99 results for 'judge:"Williams"'.
J. Williams finds a lower court improperly convicted a defendant for aggravated assault and negligent homicide. The government argued that the defendant fled the scene of a fatal car accident at a gas station where she ran over an unknown male who suddenly rushed toward her vehicle, which was stolen. However, the defendant presented sufficient evidence in court that she may have been justified for leaving the scene of an accident for self- defense purposes. Vacated in part.
Court: Arizona Court Of Appeals Division One, Judge: Williams, Filed On: January 25, 2024, Case #: 1 CA-CR 22-565, Categories: Evidence, Theft, Negligent Homicide
J. Williams grants, in part, Yale University's motion for summary judgment, ruling the former chief of cardiovascular medicine cannot make a plausible contract claim related to his removal from that position after sexual assault allegations. His employment agreement with the university guaranteed only his job as a professor. However, because the removal of several honorific titles and endowments after the allegations could be considered an adverse employment action under precedent from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the sex discrimination claim will proceed.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Williams, Filed On: January 17, 2024, Case #: 3:19cv1547, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Education, Employment Discrimination, Contract
J. Williams declines to withdraw references to an adversary proceeding currently pending in bankruptcy court in which a jury trial is being sought on fraudulent transfer claims connected with the FTX Group and Samuel Bankman-Fried. The current bankruptcy proceeding is at the early stages of litigation, and the matter may not even proceed to trial. Meanwhile, the "Pruitt" factors do not support withdrawal at this time.
Court: USDC Delaware, Judge: Williams, Filed On: January 2, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv915, NOS: Bankruptcy Withdrawal 28 USC 157 - Bankruptcy, Categories: Bankruptcy, Civil Procedure
J. Williams declines to bar evidence in claims contending plaintiff suffered economic injury from business interruption, demolition, and cleanup damages in a dispute over a faulty poultry cage system because repair and cleanup costs were directly related to physical damage caused by the collapse of the cage system.
Court: USDC Northern District of Iowa, Judge: Williams, Filed On: December 28, 2023, Case #: 5:21cv4007, NOS: Property Damage Product Liability - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Property, Damages, Discovery
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J. Williams grants, in part, the employer's motion to dismiss, ruling the Eleventh Amendment bars the claims brought under the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act because the Department of Transportation is a state actor that has not waived its right to sovereign immunity. Meanwhile, the lack of specificity in the black employee's discrimination claim regarding special privileges given to white employees prevents him from establishing a plausible Title VII claim for race discrimination, which will also be dismissed.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Williams, Filed On: December 7, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv537, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Evidence, Immunity, Employment Discrimination
J. Williams finds that the lower court properly terminated the father's parental rights to his son. Contrary to the father's arguments on appeal, the evidence sufficiently supports the findings, including that termination of his rights was in the child's best interest. The court notes that the child's caregivers have met his medical needs and provided him with a stable home environment. Affirmed.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals, Judge: Williams, Filed On: November 16, 2023, Case #: 11-23-00143-CV, Categories: Evidence, Family Law
J. Williams grants the employer's motion to dismiss, ruling the black bus driver's Americans with Disabilities Act claims against supervisors and coworkers must be dismissed. The ADA does not allow for claims against individuals, while her failure to exhaust any administrative remedies prior to filing her race and sex discrimination claims bars those portions of her lawsuit.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Williams, Filed On: November 8, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv90, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities-Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Procedure, Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Employment Discrimination
J. Williams finds that the lower court properly entered a certain will into probate. The decedent's wife argues that the will was invalid due to a lack of testamentary capacity, as well as undue influence. However, she fails to establish that there was undue influence by the daughter, who was also the decedent's caretaker. Affirmed.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals, Judge: Williams, Filed On: November 2, 2023, Case #: 11-22-00035-CV, Categories: Wills / Probate
J. Williams finds that the lower court improperly ruled for the terminated employee in this age discrimination lawsuit. The evidence is legally insufficient to support the jury's finding as to liability. The employee, who worked as a pilot for the defendant aviation company, was terminated after allegedly landing a plane in violation of certain Federal Aviation Administration regulations. The jury erred in finding that age was a motivating factor for his termination. Reversed.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals, Judge: Williams, Filed On: November 2, 2023, Case #: 11-22-00131-CV, Categories: Evidence, Employment Discrimination
J. Williams finds the tax court improperly granted summary judgment in favor of a gas and electric company concerning the state's assessment of property taxes. The gas and electric company argued that it is entitled to include a depreciation calculation of future costs to remove electric transmission and distribution properties. However, the state sufficiently showed in court that accumulated depreciation does not reduce the full cash value to a negative number. Reversed.
