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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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

In a hearing-impaired nurse practitioner’s disability discrimination case against the U.S. Navy and others, the Norfolk U.S. District Court grants defendants’ joint motion to establish and maintain a trial schedule, limiting each side to 20 hours of trial time for ...

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

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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