4th Circuit Finds Worker With No Enforceable Judgment Was Prevailing Party

Mealey's (March 11, 2021, 9:33 AM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A worker who won a jury verdict finding her employer liable for bias and entitling her to equitable relief until she was transferred back to the job she sought was still a prevailing party even though she never obtained an “enforceable judgment,” a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 24, vacating a trial court’s order denying her attorney fees and costs....