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Plaintiff sued the manufacturer of a machine and the company that manufactured a solvent used in the operation of the machine, alleging her exposure to the solvent caused permanent injuries. The court held that, because the record established the plaintiff’s ...

Tagged with: Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

The United States previously obtained judgment against an individual who failed to pay taxes for 11 years. It now moved to foreclose real property owned by the defendant. The court granted the United States’ motion for summary judgment and ordered ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Pino pleaded guilty to making a false statement in connection with the purchase of a firearm. The court vacated the guilty plea, however, because the factual record did not support it since Pino had not made a false statement. Background ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The Sierra Club sued Dominion Energy under the citizen-suit provision of the Clean Water Act.  Following a bench trial, the district court found that rainwater and groundwater were leaching arsenic from the coal ash in the landfill and settling ponds, ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Environmental Judge Paul V. Niemeyer

Liberty Counsel, an organization dedicated to advancing Christian causes, sued GuideStar, a nonprofit organization that maintains an extensive online directory of profiles on other nonprofits, after GuideStar reported the Southern Poverty Law Center had designated Liberty Counsel as a hate ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Intellectual Property Per Curiam Opinion

Plaintiff, 64, underwent elective sigmoid colectomy surgery performed by a general surgeon on Feb. 23, 2015, to correct diverticula and a fistula track that had developed between his cecum and bladder causing frequent infections. The surgery was uneventful and an ...

Tagged with: Judge Beverly W. Snukals Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Richmond Circuit Court

On Jan. 3, 2013, the defendant oral surgeon undertook to perform an extraction of an impacted first molar, along with remaining wisdom teeth. At age 32, the patient was already old for the procedure, and was asymptomatic, but he had ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Verdicts

On April 4, 2016, the plaintiff, 31, was rear-ended by the defendant, Dwayne Newman, in Westmoreland County. At the time of the collision, Newman was driving a trash transport vehicle for Local Services LLC. The impact caused the plaintiff’s knee ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury Settlement

Adams v. Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, Case No. CL-18-2656, Sept. 21, 2018. Norfolk Cir. Ct. (Lannetti). VLW No. 018-8-085, 12 pp. Download Full-Text Opinion

Rinker v. Oakton Condominium Unit Owners Assoc., Case No. CL-2018-7525, Sept. 20, 2018. Fairfax Cir. Ct. (Oblon). VLW No. 018-8-084, 8 pp. Download Full-Text Opinion