April 21, 2025
An attorney cannot sustain his lawsuit accusing the city of Martinsville, Virginia, of unlawfully firing him after he requested leave to care for his mother, the city told a federal court, saying it had no power to terminate him because it was not his employer.
December 16, 2024
A Virginia commonwealth's attorney urged a federal court Monday to slap sanctions on a former assistant attorney who filed suit after he was fired for requesting time off to care for his mother, saying his failure to respond to discovery requests merits punishment.
June 18, 2024
A federal judge declined to toss an attorney's suit claiming the Virginia city he worked for illegally fired him and accused him of doctoring a medical form he needed to care for his sick mother, saying he showed the city may have stepped on his medical leave rights.