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Corporate: Successor liability claim fails
Where a company asserted a successor liability claim, but it failed to prove the defendant expressly or impliedly agreed to assume a certain liability, the circuit court’s decision rejecting the […]
Corporate: Individual plaintiffs have standing to sue over damage to real property
Where defendants argued the individuals lacked standing to sue over damage to real property, because the property was purchased by a corporate entity, but the registration status of the corporate […]
Corporate: VMI alums denied access to email addresses
Where four alumni of the Virginia Military Institute sued the alumni association for refusing to provide email addresses of fellow members, but there was no statutory right to this information, […]
LLC dissolved despite majority member’s objection
In a split decision, the Court of Appeals of Virginia upheld a lower court’s decision to dissolve a limited liability company despite the objections of the majority member.
Corporate: LLC dissolved despite majority member’s objection
Where the record supported the circuit court’s factual finding that a limited liability company was stuck in “gridlock, a lack of action and progress” because of the animosity, distrust and […]
Shares valued in stock buyout dispute
Where discord among the three sole shareholders of a restaurant business resulted in a suit to dissolve the corporation and an action to buy plaintiff’s shares in lieu of dissolution, […]
Demurrers to investors’ claims sustained
Where plaintiff investors in a failed maternity clothing company sued the company and its two founders, the individual defendants’ demurrers to plaintiffs’ claims are sustained. Plaintiffs are granted leave to […]
Shares valued in corporate stock buyout
Where defendant elected to purchase plaintiff’s shares in lieu of dissolution in this corporate dispute, the court declines to use a revenue determination from defendant’s expert because it is based […]
Diversity on corporate boards: a tortuous path
By Stephen M. Honig BridgeTower Media Newswires “Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.” — Stephen R. Covey “Diversity” in business means variance in gender, race, ethnicity, age, disability and […]
Tax assessment did not violate commerce clause
Where a Virginia-based corporation engages in multistate and multinational sales of an online business service that was developed in Virginia and stored on servers housed in Virginia, the method used […]
Nonlawyer member cannot represent dissolved LLC
A member of a dissolved limited liability corporation who is not a lawyer cannot litigate on behalf of the dissolved LLC. A complaint against defendant signed by the member is […]
Bylaw change cannot redefine minority shareholder protection
Corporate directors cannot avoid obtaining minority shareholder approval to sell a company by amending its bylaws to redefine a statutory safe harbor provision. The statutory provision is designed to protect […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Motorcyclist hit by car suffers two broken wrists
- Medical Malpractice – Young patient commits suicide while on psychoactive drugs
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Art teacher’s hand injured in collision
- Premises Liability- Gas grill explosion left mom with severe burn injuries
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Crash video showed force of Tesla rear-end collision
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – 74-year-old injured in two-vehicle crash
- Employment- Arbitrator finds unfair labor practices by school
- Medical Malpractice- Gallbladder removal surgery results in reparative procedure
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Car with mother, two children broadsided, rolled several times
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Driver, passenger suffer injuries after truck crosses into lane
- Fraud – Jury sides with couple in home construction case
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Man convicted for role in robbery that ends in murder
- Search & Seizure – Search of defendant’s backpack was not unlawful
- Criminal – Man convicted of strangling, assaulting and abducting his romantic partner
- Criminal – Woman ordered to pay victim $4,359.28 for vehicle damage
- Evidence – Court didn’t err in admitting unavailable witness’s testimony
- Criminal – Sexually violent predator recommitted to Commonwealth’s custody
- Criminal – Felon is convicted for unlawful possession of firearm
- Criminal – Evidence shows police would have inevitably found firearm
- Criminal – Evidence supports fentanyl possession/distribution conviction
- Search & Seizure – Defendant wasn’t entitled to copy of search warrant
- Search & Seizure – Officer didn’t improperly extend traffic stop
- Negligence- Court won’t limit expert testimony at alleged malpractice trial
