Private boat maintenance workers, who were injured while aboard a Norfolk vessel when an allegedly incompetent Norfolk police officer caused it to capsize during a sea trial, sufficiently stated maritime tort and negligence claims against the City and the officer ...

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As seasoned attorneys know, the lofty principles that attract aspiring lawyers can quickly be overshadowed by client emergencies, Sisyphean scheduling conundrums, unreasonable opposing counsel, billing targets, intrafirm politics, and understaffed courts. But from time to time, our esteemed judges take ...

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After approving a settlement of $285,000 for the Plaintiffs’ wage claims, a federal court also awarded about 80 percent of their requested fees, noting that the Defendant fought every issue “to its last breath.” Background This is a Fair Labor ...

Tagged with: Attorneys Fees Civil Practice Employment Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District Wage & Hour

After approving a settlement of $285,000 for the Plaintiffs’ wage claims, a federal court also awarded about 80 percent of their requested fees, noting that the Defendant fought every issue “to its last breath.” Background This is a Fair Labor ...

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The court upheld an administrative decision finding that Virginia Beach city schools had failed to provide appropriate education to a special-needs child for multiple years and, accordingly, her family was entitled to reimbursement for private placement as well as attorney ...

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Nearly two years after his wife’s death, Defendant Can Chau Nguyen could not be considered a “slayer” and was entitled to her life-insurance benefits, whether or not county sheriffs had officially “ruled him out” as a suspect in her death. ...

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A Norfolk U.S. District Court denies eight post-trial motions filed by defendant, the former treasurer for the city of Norfolk, and upholds defendant’s public corruption and perjury convictions at the conclusion of a five-week trial. Defendant has made the following ...

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A contentious condemnation case has produced a federal court ruling that the city of Virginia Beach is liable for violating the constitutional rights of a dentist and his practice. Among the judge’s findings is the conclusion that the city unlawfully ...

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A lawyer – and his law firm – have been disqualified by a Norfolk federal judge in a patent case because the plaintiff discov­ered its former lawyer among the defense firm’s newer partners. The court was hearing a patent dispute ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A dentist who alleges he was told by the city that he had to relocate from the building that had housed his practice for over 30 years because the city was buying the building, and that he would receive relocation ...

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