The term “applicant” in an insurance form refers to a limited liability company seeking coverage, not the individual who owns the LLC, a federal judge in Danville has ruled. The carrier denied fire coverage because the owner had felony convictions ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Insurance Judge Jackson L. Kiser

Plaintiff was an Iraqi War veteran who suffered from PTSD. Plaintiff went to the VA Medical Center in Washington to receive treatment for the PTSD. Plaintiff was admitted to the psychiatric floor of the VA. While at the VA, plaintiff ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Judge Claude M. Hilton Personal Injury

This was a securities class action on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired the publicly traded securities of Star Scientific Inc. between Oct. 31, 2011, and March 18, 2013, against Star Scientific and certain of its officers ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Judge John A. Gibney Jr. Million-Dollar Settlements Securities

An English-speaking woman who received a collection letter written almost entirely in Spanish can bring a claim against the collection agency under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, a federal judge in Alexandria has ruled. The plaintiff, Caroline Dykes, does ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Federal Courts Judge James C. Cacheris

At least three people accused of selling illegal synthetic drugs in Virginia are affected by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision adding a “knowledge requirement” for sales of “analogue” drugs. One defendant – convicted by a jury – was acquitted ...

Tagged with: Criminal Federal Courts Judge Glen E. Conrad Judge James P. Jones U.S. Supreme Court

A woman who says she was locked up for more than two weeks on a baseless charge of prescription fraud has sued Walmart, a druggist, a sheriff’s deputy and an assistant commonwealth’s attorney. Eve M. Davis claims she lost her ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Federal Courts Negligence

A federal judge will allow a jury to resolve competing claims in a Family Medical Leave Act case that goes to trial this week. The judge’s decision cleared the way for a two-day trial beginning July 6 in Roanoke federal ...

Tagged with: Employment Federal Courts Judge Glen E. Conrad

A former CEO who sued for $150 million over his job loss struck out in federal court this month, paying $36,660 in discovery sanctions and then having his claim tossed out of court by a skeptical judge. The former boss ...

Tagged with: Employment Federal Courts Judge James C. Cacheris Sanctions

A female deputy at a state correctional center made protected complaints regarding her immediate supervisor’s unwanted sexual advances. The deputy was then terminated after management alleged she had abandoned her post. At trial, the plaintiff argued that her termination was ...

Tagged with: Employment Federal Courts Judge Glen E. Conrad

It’s always harder to write something short than it is to write something long. While that truism applies to legal brief-writing, it makes no difference when you have to fit what you want to say into a set number of ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Federal Courts Judge Norman K. Moon