Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

In this civil forfeiture action under 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(A), a Charlottesville U.S. District Court allows several of the government’s claims against the property in Keswick, Va., to go forward in its action alleging that, as a matter of Taiwanese ...

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

Plaintiff homeowner has no private cause of action under HAMP, and the Norfolk U.S. District Court says plaintiff cannot recover from defendant loan servicer on a state law contract claim because any solicitation plaintiff received was merely an offer to ...

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

Homeowners have no private cause of action under the federal Home Affordable Modification Program for allegations that they accepted defendant Wells Fargo’s solicitations and applied for HAMP loan modification, only to be denied for an allegedly incorrect Net Present Value. ...

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

A Norfolk Circuit Court adopts a previous ruling of this court and holds that because plaintiff Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority instituted its condemnation claims in this matter prior to the effective date of a new statute, Va. Code § ...

Tagged with: Judge John R. Doyle III Norfolk Circuit Court Real Estate Virginia Circuit Courts

A homeowner can sue in 2008 for damages from water pipes that burst in 2007 after defendant contractor completed a home renovation project in 2003; a Fauquier County Circuit Court declines to reconsider its earlier ruling granting partial summary judgment ...

Tagged with: Contract Fauquier County Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey W. Parker Virginia Circuit Courts

A Wythe County Circuit Court says a VDOT construction project to expand an I-77 bridge damaged petitioners’ farm property because it affected their access easement and directed water onto their property, creating erosion ditches, and the owners are entitled to ...

Tagged with: Judge Josiah T. Showalter Jr. Real Estate Virginia Circuit Courts Wythe County Circuit Court

A property owner and business operator on the property cannot sue for inverse condemnation under the Virginia Constitution for the city of Norfolk’s closure of York Street for construction or repair of public utilities that prevented reasonable access to the ...

Tagged with: Judge Karen J. Burrell Norfolk Circuit Court Real Estate Virginia Circuit Courts

A Norfolk Circuit Court says plaintiff may proceed with its action for a declaration that it possesses an easement over an adjoining lot, granted to its predecessor in title. The 1988 deed at issue allowed plaintiff’s predecessor in title to ...

Tagged with: Judge Everett A. Martin Jr. Norfolk Circuit Court Real Estate Virginia Circuit Courts

Plaintiff owner of Buchanan County gas interests may sue for royalties on gas interests she holds in Buchanan County, says a magistrate judge for the Abingdon U.S. District Court. Plaintiff Doris Betty Addison sues CNX Gas Company LLC, Commonwealth Coal ...

Tagged with: Judge Pamela Meade Sargent Real Estate U.S. District Court - Western District

A Charlottesville U.S. District Court denies an emergency motion to enjoin the sale at public auction of the Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard LLC, a 900-acre property in Albemarle County. This is an action brought under the Farm Credit Act ...

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