Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

Plaintiffs who allege defendant added in­terest to a purported outstanding balance for unpaid residential rent can sue defen­dant for violations of the Fair Debt Col­lection Practices Act; the Alexandria U.S. District Court denies defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claim that ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Plaintiffs alleging breach of an asset purchase agreement for property from their Hampton manufacturing business may not recover for alleged damages occurring during removal of equipment, including components of the electrical system, a Newport News U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Robert J. Krask U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In plaintiffs’ suit alleging defendant mining company, faced with getting rid of excess wastewater from an underground coal mine and prohibited from discharging the water into local streams, diverted the water into underground mine voids located beneath plaintiffs’ land, the ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

Plaintiffs who are suing to collect on a note after a settlement fell through cannot sue defendant for tortious interference with contract because the contract at issue allegedly was breached prior to the alleged acts giving rise to the tort ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Memorandum of Understanding executed by Freddie Mac, as receiver for defendant mortgage company, and plaintiff investment company, that called for execution of formal written documents, was an “agreement to agree” and not a binding enforceable contract, an Alexandria U.S. ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge James C. Cacheris U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although plaintiff lender and defendant cosmetics company entered into a Mutual Release Agreement to settle plaintiff’s claims arising from a factoring agreement, plaintiff is not entitled to summary judgment in its suit against the cosmetic company’s managing director under her ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Gerald Bruce Lee U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this dispute over plaintiff coal company’s suit for damages to a shipment of mining shovels from Australia to Hampton Roads, the Norfolk U.S. District Court construes the chartered vessel’s motion to dismiss as a motion to compel arbitration, which ...

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

An LLC’s operating agreement does not require a super-majority vote to approve a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the company, a maritime engineering training school, but the Norfolk Circuit Court says the issue of the ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A dentist has stated a claim for business conspiracy against a consultant hired to evaluate a dental practice that plaintiff had contracted to buy from his partner, and who allegedly assisted the partner in their dispute when the partner refused ...

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

Although a homeowner may have alleged breaches of contract by defendant prior to the foreclosure sale of her home, her suit, filed exactly five years after that foreclosure sale, is not time-barred, the Norfolk U.S. District Court says. It is ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District