When the captain of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers vessel fell asleep at the wheel and struck plaintiff’s 70-foot yacht docked at the pier at Ocean Marine marina in Portsmouth, the yacht was a constructive total loss based on ...

Tagged with: Admiralty Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this suit in admiralty against the Sloop Nancy Lloyd, in which plaintiff asserts that his daughter wrongfully converted the vessel to her own use after she failed to fulfill certain conditions of his gift to her, a Richmond U.S. ...

Tagged with: Admiralty Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An admiralty case washes ashore in Goochland County, and the Goochland County Circuit Court sustains defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s claim seeking relief on a theory of piercing the corporate veil, overrules defendant’s special plea of the Jones Act, and says ...

Tagged with: Admiralty Goochland County Circuit Court Judge Timothy K. Sanner Virginia Circuit Courts

After a four-day bench trial in this suit in admiralty arising out of the death of 19-year-old Freddie N. Porter Jr., asserting a wrongful death claim against plaintiff Vulcan Materials Company, a Norfolk U.S. District Court finds Vulcan Materials jointly ...

Tagged with: Admiralty Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

It was a good day in the Supreme Court of Virginia for the holders of big verdicts. The court affirmed seven-figure judgments in four cases with nothing in common other than the size of the awards. In Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner ...

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