Plaintiff, an African-American male hired in 2009 as deputy county administrator, may sue the county, a member of the board of supervisors and the county administrator for an alleged racially-based, concerted campaign to remove plaintiff and other African-American senior county ...

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

Plaintiff’s suit alleging defendant committed fraud when it made him an unconditional job offer alleges nothing more than “shady business practices” and does not state a claim for punitive damages, and because plaintiff does not otherwise exceed the $75,000 amount ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge James R. Spencer U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Capital One Financial Corporation wins summary judgment in Alexandria U.S. District Court in plaintiff’s suit alleging infringement of plaintiff’s patents involving administration of financial accounts and user display access of customized webpages. The claimed invention in the ‘137 patent utilizes ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Defendant airline wins summary judgment in an African-American female flight attendant’s suit alleging race discrimination and harassment based on her being questioned about rumors that African-American flight attendants were running a prostitution ring out of a flight base in Kuwait, ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A creditor’s failure to cancel a status hearing or discontinue debtor’s interrogatories violated the automatic stay in bankruptcy because it exposed debtor to harassment or coercion; although the creditor and its lawyer didn’t ask for a continuance, it had an ...

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

A former manager for a government contractor who is suing for age discrimination cannot avoid arbitration under his employment contract by invoking the arbitration waiver provisions for whistleblowers under the Dodd-Frank Act; the 4th Circuit says Dodd-Frank does not invalidate ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Dennis W. Shedd U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff’s bare-bones products liability complaint alleging injuries caused by a defective folding cane states a claim for breach of an express warranty under Virginia law, but the Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s claims for negligent design, failure to ...

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

A woman who defaulted on her home refinancing loan and lost her home to foreclosure may sue the bank for breach of contract for alleged inadequate notice of her right to sue to dispute the default, and an equitable action ...

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

Although supermarket video surveillance footage shows plaintiff stepped over a black hose as he entered the store, he exited in a slightly different direction and the view was obscured as he exited the store until after he fell, and the ...

Tagged with: Judge Liam O'Grady Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A female plaintiff has exhausted her claims for sexual harassment and hostile environment based on persistent advances by the director of information technology at an architectural firm, who allegedly coerced her into a sexual encounter; the Richmond U.S. District Court ...

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