Police officers who were surveilling plaintiff to arrest him on gun and drug charges and who stopped his vehicle after observing an unsignaled lane change did not use excessive force when one officer shot plaintiff, transecting his spinal cord, after ...

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

A premises-liability defendant’s notice of removal was timely under 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b) (3) because it was filed within 30 days after defendant received written discovery re­sponses indicating plaintiff’s medical bills had increased from the $58,500 prior to filing her ...

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

A Norfolk U.S. District Court grants enforcement of three arbitration awards from the International Commercial Ar­bitration Court at the Chamber of Com­merce and Industry of the Russian Fed­eration in a dispute that arose during construction of two natural gas power ...

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

In defendant’s prosecution arising from his thwarted efforts to adopt two juvenile males in two different North Carolina lo­calities and stalking of those young boys, a Norfolk U.S. District Court denies defen­dant’s motions to sever charges in his crim­inal prosecution ...

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

A Norfolk U.S. District Court takes un­der advisement plaintiff lender’s motion for default judgment against defendants including guarantors of a loan to a com­mercial cleaning business, in light of out­standing factual questions such as wheth­er a written demand was made ...

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

A Norfolk U.S. District Court grants enforcement of three arbitration awards from the International Commercial Ar­bitration Court at the Chamber of Com­merce and Industry of the Russian Fed­eration in a dispute that arose during construction of two natural gas power ...

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

Three male professors may try their Equal Pay Act claims against Norfolk State University, but the Norfolk U.S. District Court dismisses claims by addi­tional male professors who failed to iden­tify appropriate comparators for EPA claims. Lead plaintiff Dr. Archie Earl, ...

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

In a hearing-impaired nurse practitioner’s disability discrimination case against the U.S. Navy, the Norfolk U.S. District Court overrules the Navy’s objection to the court’s jury instruction that a “joint employer” may be liable if it participates in a co-employer’s discrimination ...

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

Although a homeowner may have alleged breaches of contract by defendant prior to the foreclosure sale of her home, her suit, filed exactly five years after that foreclosure sale, is not time-barred, the Norfolk U.S. District Court says. It is ...

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

In a hearing-impaired nurse practitioner’s disability discrimination case against the U.S. Navy and others, the Norfolk U.S. District Court overrules the Navy’s attorney-client privilege objections to the magistrate judge’s grant of plaintiff’s Touhy request to compel testimony of Jose Rovira ...

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