37 results for 'judge:"Watson"'.
J. Watson grants summary judgment to the university and two university officials and dismisses a professor’s claims that they shut down his lab and disposed of his work while he was on medical leave in violation of his freedom of speech and in breach of his employment contract. The university and the officials have sovereign immunity from the claims and the professor cannot show that they were required to provide classes or a laboratory to him.
Court: USDC Hawaii, Judge: Watson, Filed On: August 7, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv217, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Education, Immunity, First Amendment
J. Watson partially denies summary judgment to the city agency accused by a gay bar of discriminating against it through a campaign to revoke its liquor license, finding that there is genuine dispute of material fact on the reason for agency’s focus on the bar and other LGBTQ establishments and that the gay bar has suffered injury due to the agency’s interference. Commission members sued only in their official capacities are granted summary judgment and are dismissed.
Court: USDC Hawaii, Judge: Watson, Filed On: August 3, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv457, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Government, Equal Protection, Lgbtq
J. Watson dismisses the sued dairy companies’ appeal to review a bankruptcy court order calling for the companies to return cattle and other property to the suing dairy company. Immediate review is unnecessary as “there is nothing in the record here demonstrating that review of the March 13 order in the ordinary course of litigation (upon final judgment or decree) would cause irreparable harm.”
Court: USDC Hawaii, Judge: Watson, Filed On: July 11, 2023, Case #: 1:23cv147, NOS: Bankruptcy Appeal 28 USC 158 - Bankruptcy, Categories: Bankruptcy, Property
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J. Watson dismisses a former employee of a seafood company’s claims of unpaid wages and injuries sustained on the company’s boat, finding the employee’s contract explicitly states that any lawsuit regarding employment must be be brought in Washington state, regardless of where the employee is hired from. Any possible prejudice against the employee based on delayed payment or out of state travel is made irrelevant by his agreement and subsequent violation of the forum clause of the employment contract.
Court: USDC Hawaii, Judge: Watson, Filed On: June 5, 2023, Case #: 1:23cv4, NOS: Marine - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Employment, Maritime, Jurisdiction
J. Watson partially dismisses a nurse’s employment discrimination claims against the hospice, which refused to grant her a exemption from their Covid-19 vaccination policy and placed her on leave. The nurse did not exhaust her administrative remedies because she did not specifically present a claim of constructive discharge to the EEOC and only presented allegations that she was placed on unpaid leave.
Court: USDC Hawaii, Judge: Watson, Filed On: May 15, 2023, Case #: 1:23cv130, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Covid-19, Employment Discrimination