A female employee on a Wakefield hog breeding farm who is suing for sexual harassment by male coworkers has stated a claim for retaliation based on her supervisor’s response to complaints and her reassignment to another farm where she expected ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this suit litigating Nationwide’s duty to defend a real estate developer against claims alleging damage caused by defective Chinese drywall installed in “Overlook Townhouses” in Richmond, a Newport News U.S. District Court grants in part Nationwide’s motion for summary ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Newport News U.S. District Court certifies to the Supreme Court of Virginia a question of law as to whether the pollution exclusion in the relevant insurance policies relieves plaintiff carrier of the obligation to defend and indemnify defendant Overlook ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court grants the government’s motion to certify this prosecution of 14 defendants for piracy in the alleged hijacking of an American yacht as “complex” under the Speedy Trial Act, to allow for a continuance. This matter ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court grants defendant janitorial service’s motion to dismiss a bank employee’s negligence suit alleging personal injury from her fall near a trash can in the lobby where she allegedly slipped on a greasy spot on the ...

Tagged with: Judge Mark Davis Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although plaintiff was classified as an independent contractor by her employer, A Touch of Patience Shared Housing Inc., she alleges she cooked and served meals, cleaned, helped residents with small household tasks including laundry and taking medication, and she exercised ...

Tagged with: Judge Mark Davis Labor U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A licensee of tattoo designs infringed plaintiff designer’s copyright, both before and after termination of the license for nonpayment of royalties, by changing the colors of the designs the licensee posted on its own website, and a Norfolk U.S. District ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a Georgia bank’s suit against a Virginia LLC and three individuals for breach of commercial promissory notes, a Norfolk U.S. District Court says plaintiff’s allegations, that the LLC is a Virginia LLC with its principal office and headquarters located ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A grade-school student who allegedly suffered ongoing illness from mold at his school cannot sue the school board or the school system’s assistant for facilities and maintenance and its executive director of faculties for constitutional violations under 42 U.S.C. § ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A female employee on a Wakefield hog breeding farm has stated a claim for sexual harassment by male coworkers with allegations of unwanted touching, disparaging remarks and an incident involving a male coworker looking into the women’s shower room through ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District