Although 15 months elapsed between the date the school board learned about a teacher’s membership in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the decision to not renew her contract, four discrete incidents of retaliatory animus that ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge David J. Novak 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 ...

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

A $475,000 settlement in a case alleging medical negligence in the wrongful death of a father was determined to be fair. In addition, a child who was born 301 days after his father left for Vietnam was presumed to be ...

Tagged with: Judge T.S. Ellis III Medical Malpractice U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the defendant did not identify itself as a debt collector during telephone calls to the plaintiff, and falsely suggested it would pursue legal action, the plaintiff was awarded $1,000 in actual damages, $1,000 in statutory damages and $11,445 in ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Uninsured motorist coverage did not apply to injuries suffered by the plaintiff as a result of a physical fight with a customer at a gas station. The other combatant was neither the owner nor the operator of an uninsured motor ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Historical pricing data, discussions about pricing and failed corporate expansion documents that were attached to motions or expert reports in an antitrust case will not be sealed because the public’s rights of access outweighed the litigants’ privacy concerns. Individual phone ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the court could not conclude as a matter of law that a reasonable jury would not have a legally sufficient basis to find for the non-moving party, both sides’ motions for judgment as a matter of law were denied. ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Courthouse News Service prevailed in its suit alleging a lack of timely access to court records and was awarded nearly $2 million in attorneys’ fees and costs. Although the defendants argued the rates charged by Bryan Cave Leighton & Pasiner’s ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a man who slipped while walking down a conference center staircase failed to produce evidence showing the defendants caused the allegedly defective condition or had notice of it at the time he fell and injured himself, summary judgment was ...

Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a homeowner argued her failure to timely file her claim that the bank wrongfully foreclosed on her home should be excused because she did not discover the allegedly fraudulent statements at the time they were made, and where the ...

Tagged with: Banking Judge Douglas E. Miller U.S. District Court - Eastern District