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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA
HUNTINGTON DIVISION
CASIE JO MCGEE and SARAH ELIZABETHADKINS; JUSTIN MURDOCK and WILLIAMGLAVARIS; and NANCY ELIZABETH
MICHAEL and JANE LOUISE FENTON,
individually and as next friends of A.S.M., a minorchild;
Plaintiffs,
v.
KAREN S. COLE, in her official capacity asCABELL COUNTY CLERK; and VERA J.
MCCORMICK, in her official capacity as
KANAWHA COUNTY CLERK;
Defendants,
and
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA;
Defendant-Intervenor.
No. 3:13-cv-24068
Hon. Robert Chambers
PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO SUBMIT
NOTICE OF SUPPLMENTAL AUTHORITY
COME NOW Plaintiffs, Casie Jo McGee and Sarah Elizabeth Adkins, Justin Murdock
and William Glavaris, and Nancy Elizabeth Michael and Jane Louise Fenton (individually and as
next friends of A.S.M.) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), by counsel, and hereby respectfully move this
Court for permission to submit the accompanying “Plaintiffs’ Notice of Supplemental
Authority,” together with an accompanying exhibit consisting of the recent decision, Jones v.
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Southpeak Interactive Corp. of Delaware, No. 13-2399, 2015 WL 309626 (4th Cir. Va. Jan. 26,
2015).
This supplemental authority is relevant to the following pending matters before this Court
in this case: Plaintiffs’ Motion for Attorneys’ Fees, Expenses, and Costs of December 2, 2014
(D.E. 145) and Plaintiffs’ Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees,
Expenses, and Costs (D.E. 146); in opposition to the Response of Defendants Karen S. Cole and
Vera J. McCormick in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Attorneys’ Fees, Expenses, and Costs
(D.E. 153); and in support of Plaintiff’s Reply in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’
Fees, Expenses (D.E. 156).
Plaintiffs’ counsel have conferred with counsel for Defendants. Counsel for Defendant-
Intervenor State of West Virginia does not oppose this motion. As of this filing, counsel for
Defendant Kanawha County Clerk has not decided whether to oppose. Plaintiffs’ counsel have
not received a response from counsel for Defendant Cabell County Clerk.
Dated: March 6, 2015 Respectfully submitted,
CASIE JO MCGEE and SARAH
ELIZABETH ADKINS, et al.
By Counsel:
/s/ Camilla B. Taylor
LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE ANDEDUCATION FUND, INC.
Camilla B. Taylor ( pro hac vice)
105 West Adams, 26th FloorChicago, Illinois 60603-6208
Phone: (312) 663-4413
Fax: (312) [email protected]
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Elizabeth L. Littrell ( pro hac vice)
730 Peachtree Street, NESuite 1070
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-1210
Phone: (404) 897-1880Fax: (404) 897-1884 [email protected]
Karen L. Loewy ( pro hac vice)120 Wall Street, 19th Floor
New York, New York 10005-3904
Phone: (212) 809-8585
Fax: (212) [email protected]
THE TINNEY LAW FIRM, PLLC
John H. Tinney, Jr. (WVSB #6970)
Heather Foster Kittredge (WVSB #8543)
PO Box 3752Charleston, West Virginia 25337-3752
Phone: (304) 720-3310
Fax: (304) [email protected]
JENNER & BLOCK LLP
Paul M. Smith ( pro hac vice)
Lindsay C. Harrison ( pro hac vice)Luke C. Platzer ( pro hac vice)
R. Trent McCotter ( pro hac vice)
1099 New York Avenue, NWSuite 900
Washington, DC 20001-4412
Phone: (202) 639-6000
Fax: (202) 639-6006 [email protected]
Counsel for Plaintiffs
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Charles R. Bailey, Esquire
Michael W. Taylor, Esquire
Bailey & Wyant, PLLC500 Virginia Street, East, Suite 600
Post Office Box 3710
Charleston, WV 25337-3710Counsel for Defendant Vera J McCormick
Lee Murray Hall, Esquire
Sarah A. Walling, EsquireJenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC
325 Eight Street
Huntington, WV 25701-2225
Counsel for Defendant Karen S. Cole
/s/ Camilla B. Taylor
Camilla B. Taylor
Counsel for Plaintiffs
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA
HUNTINGTON DIVISION
CASIE JO MCGEE and SARAH ELIZABETHADKINS; JUSTIN MURDOCK and WILLIAMGLAVARIS; and NANCY ELIZABETH
MICHAEL and JANE LOUISE FENTON,
individually and as next friends of A.S.M., a minorchild;
Plaintiffs,
v.
