021-2-295 – Wikimedia Foundation v. National Security Agency/Central Security Service
Wikimedia Foundation v. National Security Agency/Central Security Service, Case No. 20-1191, Sept. 15, 2021. 4th Cir. (Diaz) from EDVA at Alexandria (Ellis). Patrick Christopher Toomey for Appellant. Joseph Forrest Busa for Appellees. VLW 021-2-295. 68 pp. Full-Text Opinion
021-2-296 – Tutt v. Wormuth
Tutt v. Wormuth, Case No. 19-2480, Sept. 8, 2021. 4th Cir. (per curiam) from EDVA at Alexandria (O’Grady). Joshua Erlich, Davia Craumer and Katherine L. Herrmann for Appellant. G. Zachary Terwilliger and Kimere J. Kimball for Appellee.VLW 021-2-296. 6 pp. Full-Text Opinion
021-2-292 – Amazon.com Inc. v. WDC Holdings LLC
Amazon.com Inc. v. WDC Holdings LLC, Case No. 20-1743, Aug. 31, 2021. 4th Cir. (per curiam), from EDVA at Alexandria (O’Grady). George Reid Calhoun V for Appellants. Elizabeth Petrela Papez for Appellees. VLW 021-2-292. 22 pp. Full-Text Opinion
021-2-291 – Nelson v. Warner
Nelson v. Warner, Case Nos. 20-1860, 20-1861, Sept. 1, 2021. 4th Cir. (Keenan) from SDWVA at Huntington (Chambers). Lindsay Sara See for Appellant. Anthony J. Majestro for Appellees. VLW 021-2-291. 38 pp. Full-Text Opinion
021-2-290 – Kadel v. North Carolina State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees
Kadel v. North Carolina State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees, Case No. 20-1409, Sept. 1, 2021. 4th Cir. (Gregory) from MDNC at Greensboro (Biggs). John Guyton Knepper for Appellant. Omar Francisco Gonzalez-Pagan for Appellees. VLW 021-2-290. 83 pp. Full-Text Opinion
021-2-289 – Smith v. CSRA
Smith v. CSRA, Case No. 20-1377, Sept. 1, 2021. 4th Cir. (Gregory) from EDVA at Alexandria (O’Grady). Joshua Harry Erlich for Appellant. Rebecca Sara Levenson and Joseph Richard Ward III for Appellees. VLW 021-2-289. 43 pp. Full-Text Opinion
021-2-288 – Doe v. Fairfax County School Board
Doe v. Fairfax County School Board, Case No. 19-2203, Aug. 30, 2021. 4th Cir. (Wynn) from EDVA at Alexandria (O’Grady). VLW 021-2-288. 35 pp. Full-Text Opinion
021-2-287 – Payne v. Taslimi
Payne v. Taslimi, Case 18-7030, May 27, 2021. 4th Cir. (Richardson), from EDVA at Alexandria (O’Grady). Gilbert Charles Dickey for Appellant. Christopher Fitzjames Quirk for Appellee. VLW 021-2-287. 17 pp. Full-Text Opinion
021-2-286 – United States v. Roof
United States v. Roof, Case 17-3, Aug. 25, 2021. 4th Cir. (per curiam), from DSC at Charleston (Gergel). Sapna Mirchandani, Margaret Alice-Anne Farrand and Alexandra Wallace Yates for Appellant. Ann O’Connell Adams and Bonnie I. Robin-Vergeer for Appellee. VLW 021-2-286. 149 pp. Full-Text Opinion
021-2-285 – United States v. Simmons
United States v. Simmons, Case Nos. 18-4875, 18-4876, 18-4877, 19-4269, 19-4287, 19-4345, May 28, 2021. 4th Cir. (Agee), from EDVA at Norfolk (Davis). Teresa Ann Wallbaum for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Paul Graham Beers and Laura Pellatiro Tayman for Appellees/Cross-Appellant. VLW 021-2-285. 69 pp. Full-Text Opinion
021-2-281 – Plymail v. Mirandy
Plymail v. Mirandy, Case No. 19-6412, Aug. 10, 2021. 4th Cir. (Richardson), from SDWVA at Huntington (Chambers). Mackenzie Herman, Henna Shah and John J. Korzen for Appellant. Thomas T. Lampman for Appellee. VLW 021-2-281. 20 pp. Full-Text Opinion
021-2-280 – United States v. Frank
United States v. Frank, Case No. 20-6706, Aug. 10, 2021. 4th Cir. (Harris), from EDVA at Alexandria (Brinkema). Cadence Alexandra Mertz for Appellant. Laura Michelle Grimes for Appellee. VLW 021-2-280. 27 pp. Full-Text Opinion
Verdicts & Settlements
- Jury reaches defense verdict in $4M med mal action
- Dental hygienist tripped, fractured right wrist, foot — $190,000 settlement
- 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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