After Tawny Grossberg was injured in a car wreck in 2005, a Richmond jury gave her a $615,000 verdict against the driver who hit her, plus $123,000 in interest. The defendant’s carrier paid its limits — $300,000. To recoup the ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Insurance Judge Dennis Dohnal

A woman injured in an automobile accident who collected $300,000 of a $738,000 judgment from the other driver could not collect the balance in UM/UIM coverage from a commercial insurance policy issued to her husband’s Richmond restaurant because she is ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Verizon employee who was granted intermittent leave under the Family & Medical Leave Act for his depression, migraines and suicidal ideation, cannot sue Verizon for violation of the FMLA for terminating him after verifying that he spent several days ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In litigation asserting an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claim, the Richmond U.S. District Court magistrate judge awards the full $4,044 attorney’s fees requested by a law firm opposing a pro se plaintiff’s motion to quash a subpoena continuing his ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a mortgage lender’s successful suit against an insurance company that declined to cover losses on certain kinds of mortgage loans, a Richmond U.S. District Court denies defendant’s motion to stay execution of the count I judgment but grants an ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An employee of Cracker Barrel restaurant who allegedly suffered injuries when she slipped and fell on ice in the restaurant parking lot cannot sue the restaurant for negligence; the employee is unsuccessful in arguing for application of an exception to ...

Tagged with: Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District Workers' Compensation

A boatyard owner retaliated against an African-American boat painter when he shared with other area boatyard owners the boat painter’s EEOC charge, filed after the painter’s termination; the Richmond U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge who tried the case awards the ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Having found defendant lawyer in fact authorized counsel to settle this suit alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Virginia Consumer Protection Act, a Richmond U.S. District Court accepts a magistrate judge’s recommendation and orders defendant ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Dennis Dohnal Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A medical company claiming breach of contract for failure to pay death benefits under a “key man” life insurance policy can add another company identified in discovery as responsible for providing notice of nonpayment and cancellation, the Richmond U.S. District ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff who worked in computer support for defendant Richmond Behavioral Health Authority from 2001 to 2005, was terminated and rehired in a similar position in human resources, then laid off, and who filed his first EEOC charge in 2006, ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District