KAREN S. COLE, in her official capacity asCABEL COUNTY CLERK; and VERA J.
MCCORMICK, in her official capacity as
KANAWHA COUNTY CLERK;
Defendants,
and
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA;
Defendant-Intervenor.
No. 3:13-cv-24068
Hon. Robert Chambers
PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF SUPPLMENTAL AUTHORITY
COMES NOW Plaintiffs, Casie Jo McGee and Sarah Elizabeth Adkins, Justin Murdock and
William Glavaris, and Nancy Elizabeth Michael and Jane Louise Fenton (individually and as
next friends of A.S.M.) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), by counsel, and hereby respectfully submit
notice of the following supplemental authority in in support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Attorneys’
Fees, Expenses, and Costs of December 2, 2014 (D.E. 145) and Plaintiffs’ Memorandum in
Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees, Expenses, and Costs (D.E. 146); in opposition
to the Response of Defendants Karen S. Cole and Vera J. McCormick in Opposition to Plaintiffs’
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Motion for Attorneys’ Fees, Expenses, and Costs (D.E. 153); and in support of Plaintiff’s Reply
in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees, Expenses, and Costs (D.E. 156):
Southpeak Interactive Corp. of Delaware, No. 13-2399, 2015 WL 309626 (4th
Cir. Va. Jan. 26, 2015)
Dated: March 6, 2015 Respectfully submitted,
CASIE JO MCGEE and SARAH
ELIZABETH ADKINS, et al.
By Counsel:
/s/ Camilla B. Taylor
LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND
EDUCATION FUND, INC.
Camilla B. Taylor ( pro hac vice)
105 West Adams, 26th FloorChicago, Illinois 60603-6208
Phone: (312) 663-4413
Fax: (312) 663-4307
Elizabeth L. Littrell ( pro hac vice)
730 Peachtree Street, NE
Suite 1070Atlanta, Georgia 30308-1210
Phone: (404) 897-1880
Fax: (404) 897-1884 [email protected]
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA
HUNTINGTON DIVISION
CASIE JO MCGEE and SARAH ELIZABETHADKINS; JUSTIN MURDOCK and WILLIAMGLAVARIS; and NANCY ELIZABETH
MICHAEL and JANE LOUISE FENTON,
individually and as next friends of A.S.M., a minorchild;
Plaintiffs,
v.
KAREN S. COLE, in her official capacity asCABEL COUNTY CLERK; and VERA J.
MCCORMICK, in her official capacity as
KANAWHA COUNTY CLERK;
Defendants,
and
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA;
Defendant-Intervenor.
No. 3:13-cv-24068
Hon. Robert Chambers
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on the 6th day of March, 2015, I electronically filed the foregoing“Plaintiffs’ Notice of Supplemental Authority,” along with the accompanying exhibit, with the
Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to the
following CM/ECF participants:
Elbert Lin, Esquire
Julie Ann Warren, Esquire
Julie Marie Blake, Esquire
Office of the Attorney GeneralState Capitol Building 1, Room E-26
Charleston, WV 25305
Counsel for Defendant-Intervenor State of West Virginia
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Charles R. Bailey, Esquire
Michael W. Taylor, Esquire
Bailey & Wyant, PLLC500 Virginia Street, East, Suite 600
Post Office Box 3710
Charleston, WV 25337-3710Counsel for Defendant Vera J McCormick
Lee Murray Hall, Esquire
Sarah A. Walling, EsquireJenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC
325 Eight Street
Huntington, WV 25701-2225
Counsel for Defendant Karen S. Cole
/s/ Camilla B. Taylor
Camilla B. Taylor
Counsel for Plaintiffs
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2015 WL 309626Only the Westlaw citation is currently
available.United States Court of Appeals,
Fourth Circuit.
Andrea Gail JONES, Plaintiff – Appellee,v.
SOUTHPEAK INTERACTIVECORPORATION OF DELAWARE; Terry M.
