The case involved claims of fraudulent inducement, breach of contract, and quantum meruit arising from defendant Akira Technologies Inc.’s solicitation of a $250,000 investment from plaintiff Inna Bochkova in the spring 2011. Akira is a small government contractor that was ...

Tagged with: Contract Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Daniel E. Ortiz Million-Dollar Verdicts

Volvo showed a likelihood of success on its claim that commercial-truck dealership owners likely violated a right of first refusal in their agreement with Volvo. Background Defendants Truck Enterprises Inc., James E. Hartman, Truck Enterprises Roanoke Inc., Truck Enterprises Lynchburg ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

The plaintiff Precision Tune franchisor showed that the manner in which the franchisee sold assets and real property and its failure to make advertising expenditures breached the parties’ franchise agreement. Background Plaintiff is the franchisor of the Precision Tune Auto ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

On a motion for default judgment, the court found a manufacturing company established that the corporate defendant breached a contract to deliver a crane, and its owner was personally liable for the resulting loss. Background Plaintiff Bauer Compressors, Inc. accepted ...

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

Defendants entered into various agreements with Greensill Capital, a financial institution, whereby Greensill agreed to pay certain invoices incurred by defendants in the operation of their business, with the understanding that defendants would repay Greensill in accordance with the terms ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Lawrence A. Leonard U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A private school’s enrollment contract requiring parents to pay the school’s fees and costs in any litigation, regardless of which side prevails, is unenforceable, a Fairfax circuit judge held in a declaratory judgment action brought by a parent. Judge David ...

Tagged with: Contract Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard

Flint Hill School’s enrollment contract requires the parent to pay the school’s fees and costs in any litigation, irrespective of which side prevails. In advance of a suit for breach of contract against the school, a parent sought a declaratory ...

Tagged with: Contract Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard Virginia Circuit Courts

A contract employee who said only that he would “not be opposed” to mediation, but didn’t actually request it, didn’t satisfy a condition precedent for suing. In light of his previous non-suit after months of litigation, the circuit court had ...

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

A factfinder could conclude that a rail company bargained in bad faith in its contract with a coal shipper. Evidence supported an inference that the rail company actively incentivized third parties to frustrate the shipper’s performance and then refused good-faith ...

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

Based on plausibly-alleged alternative theories of when her personal property sustained water damage, a plaintiff’s state-law claims against the company that both stored and shipped her property were not pre-empted by federal law governing interstate carriers. Background As alleged in ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Mark Davis Property Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District