A woman who challenged the removal of her $400,000 slip and fall case against Food Lion from state court attempted to reduce damages to $74,000 if the case was remanded. But the court found her case met the standards for ...

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

A woman’s assertion that her supervisor at VCU made several derogatory remarks about African-American women during a meeting was insufficient to support her discrimination and retaliation claims because she could not establish that the university’s actions, such as giving her ...

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

The court found that Atlantic Coast Pipeline offered evidence at trial as to the value of the easements condemned through its valuation expert, and landowners received fair market value for their properties. Background Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC seeks to exercise ...

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

A plaintiff who alleges he suffered injuries during spinal fusion surgery did not abandon his claims against non-diverse defendants, and because the removal occurred more than one year after the suit was filed in state court without a showing of ...

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

The court held the plaintiffs were entitled to a temporary restraining order because they demonstrated the government likely violated contracting rules in awarding the contact to another entity, the plaintiffs would suffer irreparable harm if they were replaced on the ...

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

The court held a boat maker was not in violation of a permanent injunction enjoining it from making, selling or offering for sale an infringing product, because it had sufficiently redesigned the boats so as to not infringe the plaintiff’s ...

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

A panel of arbitrators, ignoring previous guidance from the court, disregarded the law that FINRA rules provide no private right of action. The court remanded with specific instructions that a broker’s counterclaims be considered by a different FINRA arbitration panel. ...

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

A woman’s ADA discrimination and retaliation claims against Fairfax County failed because she could not show she suffered an adverse employment action. There was no evidence she was forced to leave her job nor had she been singled out for ...

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

A private duty nurse who sued her employer for violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act was awarded $20,910.75 for unpaid wages, an equal amount for liquidated damages plus attorney’s fees and costs. Background Only Choice employed therapists, medical social ...

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

By irrevocably consenting to the jurisdiction of the court in which the proceeding is brought, a sports agent with Paramount Sports & Entertainment Management effectively consented to state court jurisdiction, where the dispute over commissions was first brought. Background Defendant is ...

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