Where a consultant who was terminated retained his company laptop, which contained notes from about potential customers, he was liable for breach of contract and conversion, with a jury to determine the amount of damages. Background Richard A. Lombardo was ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a man waited more than two years before asserting his § 1983 claim against police officers he alleged conspired to have him convicted for driving under the influence and driving on a revoked license, his claims were dismissed as ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where an employee of the Virginia Department of Transportation charged bias in training and promotion and did not provide dates on which the alleged denial of training occurred, his claim was dismissed because there was no showing it was timely ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a defendant in a “Rent A Tribe” suit sought to appeal a sovereign immunity decision, its motion was denied because the issue involved a question of fact, there was no substantial ground for difference of opinion and an appeal ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the doctor argued he was simply following prison guidelines when he treated a detainee suffering from Hepatitis C, but the record showed he failed to order additional testing when the patient’s bloodwork exceeded the thresholds in the same guidelines, ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert E. Payne Medical Malpractice U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the record suggested that some detainees with Hepatitis C were excluded from treatment until they got sicker, the jury will decide if the medical director and chief physician for the Virginia Department of Corrections, or VDOC, violated the Eighth ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert E. Payne Medical Malpractice U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a Virginia state senator alleged her censure by the Senate violated her First and 14th Amendment rights and the Senate’s own rules, her suit was dismissed because the Senate and clerk have sovereign and legislative immunity. Background According to ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a logistics and warehouse company submitted a claim for business losses caused by COVID-19 and shutdown orders, the complaint was dismissed because the virus and organic pathogen exclusions prohibit claims caused by a virus. Background L&L Logistics and Warehousing ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the former city attorney failed to show that a news story about his termination by the city council and the restrictions it put on his entry to City Hall was published with actual malice, the television station prevailed on ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert E. Payne Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a lawyer settled unfair debt collection claims in 2010 and plaintiffs assert he has yet to pay the amount he was ordered to pay, his effort to vacate that settlement failed because his Rule 60(b)(1) motion was untimely, his ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District