023-2-135 – Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board
Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board, Case No. 22-1280, May 23, 2023. 4th Cir. (King), from EDVA at Alexandria (Hilton). Donald B. Verrilli Jr. for Appellant. Erin Elizabeth Wilcox for Appellee. Sydney Foster for Amicus United States. Andrew Nathan Ferguson for Amicus Commonwealth of Virginia. VLW 023-2-135. 75 pp. Full-Text Opinion
023-2-136 – United States v. Robertson
United States v. Robertson, Case No. 21-4438, May 23, 2023. 4th Cir. (Agee), from EDVA at Newport News (Novak). Fernando Groene for Appellant. Jacqueline Romy Bechara for Appellee. VLW 023-2-136. 15 pp. Full-Text Opinion
023-2-130 – Industrial Services Group Inc. v. Dobson
Industrial Services Group Inc. v. Dobson, Case No. 22-1465, May 16, 2023. 4th Cir. (Gregory), from WDNC at Asheville (Reidinger). Stacey Alayne Phipps for Appellants. Travis Wayne Vance for Appellee. VLW 023-2-130. 20 pp. Full-Text Opinion
023-2-132 – United States v. Rafiekian
United States v. Rafiekian, Case No. 22-4252, May 18, 2023. 4th Cir. (Wynn), from EDVA at Alexandria (Trenga). Aidan Taft Grano-Mickelsen for Appellant. James Edward Tysse for Appellee. VLW 023-2-132. 33 pp. Full-Text Opinion
023-2-131 – United States v. Green
United States v. Green, Case No. 16-7168, May 16, 2023. 4th Cir. (Gregory), from EDVA at Newport News (Smith). Caleb Grant for Appellant. Joseph Attias for Appellee. VLW 023-2-131. 26 pp. Full-Text Opinion
023-2-133 – Brown Goldstein Levy LLP v. Federal Insurance Company
Brown Goldstein Levy LLP v. Federal Insurance Company, Case No. 22-1023, May 18, 2023. 4th Cir. (Thacker), from DMD at Baltimore (Johnston). John Thorpe Richards Jr. for Appellants. Katherine Booth Wellington for Appellee. VLW 023-2-133. 14 pp. Full-Text Opinion
023-2-112 – Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education v. Brady
Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education v. Brady, Case Nos. 22-1478, 22-1532, April 19, 2023. 4th Cir. (Thacker), from WDNC at Charlotte (Conrad). Christopher Zemp Campbell for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Stacey Marlise Gahagan for Appellees/Cross-Appellants. VLW 023-2-112. 19 pp. Full-Text Opinion
023-2-110 – Halscott Megaro PA v. McCollum
Halscott Megaro PA v. McCollum, Case No. 22-1505, April 18, 2023. 4th Cir. (Quattlebaum), from EDNC at Raleigh (Boyle). Jaime Torre Halscott for Appellant. Matthew J. Higgins for Appellees. VLW 023-2-110. 21 pp. Full-Text Opinion
023-2-109 – Federal Trade Commission v. Lin
Federal Trade Commission v. Lin, Case No. 22-1738, April 18, 2023. 4th Cir. (Motz), from DMD at Baltimore (Messitte). Kyle Singhal for Appellants. Imad Dean Abyad for Appellees. VLW 023-2-109. 9 pp. Full-Text Opinion
023-2-111 – Lashley v. Spartanburg Methodist College
Lashley v. Spartanburg Methodist College, Case No. 22-1447, April 18, 2023. 4th Cir. (Wilkinson), from DSC at Spartanburg (Dawson). David Eliot Rothstein for Appellant. Todd Russell Flippin for Appellees. VLW 023-2-111. 23 pp. Full-Text Opinion
023-2-129 – Towers Watson & Co. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh Pa.
Towers Watson & Co. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh Pa., Case No. 21-2396, May 9, 2023. 4th Cir. (Agee), from EDVA at Alexandria (Trenga). Jonathan D. Hacker for Appellants. Robin L. Cohen for Appellee. VLW 023-2-129. 18 pp. Full-Text Opinion
023-2-125 – Myers v. Mayorkas
Myers v. Mayorkas, Case No. 22-1304, May 3, 2023. 4th Cir. (Niemeyer), from WDVA at Harrisonburg (Dillon). Shane Nathaniel Waller for Appellants. Laura Taylor for Appellees. VLW 023-2-125. 15 pp. Full-Text Opinion
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- Jury reaches defense verdict in $4M med mal action
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- Couple contracted Hepatitis A after dining at restaurant — $5.5M settlement
- Elderly man suffers hip fracture after attack by neighbor’s dog — $350,000 settlement
- Motorcyclist injured when vehicle abruptly changed lanes — $300,000 verdict
- Passenger ejected from car in high-speed chase crash — $685,000 settlement
- Defense verdict reached in fraud suit
- 8-year-old killed in crash involving tractor-trailer — $1,100,000 settlement
- Plaintiff conceived child after vasectomy — $250,000 settlement
- Delay in diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy led to surgery — $283,432.18 settlement
- Golfer stepped in sinkhole, fractured ankle — $442,000 verdict
- Jury sides with woman injured in rear-end collision — $300,000 verdict
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