Claims of disability discrimination and retaliation against an employer survived summary judgment, but the Western District of Virginia said the worker failed to administratively exhaust his claims under the Virginia Values Act, or VVA. In Moss v. Saja Restaurant Group ...
Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Thomas T. Cullen U.S. District Court - Western District
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The Supreme Court of Virginia revived a former landowner’s claim after finding that its right to recover for a broken lease covenant didn’t follow its sale of the land. The defendant cited statutory and case law to argue that its ...
Tagged with: Contract Justice Teresa M. Chafin Supreme Court of Virginia
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A Fairfax County condominium association’s reallocation of parking spaces violated local and state law and breached its contract with the owner of three commercial condominium units in the development, the Court of Appeals of Virginia upheld. The owner of the ...
Tagged with: Contract Judge Daniel E. Ortiz Judge Vernida R. Chaney Virginia Court of Appeals
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The United States has immunity in a tort suit over property that was seized for purposes of both civil forfeiture and criminal investigation, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held in an issue of first impression. The federal government ...
Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Paul V. Niemeyer Tort
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An attorney violated Rule 1.7(a)(2) of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct by engaging in a sexual relationship with his client during representation, the Supreme Court of Virginia held, affirming a ruling of a three-judge panel in an attorney discipline ...
Tagged with: Attorneys Justice Thomas P. Mann Supreme Court of Virginia
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A long-haul of a case filed in the Western District of Virginia by motorists claiming a tractor trailer driver was liable for injuries they received during a multivehicle accident on the interstate has reached the end of the road after ...
Tagged with: Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District
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The Virginia State Bar will honor a pair of Virginia attorneys later this year with awards. Onancock attorney Henry P. Custis Jr. is this year’s recipient of the Tradition of Excellence Award from the Virginia State Bar’s General Practice Section, ...
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Virginia Lawyers Weekly is pleased to announce the “Go To Lawyers” for appellate law. Now in its fourth year, the “Go To Lawyers” program recognizes top lawyers in a particular practice area. Earlier this year, we celebrated “Virginia’s Go To ...
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A life care planner’s expert report was excluded from an auto accident trial after a federal judge ruled that the planner rendered medical opinions that she was not qualified to in her report. U.S. District Judge Thomas T. Cullen handed ...
Tagged with: Evidence Judge Thomas T. Cullen U.S. District Court - Western District
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A former employee’s retaliation claim against her employer was dismissed as untimely despite arguments that the statute of limitations under the Virginia Whistleblower Protection Law, or VWPL, accrued on her last day of work, rather than the day she was ...
Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District
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