Three German auto makers established sufficient contacts with the state, including marketing and advertising, to make them subject to the Virginia court’s specific jurisdiction. Background Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (“VWGoA”) is a subsidiary of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (“VW AG”) and ...

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The material terms of the parties’ contract for services were committed to writing in daily sales tickets and an invoice for hours of services performed. Absent additional conditions agreed upon by the parties, an unsigned writing can be a written ...

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A divorcing father’s unilateral decision to use a marital investment account to pay for his adult son’s master’s program was properly considered waste of the marital assets, the Court of Appeals of Virginia has ruled. A Fairfax County circuit judge ...

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Analogizing to federal arbitration jurisprudence, the court held that a jury waiver was enforceable even in an agreement alleged to be fraudulently induced, since the challenging party did not allege that the waiver provision itself was procured by fraud. On ...

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A police officer who retired in 2010 but was diagnosed with heart disease in 2013 may suffer from an occupational disease but he is not eligible for disability benefits under the Line of Duty Act, Va. Code § 9.1-400, says ...

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In this suit by owners of Volkswagen diesel automobiles alleging claims for fraud, breach of warranty and violation of consumer protec­tion statutes, a Fairfax Circuit Court refuses to stay plaintiffs’ state-court suits pending fi­nal approval of a settlement in a ...

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A Virginia judge has refused to delay a group of Virginia Volkswagen “dirty diesel” cases de­spite a possible nationwide settlement plan. Fairfax County Circuit Judge Bruce D. White rejected a bid by Volkswagen Group of America to put the 20 ...

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The case involved a 59-year-old male who sustained multiple rib fractures and bilateral hemothoraces in an ATV rollover accident that occurred on April 25, 2009. He was airlifted to VCU Medical Center, where he was treated conservatively for four days ...

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Plaintiff’s suit alleging the owners of property that shares a common wall allowed their tenants to raise the level of their backyard with fill dirt by 12 inches and bury a rain water downspout, causing flooding of plaintiff’s home, cannot ...

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A father’s gross income for child support calculation should include “phantom income” he received as part of a $900,000 retention bonus, provided by employer in 2007 as a loan that is forgiven in one-ninth increments annually, a Fairfax Circuit Court ...

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