17 results for 'judge:"Quereshi"'.
J. Quereshi grants, in part, an estate’s motion to compel in this wrongful death of the decedent with mental illness. The estate alleges that the county’s police department failed to produce the internal affairs memoranda, demand documents and other communications concerning the shooting of decedent or similar cases. The police department opposes the motion, asserting the deliberative process and attorney-client privileges. The court previously found that the memorandum did not include any communications between the attorney and others and ordered the release of the material. Therefore, the production of a redacted and unredacted previous memorandums and materials must be released in its entirety along with documents of similar incidents.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Quereshi, Filed On: April 19, 2024, Case #: 8:22cv856, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities - Other - Civil Rights, Categories: Government, Wrongful Death, Privilege
J. Quereshi grants summary judgment in favor of the transit authority in this negligence claim concerning a woman that fell when boarding a metro bus. “When a passenger files a negligence claim against a motor carrier for injuries received when the carrier makes a sudden start or stop, the passenger must prove that the movement was unusual or extraordinary.” The woman fails to present definite facts and evidence that the movement was abnormal.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Quereshi, Filed On: February 6, 2024, Case #: 8:22cv3088, NOS: Motor Vehicle - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Vehicle, Negligence
J. Quereshi denies the transit authority’s motion to dismiss in this negligence claims suit brought by the parents of an adult woman who is nonverbal and has a cognitive disability. The parents allege the daughter was a passenger in the transit van when she was attacked several times by another passenger, on their way to or from an adult day program. The transit authority failed to present evidence explaining the circumstances and changes that were made to separate the daughter and passenger.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Quereshi, Filed On: January 29, 2024, Case #: 8:18cv2397, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Tort, Negligence
J. Quereshi denies Lowe’s motion for summary judgment in this personal injury suit brought by a customer who tripped and fell on a bag of soil. Another customer had left removed the bag from her car and leaving it by a display table earlier in the day. The customer’s injuries were not caused by the action of any Lowe’s employee, she jad seen the bag laying in the floor and was distracted by the display when she tripped over the bag. She fails to establish that a genuine issue of material fact exists.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Quereshi, Filed On: November 7, 2023, Case #: 8:22cv1854, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Negligence, Premises Liability
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J. Quereshi grants in part a college’s motion for summary judgment in an employee’s Title VII and state claims. The employee has not established a claim on her disparate treatment and her emotional distress claims. The employee’s remaining claims — involving allegations of sex and national origin discrimination, a hostile work environment, retaliation, wrongful discharge, battery, negligent supervision and retention and false imprisonment claims — are all denied for summary judgment.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Quereshi, Filed On: September 29, 2023, Case #: 8:20cv1246, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Quereshi partially grants a medical waste firm its motions for default judgment and confirmation of the arbitrator’s award after a contract dispute with its IT company customer. The customer has failed to participate in arbitration and court proceedings, warranting default judgment. The firm is awarded over $104,000 including the contractual claim and attorneys’ fees and costs, although its award is lower than it requested because its counsel’s billing was higher than is reasonable under local rules.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Quereshi, Filed On: September 5, 2023, Case #: 8:22cv450, NOS: Arbitration - Other Suits, Categories: Arbitration, Attorney Fees, Contract
J. Quereshi denies an asset-based lending agency its motion to dismiss counterclaims of breach of contract brought by an energy efficient lighting firm. The firm failed to pay off the agency's loan because its work was stalled during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. The agency responded by seizing the firm’s products in storage and thereby allegedly causing the firm to lose multiple customers. These allegations cannot be resolved by a motion to dismiss, so the firm has sufficiently argued a breach of contract claim.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Quereshi, Filed On: August 18, 2023, Case #: 8:21cv668, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Interference With Contract, Conversion, Contract
J. Quereshi grants a pair of former administrative assistants and a construction firm their joint motion for approval of a settlement in this Fair Labor Standards Act suit. The case originally also included claims of gender discrimination, hostile work environment and retaliation. The parties have settled on $115,000 split between the assistants to account for lost overtime wages, damages and attorney costs and fees.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Quereshi, Filed On: August 4, 2023, Case #: 8:20cv1846, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Attorney Fees, Employment Retaliation, Labor
J. Quereshi grants a joint motion between a food and beverage manager and a hospitality company after the manager sued for employment law violations. The manager claims she worked in excess of 90 hours a week, although she had been promised no more than 50, and that she was not compensated for overtime. Both parties agree to a settlement of $32,000, and the case is dismissed with prejudice.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Quereshi, Filed On: July 19, 2023, Case #: 8:23cv839, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Attorney Fees, Contract, Labor
J. Quereshi denies a logistics firm and one of its semi-trailer truck drivers their motion to dismiss allegations of a hit and run and liability. The firm argues that it is not liable because its associated freight company, not itself, owns the truck involved in the collision. But, the two are often co-defendants in litigation, and it cannot be determined yet whether the couple whose car the driver hit has failed to establish subject matter jurisdiction.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Quereshi, Filed On: June 27, 2023, Case #: 8:22cv2984, NOS: Motor Vehicle - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Tort, Vehicle, Jurisdiction
J. Quereshi grants a joint motion for a settlement between a grocery store and one of its former clerks following FLSA violation allegations. The clerk, who was not compensated for almost 500 hours of time-and-a-half and over $23,000 in tips, is awarded $68,000 total, including attorney fees and costs.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Quereshi, Filed On: June 1, 2023, Case #: 8:22cv1460, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Employment, Damages, Attorney Fees
J. Quereshi denies Washington’s Metro Transit Authority its motion for summary judgment following tort allegations brought by a passenger in a car that was sideswiped by an authority bus. The passenger still must present a physician’s expert opinion on her injuries and since that would effect the outcome of the trial, summary judgment is not appropriate at this stage.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Quereshi, Filed On: May 30, 2023, Case #: 8:21cv1479, NOS: Motor Vehicle - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Evidence, Tort, Vehicle
J. Quereshi grants a group of sprinkler union education and retirement funds’ motion for default judgment following its claim of ERISA violations by a fire suppression company. Under its collective bargaining agreement with the funds, the company is obligated to contribute and keep records, but it failed to do so for several months in 2021. The company owes the funds $193,963.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Quereshi, Filed On: May 23, 2023, Case #: 8:22cv326, NOS: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) - Labor, Categories: Erisa, Contract, Labor / Unions
J. Quereshi denies the federal government its motion for summary judgment in a case where a postal employee hit a contractor with a motorized mail cart. The contractor, as instructed, stood just outside traffic cones he had placed. The mail cart made a sharp left turn and swung out, hitting the contractor, although he was not badly injured. The government fails in its argument that the contractor was negligent in any way, and the contractor has established multiple triable issues of fact.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Quereshi, Filed On: May 10, 2023, Case #: 8:21cv948, NOS: Motor Vehicle - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Employment, Government, Vehicle