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Where the subcontractor agreed to install interior trim on the homeowner’s house, carriage house and storage shed, labor and materials to be supplied to complete the job in 18 weeks for the sum of $50,000, but the subcontractor did not ...

Where the pinion issue in the former employee’s law suit alleging discharge in violation of the Virginia Workers’ Comp and Virginians With Disabilities Acts is what was the employer’s motivation in reassignment and ultimate termination of the employee, that issue ...

Where the town, which attempted to adopt a subdivision ordinance, failed to comply with Va. Code § 15.1-467 which provides that any subdivision regulations or amendments thereto may not be “finally adopted” by the town until after review and approval ...

Although the contractor, when it filed its memorandum of mechanic’s lien for roofing work, incorrectly identified seven unit owners out of 350, the failure of the memorandum to name the record owner at the time of filing does not invalidate ...

Where the parties in 1988 entered into an agreement which provided for child support, including a cost-of-living adjustment, the court will deviate from the presumptive child support guidelines because the initial agreement of the parties serves the best interests of ...

Although claimant testified that after shovelling waste material and pulverized lime for about 15 minutes, he developed severe chest pain, his arms went numb and he began to sweat profusely, he has not proved an identifiable incident which will allow ...

Where this § 1983 suit filed by plaintiff, a Virginia prison inmate, alleges that Virginia prison officials’ failure to abide by Virginia’s established statutory procedures for transferring prisoners into the custody of other jurisdictions for trial deprived him of due ...

Although defendant, a professional trader, claims his multi-million dollar debt for trading foreign currency futures and options with plaintiff trading company cannot be enforced because his transactions with the company violated the Commodities Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 1 et seq., ...

Even though the plaintiff rejected the offer made by the defendant-employer during conciliation efforts by the EEOC, since she satisfied the jurisdictional prerequisites for filing a Title VII suit, she is entitled to a trial de novo. Summary judgment for ...

The district court did not err in admitting into evidence both the statement of a co-conspirator arguably attempting to set up a second conspiracy without a middle man, which was not inconsistent with the ends of the conspiracy in which ...