Although nonsettling defendants Glenmark and Merck objected to the certification of the settlement class on the basis that the court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law could prejudice them during their own class certification litigation, they could not demonstrate ...

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

Where a defendant indicted in 2019 for violating a 2014 removal order argued the 2014 order was invalid, because he was sufficiently apprised of the charges against him in that prior proceeding and could not demonstrate any prejudice, his collateral ...

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

Where there was no diversity of citizenship in a case stemming from an auto accident that was removed to federal court on the issue of  whether a carrier had a duty to satisfy a judgment against its insureds, because the ...

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

Where the facts showed a former employee was terminated after the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, or MWAA, conducted a legitimate internal investigation into his conduct, that his complaints about the workplace were normal disagreements or managerial judgments and that he ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the former Superintendent of the Lancaster County Public School Division whose contract was not renewed alleged facts sufficient to sustain a claim for defamation based on statements made, motions to dismiss brought by the school board chair and a ...

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

Where plaintiffs in a civil rights case sued an incorrect party, otherwise failed to state a claim and included two defendants who were entitled to immunity, the federal claims were dismissed and the court declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over ...

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

Where Richmond Public Schools, or RPS, failed to properly train its employees on what constitutes reasonable suspicion for a drug or alcohol test of an employee, a jury will decide if its conduct toward a teaching assistant who allegedly reported ...

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

Where the former president of a Teamsters sued the union for unpaid wages and benefits, the claims did not fall under § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, or LMRA, thus requiring the case to be remanded ...

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

Where the state registrar was unclear about the court’s prior ruling regarding a race question on marriage applications, the ruling was clarified and she was directed to excise the race inquiry from the applications. Background This matter comes before the ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a job applicant failed to present evidence that his race was the reason he was not hired for the first position, and where the company’s decision to not hire him for the second position was made before it had ...

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