Court: Arizona Court Of Appeals Division One, Judge: Williams, Filed On: October 24, 2023, Case #: 1 CA-TX 21-8, Categories: Property, Tax
J. Williams allows plaintiff to continue patent infringement claims related to solar energy technology because the complaint was properly served on defendant, a German company, to establish personal jurisdiction under the state's long-arm statute. Meanwhile, infringement claims were sufficiently pleaded.
Court: USDC Delaware, Judge: Williams, Filed On: October 23, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv915, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: International Law, Patent, Jurisdiction
J. Williams grants summary judgment on five claims related to an injectable, anatomically correct simulated face model because the potential buyer did not misappropriate trade secrets or infringe related patents and trade dress by developing its own face model after the parties had a falling out. Damages for breach of contract should be denied because the contract had no bearing on a prior failed deal.
Court: USDC Delaware, Judge: Williams, Filed On: October 6, 2023, Case #: 1:19cv592, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: Trade Secrets, Damages, Contract
J. Williams finds a lower court properly dismissed an estate administrator's tort claims against a tribal member. The estate administrator argued that an enrolled tribal member is obligated to face claims in State court. However, the estate administrator, a non- tribal member, may not file claims against a "nonconsenting enrolled tribal member" for actions that took place on a State highway near his reservation based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Affirmed.
Court: Arizona Court Of Appeals Division One, Judge: Williams, Filed On: October 5, 2023, Case #: 1 CA-CV 22-709, Categories: Tort, Native Americans, Wrongful Death
J. Williams denies, in part, the police officers' motion for summary judgment, ruling that while they had a valid search warrant, it included only the first-floor apartment of the building, which allows the second-floor resident who was taken from the shower and required to sit naked for 90 minutes during a search of her home to bring Fourth Amendment and emotional distress claims.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Williams, Filed On: October 2, 2023, Case #: 3:19cv950, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Emotional Distress
J. Williams allows plaintiff to continue excessive force and retaliation claims contending a police officer violently pushed him down during a peaceful protest of the killing of George Floyd because, at this stage, qualified immunity is not grounds for dismissal for the officer. However, such warrants dismissal for municipal defendants.
Court: USDC Delaware, Judge: Williams, Filed On: October 2, 2023, Case #: 1L22cv1064, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Immunity
J. Williams grants the employer's motion for summary judgment, ruling the employee cannot make a prima facie case for FMLA retaliation because she admits she never felt she was fired for taking leave, while the proximity between her leave request and termination is insufficient on its own to establish a claim. The employee presented her claim under the distraction theory but presented no evidence the employer or her supervisors made comments that she would be unable to focus on her work if she took FMLA leave to care for her mother; rather, the employee presents arguments for the employer's alleged failure to accommodate her leave, but brought no such claims in her suit.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Williams, Filed On: October 2, 2023, Case #: 3:21cv395, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Employment Discrimination
J. Williams grants the surgeon's motion for summary judgment on the coworker's assault and battery claims, ruling that while there is no question of fact she touched or grabbed the coworker, there is no allegation of any intent to cause harm, which would be required on either of the claims. Meanwhile, the employer is entitled to summary judgment on negligent hiring and retention claims because in the surgeon's 10-year employment history, there had been no reports of any violent behavior, which prevents the coworker from proving it should have known the surgeon was prone to such outbursts or conduct.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Williams, Filed On: October 2, 2023, Case #: 3:20cv186, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Assault