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Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Goldman v. Younkin, Case No. 3:22-cv-789, Jan. 23, 2023. EDVA at Richmond (Young). VLW 023-3-029. 15....
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Long-term care insurance settlement objections rejected
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Where three persons argued that it was unfair to send rate increase letters to class members during ....
Read More »023-3-032 – Haney v. Genworth Life Insurance Co.
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Haney v. Genworth Life Insurance Co., Case No. 3:22-cv-55, Jan. 26, 2023. EDVA at Richmond (Payne). ....
Read More »Defective car repair suit remanded to circuit court
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Where a manufacturer sued for allegedly failing to repair a gear shift defect in a vehicle removed t....
Read More »023-3-028 – Borders v. Ford Motor Company
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Borders v. Ford Motor Company, Case No. 4:22-cv-121, Jan. 20, 2023. EDVA at Newport News (Smith). VL....
Read More »Court tosses employee’s disparate treatment claim
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Where a tester/trainer for the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, or DMV, asserted a claim for T....
Read More »023-3-031 – Alston v. Anderson
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Alston v. Anderson, Case No. 3:21-cv-733, Jan. 25, 2023. EDVA at Richmond (Gibney). VLW 023-3-031. 1....
Read More »Damages limited in Title IX deliberate indifference suit
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Where a former high-school student alleged that school administrators acted with deliberate indiffer....
Read More »023-3-030 – Doe v. Fairfax County School Board
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Doe v. Fairfax County School Board, Case No. 1:18-cv-00614, Jan. 25, 2023. EDVA at Alexandria (Nachm....
Read More »Full transcript not required for appellate review
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Where a party who is appealing certain district court decisions ordered the necessary portions of th....
Read More »023-3-027 – Snell v. Reid
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Snell v. Reid, Case No. 3:21-cv-24, Jan. 24, 2023. WDVA at Charlottesville (Moon). VLW 023-3-027. 4 ....
Read More »Court dismisses ex-police chief’s discrimination claims
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Where the former Charlottesville police chief failed to plead facts plausibly suggesting that her te....
Read More »023-3-026 – Brackney-Wheelock v. City of Charlottesville
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Brackney-Wheelock v. City of Charlottesville, Case No. 3:22-cv-00035, Jan. 20, 2023. WDVA at Charlot....
Read More »Homeowner not damaged by defective installation
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Where a homeowner sued Lowe’s after its plumber allegedly installed a hot water heater “improper....
Read More »023-3-025 – Liu v. Lowe’s Home Improvement
Posted by:Vince Lecce on February 4, 2023
Liu v. Lowe’s Home Improvement, Case No. 3:20-cv-00056, Jan. 20, 2023. WDVA at Charlottesville (Mo....
Read More »Contingent-fee agreement between lawyers enforceable
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Where appellant lawyer engaged appellee, a lawyer who appellant supervised at the firm where they bo....
Read More »023-7-034 – Moncrieffe v. Deno
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Moncrieffe v. Deno, Record No. 0342-22-2, Jan. 24, 2023. CAV (published opinion) (Raphael). From the....
Read More »Refusal to exclude juror for cause upheld
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Where a juror at appellant’s trials for rape, unlawful filming and other sex and assaultive crimes....
Read More »023-7-032 – Harvey v. Commonwealth
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Harvey v. Commonwealth, Record No. 0723-21-2, Jan. 24, 2023. CAV (published opinion) (Decker). From ....
Read More »Advising jury of life sentence for sodomy correctly excluded
Posted by:Virginia Lawyers Weekly on February 4, 2023
Where appellant, charged with three counts of sodomizing a child younger than 13, did not request th....
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