An American Red Cross employee can  sue  for  retaliatory termination after she reported a supervisor’s alleged contamination of personnel and blood products while drawing blood from two donors, a Norfolk federal court has ruled. When the employee was fired several ...

Tagged with: American Red Cross Employment Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District Virginia Department of Labor and Industry

A former senior consultant for Deloitte Consulting LLP who responded to a junior female coworker’s rejection of a personal relationship during their work on a joint project by allegedly turning the tables and sending her a “cease and desist” letter ...

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

In this case arising out of purported internet communications and third-party conversations by defendants between over an 11-month period that allegedly defamed plaintiff, the Richmond U.S. District Court says it can only exercise personal jurisdiction over defendants concerning plaintiff’s claim ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to a moving and storage company in this age and gender bias suit filed by a 56-year-old woman who alleged hostile work environment based on her negative performance reviews; the pro se ...

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

Plaintiff police officer who is suing defendant police officers wins an extension of time from the Norfolk U.S. District Court to serve two of the defendants; plaintiff’s diligent efforts to serve the officers at their job or their home addresses, ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Ivan D. Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A service member who alleges his landlord in Washington State continued to charge rents after he terminated his lease upon his transfer to Fort Eustis in Virginia, and involved a collection agency to collect unpaid rent, has his suit charging ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge M. Hannah Lauck Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An El Salvadoran citizen’s detention for 10 months pursuant to a reinstated removal order does not violate the Due Process Clause when the alien’s petition for relief under the Convention Against Torture is pending before the immigration judge following the ...

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

A bank employee cannot sue the bank for intentional infliction of emotional distress based on allegations that she was constructively discharged after seven years for posting on her private social media account a photo from behind of a male pedestrian ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court awards summary judgment to defendant sublessee in plaintiff master tenant’s suit to collect a portion of the early termination fee set out in the office building’s master lease; the contract is unambiguous and requires plaintiff ...

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

Plaintiff Goodwill Industries wins a default judgment and injunction against defendant, who allegedly breached their contract allowing defendant to place and service Goodwill-branded donation bins in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area; an Alexandria U.S. District Court accepts a magistrate judge’s ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge John F. Anderson Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District