Where plaintiff claims he was defamed by a church pastor, the court lacks jurisdiction over the case based on the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine. Background Rimer was a United Methodist Church (UMC) pastor. He sued defendant for defamation arising from two ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Mary Jane Hall Virginia Circuit Courts

Where a city council revoked a restaurant’s special exception to operate as a nightclub, the restaurant’s petition to enjoin the revocation is denied. The revocation has already taken place and, “equity does not counsel for the temporary restoration of the ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Everett A. Martin Jr. Virginia Circuit Courts

The circuit court correctly ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to hear appellant’s ethics complaint against an attorney. Overview Appellant Spanos filed an ethics complaint in circuit court, seeking to have Taylor’s law license revoked. “Spanos asserted that the circuit court ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Frank K. Friedman Virginia Court of Appeals

Where appellant, a Virginia resident, sought to exert long-arm personal jurisdiction over a North Carolina medical center, the trial court properly granted the center’s motion to dismiss. The medical center did not purposefully avail itself of the privilege of doing ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Kimberley S. White Virginia Court of Appeals

The circuit court correctly ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to hear appellant’s ethics complaint against an attorney. Overview Appellant Spanos filed an ethics complaint in circuit court, seeking to have Feinmel’s law license revoked. “Spanos asserted that the circuit court ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Frank K. Friedman Virginia Court of Appeals

Where the trial court awarded appellee damages for his quantum meruit claim, the award is reversed because appellee presented no evidence of the reasonable value of his services. Background The Virginia University of Lynchburg, or VUL, hired appellee Flood in ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Daniel E. Ortiz Virginia Court of Appeals

Where the court ordered a man to remove counts that had no statutory basis or that spoke to remedies that did not constitute a cause of action, and he failed to do so, the court struck counts titled “Spoliation of ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge M. Hannah Lauck U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the circuit court ruled that the statute of limitations barred appellant’s personal injury claims against appellee, an emergency order related to the COVID-19 pandemic tolled all statutes of limitations, not just those that would have expired during a discrete ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Kimberley S. White Virginia Court of Appeals

Because a “tester” did not need to show an intention or need to actually book rooms at hotels in order to establish informational injury-based Article III standing to sue for alleged ADA-website violations, the district court erred in dismissing her ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Practice Judge Robert B. King

Where a suit sought a declaratory judgment that the plaintiffs could use a directional drill, and there was no showing that the value of possession or use of the drill exceeded $75,000, the suit was remanded to the circuit court. ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Elizabeth Hanes U.S. District Court - Eastern District