The court will award plaintiffs damages of $1 million in this wrongful death case after a default judgment was entered when defendant failed to respond to the suit. Although defendant corporation’s entity status was inactive/revoked when plaintiffs served process on ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Fairfax Circuit Court Judge David A. Oblon Virginia Circuit Courts

Where a company sued for alleged employment discrimination has been on notice since July 2019 that new counsel was required but no new counsel had entered an appearance, the company was given until Jan. 10, 2020, to find new lawyers ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a trial against prisoner transportation companies had already been bifurcated into a liability/compensatory portion and a separate punitive damages portion, the first phase of trial will not be further bifurcated because it would inconvenience the parties, the witnesses, the ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Michael F. Urbanski U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the decedent died in a house fire, sovereign immunity bars a suit against the city for maintaining a defective fire hydrant. The essence of the estate’s claim is that city firefighters did not extinguish the fire quickly enough to ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Justice William C. Mims Supreme Court of Virginia

Where the trial court dismissed appellant’s original contract suit after giving the parties the opportunity to sue in Maryland under a forum selection clause and one party did so, the trial court correctly ruled that appellant could not refile the ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Order Supreme Court of Virginia

George Mason University Foundation, a private, nonprofit corporation that raises funds and manages donations to George Mason University, is not subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Overview Appellant, Transparent GMU, filed a VFOIA request with GMU and the ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Justice Cleo E. Powell Supreme Court of Virginia

Where a durable power of attorney authorized a mother to sell and convey her son’s personal and real property, this did not include the power to make gifts. The circuit court erred by ruling that the mother validly gifted most ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Supreme Court of Virginia

Where two organic mattress companies are involved in litigation over whether the defendant is improperly representing its mattresses as certified to meet the requirements of the Global Organic Textile Standard, or GOTS, an entity that implements the GOTS program was ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District

Where two organic mattress companies are involved in litigation over whether the defendant is improperly representing its mattresses as certified to meet the requirements of the Global Organic Textile Standard, or GOTS, an entity that implements the GOTS program was ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District

Where plaintiffs sued for return of their deposits paid for property and construction of a home, the court finds defendants did not violate the Virginia Consumer Protection Act, and were not unjustly enriched by retaining plaintiffs’ deposits. To prove fraud ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Grace Burke Carroll Virginia Circuit Courts