Phillips; Melanie J. Mroz, Defendants– Appellants.
Thomas E. Perez, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor, Amicus
Supporting Appellee. Andrea Gail Jones, Plaintiff – Appellee,
v. Southpeak Interactive Corporation of
Delaware; Terry M. Phillips; Melanie J. Mroz, Defendants– Appellants.
Nos. 13– 2399, 14– 1765. | Argued: Dec. 10, 2014. | Decided: Jan. 26, 2015.
SynopsisBackground: Former employee, the chief financialofficer (CFO) of a company, brought action against thecompany, its chairman, and its chief executive officer(CEO), claiming that she was terminated in retaliation forraising concerns about the company’s Securities andExchange Commission (SEC) filings, in violation of theanti-retaliation provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act(SOX). The United States District Court for the EasternDistrict of Virginia, Robert E. Payne, Senior DistrictJudge, 2013 WL 1155566, denied the defendants’ motionto dismiss, entered judgment for the employee on juryverdict, 982 F.Supp.2d 664, denied the defendants’
motion for a new trial, and awarded the employeeattorneys’ fees, 2014 WL 2993443. The defendantsappealed.
Holdings: The Court of Appeals, Thacker , Circuit Judge,held that:
[1] a four-year limitations period governed the retaliatorydischarge claims;
[2] the employee administratively exhausted her retaliatorydischarge claims;
[3] emotional distress damages are recoverable on aretaliatory discharge claim;
[4] the District Court did not abuse its discretion inawarding the employee $50,000 in emotional distressdamages from both the chairman and the CEO;
[5] the District Court’s rejection of the jury’s first verdictwas proper;
[6] the jury’s final verdict was not irreconcilablyinconsistent;
[7] the District Court did not abuse its discretion inawarding the employee $354,127.05 in attorneys’ fees asthe prevailing party; and
[8] the District Court did not abuse its discretion in holdingall defendants jointly and severally liable for the award ofattorneys’ fees.
Affirmed.
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Labor and Employment Time for proceedings; limitations
Employee’s claim that she was terminated inretaliation for raising concerns about heremployer’s Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) filings, in violation of theanti-retaliation provision of the Sarbanes-OxleyAct (SOX), was governed by the four-yearlimitations period applicable to federal statutesthat created a cause of action but were silent asto the applicable limitations period, rather thanthe two-year limitations period applicable tofraud claims. 18 U.S.C.A. § 1514A(a); 28U.S.C.A. § 1658(a, b).
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[7] Damages
Termination in general
Emotional distress damages are recoverable on aclaim of retaliatory discharge under theSarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). 18 U.S.C.A. §1514A(c).
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Federal Civil Procedure Remittitur
A court may order a new trial nisi remittitur if itconcludes that a jury award of compensatorydamages is excessive. Fed.Rules Civ.Proc.Rule59(a), 28 U.S.C.A.
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[9] Federal Courts
New Trial, Rehearing, or Reconsideration Federal Courts
Damages or Other Monetary Relief Federal Courts
Conduct of trial in general; evidence; judgment
On appeal, the Court of Appeals reverses thegrant or denial of a motion for new trial onlyupon a showing of abuse of discretion, and mustgive the benefit of every doubt to the judgmentof the trial judge, while recognizing that theremust be an upper limit to allowable damages.
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[10] Damages Particular cases
The District Court did not abuse its discretion inawarding a former employee $50,000 inemotional distress damages from both thechairman and the chief executive officer (CEO)of the former employer, in the formeremployee’s r etaliatory discharge action underthe Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), where the Courtinitially reduced the jury’s award from $178,000a piece to $50,000 a piece, the employeeclaimed to have felt “awful” having to seek
unemployment benefits, and the employeeclaimed to still cry about the experience. 18U.S.C.A. § 1514A(c).
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[11] Federal Civil Procedure
Amendment or correction
The District Court’s decision to reject a jury’s
first verdict as inconsistent, to administer asupplemental jury instruction, and to send the jury back to redeliberate was proper, in anemployee’s retaliatory discharge action underthe Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) against herformer employer, its chairman, and its chiefexecutive officer (CEO), where the first juryverdict found all three defendants liable, butassessed no damages to the chairman and theCEO. 18 U.S.C.A. § 1514A(a); Fed.RulesCiv.Proc.Rule 49(b)(3), 28 U.S.C.A.
