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A plaintiff who arrived at a Lake Anna rental home to begin cleaning as defendants packed to leave can try her personal injury claim against defendants, owners of “Grendel,” a 110-pound German Shepherd, who bit plaintiff after defendants’ son-in-law told ...

Tagged with: Judge Glen E. Conrad Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

The 4th Circuit affirms dismissal of this suit filed against the U.S. Secretary of Defense by 28 current and former member of the U.S. armed forces who allege they were sexually assaulted by fellow service members during their military careers ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge G. Steven Agee Tort

A defendant Kroger store manager who is being sued for his alleged negligence in causing or allowing a green bean to be on the floor prior to plaintiff’s slip-and-fall, has not proven fraudulent joinder, and because he and plaintiff are ...

Tagged with: Judge James R. Spencer Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although a warehouse club sued after an employee shooting claims its lawyer was authorized merely to attend a mediation, but not to settle the case, a Henrico County Circuit Court says the lawyer had the necessary authority to settle the ...

Tagged with: Henrico County Circuit Court Judge Gary Hicks Negligence Virginia Circuit Courts

A carrier must defend a law firm sued for malpractice after the firm unsuccessfully defended a client in a defamation action; the Richmond U.S. District Court says the carrier has not proven any of the cited exclusions preclude coverage in ...

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

In this suit by an Algerian citizen against former government officials alleging abuse, mistreatment and torture by U.S. military personnel during plaintiff’s detention in multiple countries, the suit is dismissed because, among other reasons, the Military Commissions Act bars courts ...

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

Family members of the victims of the 2004 bombing of the U.S.S. Cole who won a 2007 judgment against the Republic of Sudan under the Death on the High Seas Act are not precluded from bringing a new action against ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Allyson K. Duncan Tort

A delivery driver for Swift Transportation, who picked up a trailer for defendant Sears Logistics Services Inc., affixed it to his truck, drove a load of automotive products to a warehouse in Maryland, and suffered severe shoulder injuries when he ...

Tagged with: Judge Norman K. Moon Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

A plaintiff who was working at the direction of employees of defendant company, clearing scrap metal, when he was injured, was a “statutory employee” of defendant whose negligence suit is precluded by the bar of the Workers’ Compensation Act, the ...

Tagged with: Negligence Supreme Court of Virginia

In plaintiff’s suit alleging negligence by a physician’s assistant who examined her in a hospital emergency room after she injured her knee in a fall, the circuit court did not err in setting aside a jury verdict for the orthopedic ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Supreme Court of Virginia