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Consultant’s report not entitled to work product protection
Where a security consultant had a preexisting relationship with Capital One and its report was pursuant to a prior statement of work and master services agreement, its retention by outside […]
Arbitrator’s interpretation of ‘good cause’ was OK
Where the collective bargaining agreement between Safeway and its union did not define what constitutes “good cause” to terminate an employee, the arbitrator’s decision to reinstate the grievant was not […]
Default judgment entered against employer for unpaid pension contributions
An employer who failed to make pension contributions or to respond to pension funds’ lawsuit was ordered to repay the funds with interest and pick up attorney and auditing fees. […]
Contract Signature Binds Defaulting Owner
Plaintiff Goodwill Industries wins a default judgment and injunction against defendant, who allegedly breached their contract allowing defendant to place and service Goodwill-branded donation bins in the metropolitan Washington D.C. […]
Real Estate Agents Violated Credit Repair Act
Two realty company employees violated the Credit Repair Organizations Act by misrepresenting that they would assist plaintiff homeowners by improving their credit rating and applying for a mortgage loan modification, […]
Lawyer Fees Approved for Default Judgment
An Alexandria U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge says the court has jurisdiction over defendant debtor, who has been properly served, and the magistrate judge recommends default judgment pf $349,873.79 against […]
Sanctions Ordered for Interrogatory Response
An Alexandria U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge sanctions plaintiff company for failure to comply with court orders to provide a full and complete response to defendant’s interrogatory by ordering certain […]
Sanctions for ‘Business Decision’ Not to Produce Witness
Plaintiff company’s “business decision” not to bring an employee back from the Ukraine for a deposition after multiple court orders requiring production of the witness, who served as “Chief of […]
Default Judgment, Fees Awarded in Detinue Action
Plaintiff bank is entitled to default judgment against defendant entities that operated pizza restaurants, in the bank’s action for breach of an agreement, breach of a guaranty agreement and for […]
Media Company Wins Domain-Name Dispute
Plaintiff Entrepreneur Media Inc. wins default judgment against Internet domain name entrepreneursstartup.com in this decision by the Alexandria U.S. District Court under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. The court accepts […]
Fees Awarded in Home Sale Contract
A lawyer and her husband who owe $76,225 in damages for failing to close on a home purchase also must pay attorney’s fees and costs of $21,466, says an Alexandria […]
Seller Wins Against Defaulting Buyer
A lawyer and her husband who breached a contract to buy a house in Alexandria, when they decided to move to Texas so wife could accept an in-house counsel position, […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Unicycle rider dies after being hit by car
- Premises Liability – Delivery driver injured by porch decking collapse
- Premises Liability – Fall down stairs at resort results in injuries, death
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Workers’ Compensation- Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice- Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Struck in face by forklift, woman suffers brain injury
- Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Allen charge wasn’t abuse of discretion
- Evidence – Expert’s exclusion from trial deemed harmless
- Parent and child – Mother held in contempt for violating visitation order
- Criminal – Court refuses to continue trial despite missing witness
- Criminal – Meth defendant wasn’t entitled to sentencing safety valve
- Tort – Comments about plaintiff were protected opinions
- Real Property – Condo unit owner challenges expansion plans
- Criminal – Woman convicted of endangering her children’s lives
- Negligence – Neighbors ordered to pay $300,000 for boundary wall collapse
- Fraud – Court vacates fraud judgment against home sellers
- Employment – Former employee’s claims against ODU are narrowed
- Civil Rights – Civil rights suit was filed too late
