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Criminal – Habeas – ‘Actual Innocence’ – Child Sexual Abuse
An affidavit from an alleged victim of child sexual abuse crimes for which petitioner is serving a 51-year sentence, which purportedly states that petitioner did not “force” the minor to engage in sexual acts, does not support petitioner’s post-conviction motion which asserts his actual innocence, says a Norfolk U.S. District Court. Petitioner’s primary objection is […]
Civil Procedure – Request For Judicial Assistance – Paternity Test
A Norfolk U.S. District Court magistrate judge grants a Request for Judicial Assistance from a court in the Czech Republic and directs respondent to provide a DNA sample by mouth swab in compliance with a request for examination issued by the court in Svitavy, Czech Republic, in order to determine paternity. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. […]
Consumer Protection – Odometer Act – VCPA – Discovery – Protective Order
A Norfolk U.S. District Court denies a protective order to an automobile dealer to prevent plaintiff’s lawyer, who alleges the dealer’s sale of a “new” vehicle with hundreds of miles on the odometer violated the Federal Odometer Act and the Virginia Consumer Protection Act, from contacting other customers who purchased “demonstator” vehicles from the dealer. […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Plaintiff injured in crash with oncoming vehicle — $235,000 settlement
- Driver killed in rear-end collision with tractor-trailer — $1.5M settlement
- Man died from pancreatic cancer after delayed response — $1.8M settlement
- Worker fell off roof, rendering him a paraplegic — $1.25M settlement
- Driver sustained permanent hearing loss after traffic collision — $240,000 settlement
- Plaintiff suffered concussion in rear-end collision — $81,000 verdict
- Builder misrepresented home status to buyers — $675,000 verdict
- Low potassium led to cardiac arrest, death of patient — $1M settlement
- Excessive propofol caused death in dialysis patient — $850,000 settlement
- Pedestrian struck in crosswalk in hit-and-run incident — $300,000 settlement
- Navy veteran killed in collision with box truck — $1.85M arbitration award
- Motorcyclist ejected from bike in collision with SUV — $1.5M settlement
Opinion Digests
- Company owner dodges breach of contract suit
- Employee’s own allegations doom minimum wage claim
- Federal government defeats former employee’s claims
- Principal wasn’t entitled to exclusively remote work
- USPTO properly redacted info in responsive documents
- Untimely lawsuit allowed to proceed
- Engineering consultant dismissed from suit
- Rule 60 motion was filed too late
- Nonprofit directors immune from ex-employees’ claims
- City, employees immune from whistleblower claims
- Experts excluded in condemnation damages suit
- Judgment entered against company for horse’s death
