A Loudoun County man’s five-year battle to recover damages for a violent confrontation at his home produced a $662,500 verdict against three sheriff’s deputies. Marcus Mial claimed officers violated his rights in 2010 when they stormed into his home and ...

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As the number of Northern Virginia farm wineries grows, so do the skirmishes over the size and scope of vineyard operations. The typical battle involves neighbors who say the wine businesses have broken rules designed to limit commercial activity in ...

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In this dispute over whether an expansion of activities related to defendant’s vineyard, to include making and selling bread and cheese from a “farm building” on the property, violates a Conservation Easement, the Loudoun Circuit Court says plaintiff wetlands trust ...

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Plaintiff is a Ph.D. research biochemist, 57, who was rear-ended by the defendant. Plaintiff struck his head on the steering wheel but did not lose consciousness. He was, however, extremely confused and dazed at the crash site. He initially treated ...

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An employee of a security subcontractor who was injured while working on a winery project is a statutory employee of the general contractor and statutory co-employee of two defendant subcontractors, and the Loudoun County Circuit Court says his negligence action ...

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The Supreme Court of Virginia has agreed to consider whether a medical malpractice insurance policy covers a doctor’s failure to participate in the Virginia birth injury fund as promised to the mother. The coverage dispute arises out of an emotionally ...

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A subcontractor who sued the general contractor for failure to pay and the surety on the general contractor’s bond should name the general contractor as a necessary party to the suit on the bond, but the surety’s demurrer is sustained ...

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In this litigation over a noncompete clause, the Loudoun County Circuit Court declines to reconsider its decision overruling demurrers to two counts of plaintiff employer’s complaint, in light of the recent ruling in Home Paramount. Defendants asked the court to ...

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The plaintiff alleged that in May 2009, he and a male companion, both of whom are Hispanic and were about 20 years of age at the time, were unjustly followed and monitored by security guards as they shopped at the ...

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A Loudoun County jury has awarded $282,000 to a young Hispanic man who alleged security guards at a Walmart store in Sterling accosted him and falsely accused him of shoplifting. Daniel Campos and a friend, Jose Platero, testified that a ...

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