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Although plaintiff hospital was unable to come to an agreement with defendant Blue Cross and Blue Shield for the hospital to be included in Blue Cross’ “Keycare” preferred provider network, the fact that Blue Cross continued to negotiate with several ...

Where plaintiff was driving her sister’s car when she had the automobile accident, and both sisters had moved away from their mother’s home to attend college and were sharing a townhouse in Northern Virginia at the time of the accident, ...

Where the applicant for hospitalization and life insurance told that insurance agent that he had never had any indication, diagnosis or treatment for use of alcohol, although during the preceding 15 months, an internist had been treating the applicant, through ...

Although the real estate agent, who was suing for a commission on a contract which was subject to bankruptcy court approval, responded “no” to a deposition question about whether she knew if the contract had been approved, and she also ...

Although the buyers alleged that the sellers knowingly concealed evidence of water leakage in the basement of their home by placing furniture in front of a water stain, there was insufficient evidence of fraud by the sellers where 1) photographs ...

In response to a question certified from a federal district court, the Virginia Supreme Court holds that the tolling provision of the Virginia Medical Malpractice Act, Code § 8.01-581.9, applies to the two-year limitations period for filing a wrongful death ...

Where the creditor obtained a judgment against a partnership, Virginia Code § 50-8.1 does not prevent the creditor, in a subsequent proceeding, from attempting to collect the judgment against individual partners who were not parties to the initial action. The ...

Where the pro se debtor received a prior Chapter 7 discharge in bankruptcy in 1986, and has filed his current bankruptcy case on Oct. 21, 1991 and moved to convert it to Chapter 7 on June 9, 1992, the bankruptcy ...

Although one of the defendants claims to hold a partnership interest with members of another defendant’s family in the ten-hole portion of the golf course adjacent to debtor’s property, the bankruptcy court will abstain from hearing the defendant’s claim. The ...

Where plaintiff had consigned certain automobiles to debtor for use in debtor’s used auto sales business, but debtor during 1991 failed to remit to plaintiff the proceeds for approximately 21 vehicles consigned to debtor and instead debtor had used the ...