Although plaintiffs may have acted unreasonably when they filed a Notice of Removal attempting to remove to federal court defendant bank’s motion for entry of a final order dismissing plaintiffs’ state court case related to foreclosure proceedings on their home, ...

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

In plaintiff’s lawsuit alleging defendant police officers were grossly negligent in failing to obtain prompt medical assistance and delaying in order to conduct sobriety tests after plaintiff was injured in a one-vehicle accident, the Norfolk U.S. District Court says plaintiff ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this contract action, a purchasing manager in defendant company’s Jacksboro, Tenn., office was not authorized to receive service of process and the Alexandria U.S. District Court says service was not properly effected on the company under Tennessee or Virginia ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge James C. Cacheris U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Brazilian company, BRF, that sold chicken under the trademark “Perdix” did not purposefully avail itself of the privilege of doing business in Maryland just by entering into a “coexistence” contract with plaintiff Perdue poultry company governing BRF’s worldwide use ...

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

A plaintiff who alleges he was defrauded in a scheme that had him loaning money that was transferred through several lawyers’ IOLTA accounts to other entities may amend his complaint to substitute a Michigan law firm’s client, rather than the ...

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

A plaintiff suing for violation of the Virginia Minimum Wage Act and breach of a contract to provide security serves in Iraq and Afghanistan will not have his suit dismissed because he failed to show up for a deposition noticed ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In plaintiff concrete company’s suit seeking to enforce a settlement purportedly negotiated between the parties in Virginia and providing plaintiff with $112,500 in satisfaction of liens filed on property in Texas, a Richmond U.S. District Court declines to transfer venue ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a hearing-impaired nurse practitioner’s disability discrimination case against the U.S. Navy and others, the Norfolk U.S. District Court overrules the Navy’s attorney-client privilege objections to the magistrate judge’s grant of plaintiff’s Touhy request to compel testimony of Jose Rovira ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a hearing-impaired nurse practitioner’s disability discrimination case against the U.S. Navy and others, the Norfolk U.S. District Court grants defendants’ joint motion to establish and maintain a trial schedule, limiting each side to 20 hours of trial time for ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The Court of Appeals does not have jurisdiction to consider an appeal of a circuit court’s refusal to find a mother in contempt for failure to abide by a prior child custody and support order; the appeal is dismissed. In ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Virginia Court of Appeals