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A truck driver who suffered severe injuries when another vehicle allegedly negligently swerved into his truck, causing him to go off the road, through a fence and into an unoccupied dormitory at James Madison University, loses his suit seeking $1M ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Samuel G. Wilson U.S. District Court - Western District

A Maryland doctor and his Chevy Chase practice group, with Virginia licensure and regular provision of medical services to patients with Virginia zip codes, can be sued in Virginia federal court on a med-mal claim that defendants’ prescription of Bactrim, ...

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

A defendant carrier who allegedly refused to pay a personal injury settlement to plaintiff and instead removed the case to federal court, saying plaintiff’s claims were preempted by Medicare regulations, has the case remanded back to state court from the ...

Tagged with: Judge Samuel G. Wilson Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

In this suit alleging products liability and contract claims arising from the use of allegedly defective Chinese drywall in various properties, a Norfolk Circuit Court grants two defendant insurance carriers’ motion to sever a count seeking a declaration that the ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Mary Jane Hall Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A Fairfax Circuit Court says the “public duty” doctrine does not extend to firefighters, to immunize them from a gross negligence lawsuit filed by the sons of a woman who died in a fire after calling firefighters to tell them ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Smith Negligence Virginia Circuit Courts

An injured plaintiff’s auto liability policy does not allow intra-policy “stacking” sufficient to provide up to $300,000 in UIM coverage, says a Charlottesville Circuit Court, as the policy at issue contains language almost identical to the language found to be ...

Tagged with: Charlottesville Circuit Court Insurance Judge Edward Hogshire Virginia Circuit Courts

Although the state park public beach visited by a church youth group may not have had a spiritual mission, the youth group had such a mission, and a 22nd Judicial Circuit Court says defendant church and its leaders have charitable ...

Tagged with: Judge Charles J. Strauss Tort Virginia Circuit Courts

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court refuses to dismiss or transfer a CGL carrier’s suit seeking a declaration that it owed no duty to defend to a company that was an additional insured on the carrier’s suit insuring a maintenance contractor ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Samuel G. Wilson U.S. District Court - Western District

A Norfolk Circuit Court consolidated for a liability trial suits filed by six employees of the Christian Broadcasting Network who allege injuries from their exposure to chemicals used by defendant Baker Roofing Company during roofing repairs on the building where ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Louis Allen Sherman Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Where a farm equipment company and a tractor company had to pay a jury award of $165,000 to a man who was injured due to an allegedly defective hay bale spear, the farm equipment company may sue Southern Farm Supply ...

Tagged with: Judge Ivan D. Davis Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District