Where a patient alleged a hospital violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, by failing to provide adequate handicap shower facilities, his claim was dismissed because he sought damages, and the statutory subsection provides only injunctive relief. Background This ...

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Where a company sued for alleged overtime violations is in the Alexandria division, the majority of the relevant witnesses were found in that division and a related suit is pending there, the suit will be transferred to Alexandria. Background The ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a woman suing for medical malpractice arising out of surgery to fix an abdominal hernia failed to file an expert report by the deadline, and then provided a late expert report that was deficient, her motion to permit a ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert G. Doumar Medical Malpractice U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Prior convictions for fraud, embezzlement and misdemeanor use of identifying information were admissible in the trial of a woman charged with wire and bank fraud and the preparation of false tax returns because both involve her untruthfulness for personal gain. ...

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Where a defendant argued for dismissal of five counts of wire fraud because the superseding indictment did not plead the target of the scheme was a financial institution, her motion was denied. The indictment charged only general wire fraud, which ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a clown at a Halloween event at Busch Gardens allegedly approached the plaintiff from behind, whispered something in her ear and then yelled out and startled her, that conduct did not support a claim for assault because it did ...

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Where the parties’ relationship in a patent inventorship dispute was centered on conduct and activities in Taiwan and China, and where specific jurisdiction was lacking, the motion to transfer the dispute to the Northern District of California was denied. Background ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The defendant argued her conviction for possession of ricin must be set aside because this conduct was not criminalized at the time of the possession. The court, relying upon legislative history, found the unregistered possession of ricin was unlawful at ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a health care provider at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail provided medical treatment to the inmate, its conduct contradicted the inmate’s claims of deliberate indifference to his foot wound. In addition, because there was no underlying constitutional violation, there ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert G. Doumar Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A former inmate who alleges that negligent medical care resulted in the amputation of his left foot waited too long to sue the health care provider for medical malpractice. His counts for punitive damages, a jury demand and a prayer ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert G. Doumar Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District