A policy covering the defendant’s airplane was void ab initio based on his false statements about the status and location of the plane. He’d sought last-minute coverage for his already-dilapidated plane as Hurricane Matthew approached, then filed a claim for ...
Tagged with: Insurance Judge Clark Andrew Ritchie Shenandoah County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts
Read More »After being released with a verbal warning for a broken brake light and driving on a suspended license, a reasonable person in the defendant’s position would have felt free to leave. Therefore, his consent for a vehicle search was valid, ...
Tagged with: Judge Glen A. Huff Search & Seizure Virginia Court of Appeals
Read More »After “only the latest in a string of frivolous lawsuits” against Loudoun County and its various departments, a pro se litigant must pay the county more than $4,000 in attorneys’ fees. She is also barred from bringing more petitions against the County without ...
Tagged with: Civil Practice Per Curiam Opinion Supreme Court of Virginia
Read More »Sufficient evidence supported the State Corporation Commission’s determination that a requested pilot infrastructure surcharge was just and reasonable. Background In 2015, the Virginia-American Water Company applied to the State Corporation Commission for a general increase in water rates, claiming increased ...
Tagged with: Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Supreme Court of Virginia Utilities
Read More »Most of a tenant couple’s debt to their former landlord, based on unpaid rent and the poor conditions in which they left the rental, was dischargeable. The court held a small percentage to be non-dischargeable based on evidence that, in ...
Tagged with: Judge Paul M. Black Landlord/Tenant U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Read More »The court granted default judgment against infringement defendants who did not respond to the plaintiff’s lawsuit, but awarded only the minimum in statutory damages and found counsel’s requested fees unreasonable. Background According to its complaint, Plaintiff LHF Productions holds the ...
Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District
Read More »Panel interviews of four candidates – even split by gender – to fill a U.S. Marshals Service leadership position provided no basis to find that the proffered reasons for selecting a male candidate were a pretext for gender discrimination. Background ...
Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Read More »Under Virginia law, “smoke” composed of suspended particulate matter caused by concrete dust qualified for an exception to the “pollution exclusion” in the insured company’s policy. Background In this insurance coverage dispute, Plaintiff Allied Property & Casualty Insurance Co. and ...
Tagged with: Insurance Judge Anthony J. Trenga U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Read More »The actions of 28 Chinese entities selling counterfeit goods on the internet did not arise out of the same transaction or occurrence, and they must be severed into individual suits. Background The Defendants, 28 unrelated individuals and entities located in the People’s ...
Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Read More »Holding that “unclean hands” is not a defense to equitable relief in antitrust, the court excluded the defendant’s evidence that the plaintiff misappropriated its trade secrets, finding such evidence not probative under Federal Rule of Evidence 402. Background Plaintiff Steves ...
Tagged with: Evidence Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District
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