Where a former bank employee asserted discrimination claims within 90 days from the date she received a right-to-sue notice, but her suit was dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute, the dismissal didn’t toll the 90-day statute of limitations. As ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a judge presided over eviction and collection suits involving a woman who then sued him for violating her rights, he was immune from suit because all of the complained-of actions were undertaken in his judicial capacity. Background Marla Faith ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where liability may be imposed only where the United States was grossly negligent, and a woman who fell during her visit to public park did not plead facts showing the government made a deliberate decision not to repair a known ...

Tagged with: Judge M. Hannah Lauck Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although the plaintiff suing for unlawful termination produced two documents eight days after discovery closed and two days before the dispositive motions’ deadline, the defendants’ motion to exclude the documents was denied because they were on notice as to their ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where financial advisers likely misappropriated trade secrets from their former employer, allegedly causing the life insurance company to suffer loss of goodwill, customer trust and damage to its reputation, the advisers were enjoined from continuing to benefit from the misappropriation ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a New Zealand-based defendant was charged with kidnapping and production of child pornography, his motion to sever the charges was denied because they were linked: the production of child pornography led to the attempted kidnapping. Background Troy George Skinner, ...

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Where a New Zealand-based defendant argued that Congress did not intend for a statute prohibiting sexual exploitation of children to apply beyond the United States, his motion to dismiss was denied because the text, history and context of the law ...

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Where a defendant charged with kidnapping and production of child pornography argued a warrant allowing search of his cellphones was not sufficiently particular, his motion to suppress was denied. The warrant and supporting affidavit specifically identified the items to be ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Type of action: Federal Odometer Act, fraud, Virginia Consumer Protection Act, Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act Injuries alleged: Diminished value, loss of use, inconvenience, aggravation, punitive damages and legal fees Name of case: Jackson v. Great Bridge Auto Sales Corp. Court: U.S. ...

Tagged with: Judge M. Hannah Lauck Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District Verdict

Where a unity of interest and ownership was alleged to exist between the corporation and its two owners, and the owners allegedly used the corporate form to disguise a wrong or obscure a fraud, in particular, to avoid payment of ...

Tagged with: Judge M. Hannah Lauck Labor U.S. District Court - Eastern District