Where a defendant was sued for defamation after claiming the plaintiff was a “‘deep state shill’ who was part of the state department’s attempt to cover up its involvement in instigating the attack in Charlottesville, his subpoenas to law enforcement ...

Tagged with: Judge Joel Hoppe Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a subcontractor sued a surety under the Virginia Little Miller Act, claiming it was a beneficiary under prime contractor’s payment bond, but a pending lawsuit between the prime contractor and subcontractor in Pennsylvania would likely resolve the surety’s liability, ...

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

Where there was a one year gap between a store manager’s alleged protected activity and his termination, a few instances of the silent treatment and a single reprimand were insufficient to show his termination was causally connected to his protected ...

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

Where the expert for a woman injured in an automobile accident opined that she would need a future spinal fusion surgery, but that she would have to lose a substantial amount of weight before that surgery, the weight loss contingency ...

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

Where the United States showed a law firm was liable for unpaid employment and unemployment taxes, funds which it withheld from its employees’ wages but failed to remit to the IRS, the government was awarded $219,496.82, plus statutory interest and ...

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

Where a female supervisor alleged her termination, following an investigation of alleged inappropriate sexual conduct in a supply closet, was sex discrimination, but the male store manager who was in the supply closet was also terminated, the store prevailed on ...

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

Where incarcerated persons at two Virginia maximum security prisons alleged that solitary confinement deprived them of a basic human need, and that the risk of prolonged detention was obvious from the medical and scientific literature and a prior Fourth Circuit ...

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

Where the record showed a manufacturing manager was terminated because of a consistent increase in the number of Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, recordable injuries at his plant, his age discrimination claim failed as a matter of law. ...

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

Where a construction subcontractor was sued for not paying overtime and/or minimum wage to its workers, its third-party indemnification complaint against labor brokers was dismissed because indemnification claims are preempted by the FLSA. Background This is an action alleging that ...

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

Where the federal court applies federal substantive law in condemnation cases, and the court previously ruled that the federal interest rate would apply to an award in a condemnation case involving the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the landowners’ claim for interest ...

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