David Duvall v. Novant Health, Inc.
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April 10, 2024
Novant Wants Fired Exec's Atty Fees Cut After Trip To 4th Circ.
An attorney representing a former Novant Health executive should receive about $140,000 after prevailing on claims that his client was fired for being white amid a diversity push, the healthcare network said, urging a North Carolina federal judge to reduce the ex-executive's request for about $152,000 in attorney fees.
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March 12, 2024
4th Circ. Upholds White Exec Firing Verdict But Cuts Damages
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a victory for a white hospital executive who won a jury trial in his lawsuit alleging he was fired as part of a diversity push, but found his $300,000 punitive damages award was unwarranted because he fell short in backing his claim that his employer knowingly violated federal law.
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December 07, 2023
4th Circ. Reluctant To Reverse White Exec's Race Bias Verdict
The Fourth Circuit on Thursday seemed dubious of undoing a multimillion-dollar jury verdict finding that a white executive was unlawfully fired as part of a North Carolina hospital's diversity, equity and inclusion plan, with one judge stating almost as soon as arguments began that the hospital had a "fairly steep hurdle to climb."
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December 04, 2023
4th Circ. Preview: Oil Giants, Rockefeller Headline December
The Fourth Circuit's December argument lineup will find the court considering climate science suits brought by Maryland municipalities against oil giants, while also reviewing a $4.6 million employment discrimination judgment against a hospital and a $1 billion lawsuit over the Rockefeller Foundation's alleged role in a medical experiment that infected Guatemalan people with syphilis decades ago.
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July 03, 2023
Novant Tells 4th Circ. Diversity Plan Irrelevant To Exec's Firing
Novant Health told the Fourth Circuit it should reverse a multimillion-dollar jury verdict that found it fired a former executive because he's a white man, arguing there's no evidence its diversity and inclusion plan was related to his termination.
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May 31, 2023
White Ex-Exec Rebukes 4th Circ. Bid To Dump Race Bias Win
A former Novant Health executive has told the Fourth Circuit to affirm a multimillion-dollar jury verdict finding he was fired for being a white man as the health care provider sought to diversify its workforce, saying Novant has cherry-picked evidence in trying to have the verdict thrown out.