Although a Norfolk U.S. District Court earlier granted summary judgment holding that the joint employer doctrine applies to a hearing-impaired nurse practitioner’s Rehabilitation Act claim against the U.S. Navy, the court will not preliminarily instruct the jury that “the Navy ...

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

A Norfolk U.S. District Court accepts a magistrate judge’s recommendation to deny defendants’ motion to enforce the parties’ negotiated settlement of federal claims raised in this matter, and also denies plaintiff’s motion for sanctions. Plaintiff argues that defendants’ motion to ...

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

A defendant whose murder conviction was vacated 22 years after he alleges a police conspiracy to violate Brady v. Maryland by withholding a Polaroid picture of him taken at the time he initially was questioned about the murder can sue ...

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

The city of Newport News wins summary judgment in this discrimination suit filed by a 64-year-old African-American female who was not rehired by the Newport News Department of Human Services for a part-time position after her retirement due to negative ...

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A Virginia Beach contractor who allegedly lost a landscaping contract because defendant subcontractor, a Pennsylvania business, failed to complete a subcontract agreement, can sue the Pennsylvania defendants in Norfolk U.S. District Court, based on defendants’ contacts with Virginia about the ...

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

A factory fabric cutter who alleged the married owner of the business made repeated sexual advances toward her and fired her after she complained about his inappropriate behavior has stated a Bowman claim for wrongful discharge based on Virginia’s public ...

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

A woman can use Virginia’s statutes on adultery and aiding and abetting criminal activity to support a wrongful discharge claim against a married man, a federal judge in Newport News has ruled. She used the public policy against adultery, which ...

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A Norfolk U.S. District Court grants plaintiff’s motion for default judgment in its suit alleging defendant breached two service contracts to ship cargo on plaintiff’s vessels by failing to pay $101,765 in outstanding costs resulting from freight charges, detention and ...

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

A hearing-impaired physician assistant wins the right to sue the Navy and the Navy contractor who hired her under the joint employer doctrine for an alleged failure to accommodate her hearing impairment under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the ...

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

In plaintiff’s suit alleging infringement of plaintiff’s patented method of creating electronic maps of utility line in Virginia, a Norfolk U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge orders plaintiff to pay defendant $42,464 in attorney’s fees and costs incurred by defendant to ...

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