In this appeal concerning performance of contractor AMEC Civil LLC’s contract with VDOT for the Route 58 Clarksville Bypass in Mecklenburg County, the Court of Appeals reverses in part and remands an award of $12 million to the contractor; the ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Larry G. Elder Virginia Court of Appeals

An administrative law judge’s award of black lung benefits to a miner who worked in Virginia coal mines for nearly 17 years is supported by substantial evidence, and the 4th Circuit rejects appellant mining company’s contention that the ALJ’s reference ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Administrative Judge Diana Gribbon Motz

A regional sports network loses its challenge to an FCC order upholding a cable company’s decision on limited broadcast in North Carolina of Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals baseball games, for which there was limited demand; the 4th Circuit upholds ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Administrative Judge James A. Wynn Jr.

In this first-impression case construing regulations governing the Medicaid funds a nursing home chain may claim in the aggregate for uninsured losses, a Roanoke County Circuit Court overturns the state agency decision disallowing plaintiff nursing home chain’s nearly $1 million ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Charles N. Dorsey Roanoke County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

The 4th Circuit upholds the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ denial of Medicare Part B coverage for the BIO-1000, a device to treat osteoarthritis of the knee, rejecting the claims of the manufacturer’s bankruptcy trustee that the Secretary improperly ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Administrative Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III

In a contractor’s appeal of a license revocation by the Virginia Board for Contractors, the circuit court erred in holding that it was divested of jurisdiction over the appeal due to defective service of the petition for appeal on the ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Glen A. Huff Virginia Court of Appeals

Although a deputy was summoned to the location of a Board of Equalization meeting during which a freelance journalist had violated BOE rules by recording and photographing the meeting without advance notice, a Loudoun County General District Court says the ...

Tagged with: Administrative General District Court

A Norfolk Circuit Court upholds the Virginia Board of Medicine’s decision to indefinitely suspend petitioner’s license to practice medicine. The relatively straightforward issues presented here do not require a detailed discussion of the factual and legal questions of the case ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Norman A. Thomas Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

The administrative record supported the Virginia Department of Labor & Industry’s classification of a college’s asbestos-related violations as “other than serious,” a higher designation than “de minimis,” and the Court of Appeals upholds a lower court determination on appeal by ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Glen A. Huff Virginia Court of Appeals

A federal appeals court vacates a $45 million judgment against a Sumter, S.C., health care system for Stark Law violations and sends the case back, saying the district court’s handling of the case violated the defendant’s Seventh Amendment right to ...

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