance, but First Alliance’s president diverted funds SunTrust designated to pay off the original mortgage, ...

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

In this ongoing dispute between a developer and a contractor in this $92 million condominium project in Arlington, an Alexandria U.S. District Court awards $8,769,000 in liquidated damages and $2,964,002 in direct damages to plaintiff Comstock Potomac Yard LC against ...

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

A plaintiff states a claim against a deputy for liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for arresting plaintiff for a misdemeanor not committed in the officer’s presence, allegedly in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and a state law claim of ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiffs’ claim alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and other state law claims against defendant creditor, the substitute trustee and the mortgage servicer, in an effort to challenge defendants’ authority to ...

Tagged with: Creditor's Rights Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A qui tam action filed by a former employee of government contractor IIF Data Solutions, which resulted in a defense verdict after a seven-day trial, was “clearly frivolous and vexatious” and an Alexandria U.S. District Court awards the contractor $501,546 ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses a relator’s False Claims Act suit alleging defendant Strayer University engaged in “false certification” for participation in federal financial aid programs, as the action is based upon a “public disclosure” of the alleged conduct. ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s suit alleging defendant bank’s foreclosure on residential real estate violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Nothing in plaintiff’s conclusory allegations provides a plausible basis for relief after considering the settled law of ...

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

Although defendant won summary judgment in plaintiff’s 42 U.S.C. § 1981 lawsuit alleging he was fired because of race discrimination, an Alexandria U.S. District Court will not award defendant attorney’s fees, as plaintiff acted in good faith in filing his ...

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