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	<title>Virginia Lawyers Weekly &#187; Judge Robert S. Ballou</title>
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		<title>Party Realignment Ordered in Coverage Suit&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this suit seeking to determine coverage availability to Stephanie Brenner and Brenner Properties for injuries received by Tiffany Eve in a horse-riding accident on Feb. 27, 2010, the magistrate judge for the Roanoke U.S. District Court orders realignment of nominal defendants Stephanie Brenner and Tiffany Eve as plaintiffs and counter-defendants. Properties sought a declaratory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Sanctions Against Corporate Debtor&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Danville U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge denies plaintiff’s motion for sanctions against defendant for its responses to plaintiff’s debtor’s interrogatories proffered in an attempt to collect a judgment; plaintiff has not complied with Virginia procedure for execution of a judgment and the court declines to impose sanctions against defendant’s corporate officers, its counsel, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interpleader Granted Pending ‘Slayer’ Decision&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this dispute over life insurance benefits claimed by a man suspected of killing his wife, a Roanoke U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge recommends granting the insurance company’s motion for interpleader of the policy proceeds, pending a determination of whether the man is disqualified as a “slayer” under Virginia law from receiving insurance benefits. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ESI Discovery Response Not ‘Readily Usable’&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A defendant who produced ESI – mostly emails – without providing an index or ordering the documents as responsive to specific requests for production, is ordered to pay reasonable costs up to $8,463 for plaintiff to use its own software to convert the documents into a format it can use, in this decision by the [...]]]></description>
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