Where the personal trainer for the former president of Liberty University alleged he was defamed in two articles published in 2019, his March 2021 suit was dismissed because it was filed beyond Virginia’s one-year defamation statute of limitations. Although one ...

Tagged with: Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a woman was terminated on the suspicion that she smuggled contraband into a Virginia Department of Corrections, or VDOC, facility, but she claimed that what appeared to be contraband was a tampon, the VDOC expert may testify that the scan ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Thomas T. Cullen U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a battalion fire chief alleged he was terminated because of his age, but the record showed he was fired after he made an unauthorized purchase of a “brush truck,” the county was awarded summary judgment. Background Botetourt County hired ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Robert S. Ballou U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a doctor alleged that he was terminated days after he complained about allegedly being pressured to commit fraud regarding hospital admissions, but there were legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons for his termination that he failed to show were pretextual, the employer ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

Although the government was concerned that defendants charged with fraud in connection with the receipt of COVID unemployment benefits would seek to show that stimulus payments were made “to virtually everyone,” it remained the government’s burden to prove the defendants’ ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a video showed deputy sheriffs removing the plaintiff from a vehicle with such force that he was carried outside of camera range, and there was a dispute over what caused subsequent injuries suffered by the plaintiff, a jury will ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Robert S. Ballou U.S. District Court - Western District

A federal judge has ruled that the parents of a minor child did not have standing to sue over the state’s grandparent visitation statute, as they failed to allege that they would imminently suffer a concrete injury. The case arose ...

Tagged with: Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a graduate research assistant alleged that the University of Virginia retaliated against him after he complained about his advisor’s conduct, but there was almost one year between his complaint and the next alleged adverse action, and it was nearly ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the federal government and Virginia alleged that Walgreens violated the False Claims Act and state laws when it falsified documents to obtain reimbursements for hepatitis C medications that would otherwise be denied by Virginia, but Virginia Medicaid’s requirements were ...

Tagged with: Judge James P. Jones Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a driver alleged a road repaving company was responsible for his auto accident, and the parties disputed where the accident occurred and whether the driver switched lanes despite a posted “stay in lane” sign, the company’s motion for summary ...

Tagged with: Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District