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[12] Federal Courts
Mixed questions of law and fact in general
On appeal of a mixed question of law and fact,the Court of Appeals inspects the District
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Court’s factual findings for clear error and
examine de novo the legal conclusions derivedfrom those facts.
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[13] Federal Courts
Verdict
Actions taken after the District Court rejects a
jury verdict as inconsistent are reviewed onappeal by the Court of Appeals for abuse ofdiscretion.
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[14] Federal Civil Procedure
Amendment or correction
A district judge who concludes that an
inconsistent verdict reflects jury confusion oruncertainty has the duty to clarify the lawgoverning the case and resubmit the verdict for a jury decision.
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[15] Federal Civil Procedure
Verdict or Findings Contrary to Law orEvidence
A jury’s verdict on an employee’s retaliatorydischarge claim, which found that the employercaused back pay damages but no compensatorydamages, and the chairman and the chiefexecutive officer (CEO) caused no back paydamages but did cause compensatory damages,was not irreconcilably inconsistent, and thus theDistrict Court did not abuse its discretion indenying the defendants’ motion for a new trial,
where it was reasonable for the jury to conclude
that the employer, who paid the employee’ssalary, should cover the back pay award, andthat the chairman and the chief executive officer(CEO), who were involved in the decision toterminate the employee, should bearresponsibility for the employee’s emotionaldistress. 18 U.S.C.A. § 1514A(a); Fed.RulesCiv.Proc.Rule 59, 28 U.S.C.A.
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[16] Federal Courts
New Trial, Rehearing, or Reconsideration
The Court of Appeals reviews the denial of amotion for a new trial for abuse of discretion.Fed.Rules Civ.Proc.Rule 59, 28 U.S.C.A.
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Federal Courts Verdict
A jury verdict may be set aside and the caseremanded for a new trial when it is not possibleto reconcile the findings. Fed.RulesCiv.Proc.Rule 59, 28 U.S.C.A.
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[18] Federal Civil Procedure
Weight of evidence
A new trial is appropriate if the jury’s verdict isagainst the clear weight of the evidence.Fed.Rules Civ.Proc.Rule 59, 28 U.S.C.A.
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Case 3:13-cv-24068 Document 157-1 Filed 03/06/15 Page 9 of 23 PageID #: 6230
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[19] Federal Courts
Costs and attorney fees
The Court of Appeals reviews an award ofattorneys’ fees on appeal for abuse of discretion.
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[20] Federal Courts
Costs and attorney fees
Under the abuse of discretion standard ofreview, the Court of Appeals will only reversean award of attorneys’ fees if the District Courtis clearly wrong or has committed an error oflaw.
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[21] Federal Civil Procedure
Amount and elements
There is no precise rule or formula to aid a courtin determining just how successful a plaintiffmay have been, for purposes of calculating anaward of attorneys’ fees.
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[22] Federal Civil Procedure
Amount and elements
A court may consider whether a fee awardseems reasonable in light of the amount ofdamages awarded; however, a substantialdisproportionality between a fee award and a
verdict, standing alone, may not justify a
reduction in attorney’s fees.
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[23] Labor and Employment
Attorney fees
The District Court did not abuse its discretion inawarding a former employee $354,127.05 in
attorneys’ fees as the prevailing party in theformer employee’s retaliatory discharge actionunder the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) againsther former employer, its chairman, and its chiefexecutive officer (CEO), even though thedefendants were successful, to some extent, inreducing the amount of the damage award,where the employee was awarded $737,000 indamages, including $44,000 in pre-judgmentinterest, and the employee receivedapproximately 1/3 of the damages she requested.18 U.S.C.A. § 1514A(a).
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[24] Corporations and Business Organizations
Joint and several liability
The District Court did not abuse its discretion inholding an employer, its chairman, and its chiefexecutive officer (CEO) jointly and severallyliable for an award of attorneys’ fees to a formeremployee, who prevailed in her retaliatory
discharge action under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act(SOX), where both the chairman and the chiefexecutive officer (CEO) were involved in thedecision to fire the employee, and the claimsagainst all three defendants were the same,involving similar development, investigation,and other expense. 18 U.S.C.A. § 1514A(a).
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