An African-American power plant employee cannot sue his employer for retaliation and wage discrimination based on race because he did not include these claims in his EEOC charge, and the Richmond U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to employer. Plaintiff ...

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

In this dispute over insurance coverage for an employer-owned vehicle an employee was driving when she struck another vehicle and a man was fatally injured, a Richmond U.S. District magistrate judge recommends denying the motion filed by the employer’s insurance ...

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

A welding company employee states a claim for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act with allegations that he was not compensated for travel time to job sites for his work as a structural steel welder, and the Richmond ...

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

In plaintiff’s suit alleging she was denied leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, a Richmond U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge grants employer’s motion to deem admitted certain requests for admission served on plaintiff with respect to her absences ...

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

A male African-American engineer at defendant DuPont’s Spruance facility in Richmond loses on summary judgment his pro se race discrimination suit alleging disparate treatment in his performance reviews and retaliation. The record here establishes that plaintiff has failed to demonstrate ...

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

Although a former executive for defendant corporation may have referred to two privileged documents during his deposition by plaintiff, plaintiff’s conclusory allegations about the executive’s use of the documents do not require production of the documents under Fed. R. Evid. ...

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

The Richmond U.S. Magistrate Judge compels discovery by corporate parties in international unfair trade practice litigation: defendants must provide bank account and wire transfer details and plaintiffs must provide a representative prepared to address travel expense and technical testing issues ...

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

The Richmond U.S. Magistrate Judge compels discovery by corporate parties in international unfair trade practice litigation: Defendants must provide bank account and wire transfer details and plaintiffs must provide a representative prepared to address travel expense and technical testing issues ...

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

In this suit by the former Ethyl Corporation alleging defendant competitor bribed government officials in Iraq and Indonesia to gain a competitive advantage in selling an octane-boosting fuel additive, the Richmond U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge says plaintiff has not ...

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

A plaintiff who alleges defendant police officer stopped him because of loud music allegedly emanating from plaintiff’s car, removed him from the vehicle, kicked his feet out from under him, placed him in handcuffs and shoved him to the ground, ...

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