A 24-year-old HVAC mechanic was injured when a falling fire extinguisher struck him on the top of his skull. Defendant property owner and defendant contractor mounted the fire extinguisher 17 feet off the floor by a simple ring on a ...

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Plaintiff, a 48-year-old female married with two children, was a customer at a store in Northern Virginia. The plaintiff had exited the store and was walking towards the parking lot using a marked pedestrian crosswalk. An operator of a Ford ...

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A federal appeals decision denying underinsured motorist coverage for a fatal truck accident has generated “alarm and concern” about the interpretation of millions of Virginia auto insurance policies, according to lawyers for the claimants. A divided panel of the 4th ...

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Four candidates – two lawyers and two federal judges – have received high marks from the Virginia State Bar in their applications for an Alexandria federal judgeship. The VSB and other statewide bar associations ranked as many as 15 candidates ...

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Blowers v. Lerner (VLW No. 017-3-469, 17 pp.)(Lee, J.) 1:15-cv-889; E.D. Va. Holding:  On a motion for sanctions against respondent opposing plaintiff’s counsel for failure to convey a settlement offer, the court may after dismissing substantive claims retain jurisdiction to ...

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An Alexandria U.S. District Court denies the parties’ joint motion to seal court files in this suit filed by plaintiff, who formerly worked as a domestic servant in defendants’ homes in the U.S. and in Qatar, alleging violations of the ...

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The Alexandria U.S. District Court affirms the magistrate judge’s decision and upholds defendant’s DUI conviction because there was sufficient evidence to support a finding of guilt, including an officer’s observation of defendant’s multiple lane violations, defendant’s smell of alcohol and ...

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In this case involving a breach of contract action filed by a condominium association’s property management company against an insurance company, concerning the scope of a policy issued to the condo association, the Alexandria U.S. District Court says defendant carrier ...

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A man can bring a claim for violation of the Stored Communications Act against his ex-girlfriend, who he alleges accessed his personal email after telling her not to do so. U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee ruled in Hately v. ...

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U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee, who has mentored scores of interns and law clerks over a 24-year judicial career, has announced he will retire from the bench this fall. Lee, known for longstanding efforts to promote diversity in the ...

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