Overruling general objections and citing a defendant’s ‘strained and untenable’ view of a jurisdiction issue, a federal judge ordered expansive discovery for a pair of would-be class action plaintiffs seeking penalties for alleged background check violations. The judge’s opinion will ...

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

Where a pre-K special education teacher was not meeting the expectations of the Arlington County School Board, no adverse employment action was taken against him and he did not show he was treated differently from similarly situated employees outside of ...

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

Where the charges against the plaintiff, who maintained his innocence in a missing person’s case, were ultimately dropped after he was arrested, extradited from Virginia to North Carolina and held in jail, his suit against various officials and entities for ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the record demonstrated the defendant did not own or operate a waterslide at the time of a woman’s alleged injury, and she offered no evidence or testimony establishing notice of an unsafe condition, the defendant was granted summary judgment. ...

Tagged with: Judge Rebecca Beach Smith Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the plaintiff experienced pain following a 1996 surgery, told a doctor in 2000 that her pain was caused by that surgery and failed to request a medical report that would have revealed the cause of the pain until 2015, ...

Tagged with: Judge Ivan D. Davis Medical Malpractice U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the plaintiffs initially filed suit in Illinois despite the fact that there was no personal jurisdiction over the defendants there, their subsequent Virginia suit, filed after the expiration of the two-year statute of limitations for personal injury cases, was ...

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

Where a man had been previously confined against his will and prescribed antipsychotic and other medication over his objections, numerous claims in his subsequent suit against doctors and others were dismissed. His request for appointment of counsel due to deteriorating ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge David J. Novak U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the plaintiff previously prevailed on its motion to compel discovery and its counsel submitted a fee request, the court reviewed hourly rates for attorneys and paralegals with comparable experience and found the request acceptable for the Norfolk legal market. ...

Tagged with: Judge Raymond A. Jackson Sanctions U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a jury previously found a window and door manufacturer was required to adjust prices downward when its costs decreased, but it continued charging the same prices after the jury’s verdict, the plaintiff was awarded $7,083,013 in damages for the ...

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

Although Symantec argued the remaining patent claims in a six-year dispute with the trustees of Columbia University were invalid because they constitute specific improvements in computer functionality, its bid for judgment was rejected because the remaining claims were viewed as ...

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