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Arbitration Award Subject to Res Judicata

By Deborah Elkins
Published: May 8, 2012
Tags: Contract, Judge Thomas D. Horne, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts

A Loudoun County Circuit Court reconsiders its earlier denial of a motion to stay arbitration in this litigation over a contract involving road construction, and grants defendant’s motion to stay arbitration proceedings; under Va. Code § 8.01-581.012, a judgment confirming an arbitration award is to be treated like any other judgment, including the application of [...]

Plaintiff may need total knee replacement – $575,000 Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: May 7, 2012
Tags: Judge James H. Chamblin, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Personal Injury

This case involved a motor vehicle accident wherein the defendant pulled out from a stop sign into the path of the plaintiff, causing a comminuted tibial plateau fracture. As a result of the fracture, the plaintiff had to undergo a surgical procedure. The plaintiff incurred $53,000 in medical expenses and $9,800 in lost wages.
The plaintiff’s [...]

Crash triggered post-traumatic headaches – $150,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 30, 2012
Tags: Loudoun County Circuit Court, Personal Injury

The case stemmed from a motor vehicle accident that occurred in Loudoun County. The defendant sideswiped the plaintiff’s vehicle. At the scene, the plaintiff felt a little disoriented but did not seek immediate medical treatment. She later sought treatment after experiencing nausea and headaches. She also experienced mild cervical strain, which resolved, but she continued [...]

Single-vehicle accident took lives of three family members – $965,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: March 5, 2012
Tags: Insurance, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Wrongful Death

This wrongful death case stemmed from a family tragedy in which three Purcellville residents were killed and four others were injured in a single-vehicle crash. The accident occurred on Route 55 near Front Royal on Sept. 5, 2010, when the SUV left the road, over-corrected and drove over an embankment into a tree. All passengers [...]

Noncompete Case Prompts Second Look

By Deborah Elkins
Published: March 1, 2012
Tags: Employment, Judge Thomas D. Horne, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts

A Loudoun County Circuit Court reconsiders its earlier decision in this franchisor/franchisee contest, in light of the Home Paramount case, and decides the noncompete and nonsolicitation provisions in the parties’ agreement cannot be enforced.
Central to consideration of the instant motion are the noncompetition provision of the Area Franchise License Agreement entered into by the plaintiff [...]

Loudoun jury: $15M for death

By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: February 20, 2012
Tags: Loudoun County Circuit Court, Million-Dollar Verdicts, Wrongful Death

A man facing a life sentence for the murder of his wife has been hit with a record-setting civil verdict arising from the same crime.
Last Monday, a Loudoun County jury awarded $15 million to the family of Catherine Ann “Cacey” Combs-LaFleur, a woman who died after Steven Combs-LaFleur, her husband, struck her on the [...]

Woman ejected from wheelchair on airport boarding ramp – $315,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: Loudoun County Circuit Court, Personal Injury

The 56-year-old plaintiff was being pushed down the boarding ramp in a wheelchair at a major Virginia airport. Instead of transporting the victim down the ramp by facing the wheelchair towards the airport terminal, the airline employee admitted he was in a “hurry” when he pushed the wheelchair down the ramp facing the airplane door. [...]

Association Can Collect for Litigation Costs

By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 30, 2012
Tags: Judge Thomas D. Horne, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Real Estate, Virginia Circuit Courts

Although defendant homeowners challenge plaintiff homeowners association’s right to collect dues assessment to support litigation by the association, the Loudoun County Circuit Court upholds action by the association board of directors that led to the assessments, and enters judgment for the association against the individual homeowners, except for the association’s request for 18 percent interest.
This [...]

No Fees for Conspiracy Defense Win

By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 30, 2012
Tags: Judge Thomas D. Horne, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Tort, Virginia Circuit Courts

Although counterclaim-defendants won on Diamond Information Systems’ counterclaims alleging misappropriation of trade secrets and business conspiracy, a Loudoun County Circuit Court says they are not entitled to attorney’s fees, nor are they entitled to $13,599 in transcript costs; the court awards only $414 in costs to the winning parties.
Plaintiffs Neeraj Bhagat and Peak State Group [...]

Noncompete Suit Goes Forward

By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 27, 2012
Tags: Employment, Judge Burke McCahill, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts

In this litigation over a noncompete clause, the Loudoun County Circuit Court declines to reconsider its decision overruling demurrers to two counts of plaintiff employer’s complaint, in light of the recent ruling in Home Paramount.
Defendants asked the court to reconsider its ruling with respect to two counts of plaintiff’s complaint in light of the recent [...]

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