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Where a clown at a Halloween event at Busch Gardens allegedly approached the plaintiff from behind, whispered something in her ear and then yelled out and startled her, that conduct did not support a claim for assault because it did ...

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

A $475,000 settlement in a case alleging medical negligence in the wrongful death of a father was determined to be fair. In addition, a child who was born 301 days after his father left for Vietnam was presumed to be ...

Tagged with: Judge T.S. Ellis III Medical Malpractice U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Uninsured motorist coverage did not apply to injuries suffered by the plaintiff as a result of a physical fight with a customer at a gas station. The other combatant was neither the owner nor the operator of an uninsured motor ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a man who slipped while walking down a conference center staircase failed to produce evidence showing the defendants caused the allegedly defective condition or had notice of it at the time he fell and injured himself, summary judgment was ...

Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A mother has standing to sue the United States, on behalf of her deceased children, for medical malpractice allegedly committed by military medical providers that led to the death of two fetuses and three children who died shortly after birth. ...

Tagged with: Judge Anthony J. Trenga Medical Malpractice U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A homeowner’s carrier has no duty to cover injuries caused when the homeowner’s son punched another person because the intentional act was not an “accident,” and thus did not qualify as an “occurrence” under the policy. Background On Feb. 12, ...

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

Where the declaration of covenants of a townhouse association did not allow a second parking space, Asian homeowners suffered no loss of a legally protected right when they were not given a second spot. And there was no evidence the ...

Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a wrongful death suit, a husband’s attempt to sue a trucking company for vicarious liability based on an alleged joint venture with another defendant, was defeated because he could not show the company was involved in a joint venture. ...

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

Plaintiff, a solicitor in the United Kingdom and a California resident, has not demonstrated how this court can assert personal jurisdiction over his defamation claim against the Daily Mail, a UK newspaper, arising from matters occurring in the UK involving ...

Tagged with: Defamation Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David A. Oblon Virginia Circuit Courts

Minor inaccuracies in two CBS Evening News reports about a West Virginia pharmacy and its role in the opioid crisis did not support a claim for defamation because the broadcast likely had the same effect on the viewer as the ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Allison Jones Rushing Tort