A homeowner who says representatives of defendant Wells Fargo told him foreclosure sale of his home would be cancelled if he provided tax information, which he provided in reliance on their representations, has stated claims for actual and constructive fraud, ...

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Don’t hesitate to engage with your interlocutor if you appear before the U.S. Supreme Court, advised Justice Elena Kagan. That’s exactly what she did in her Sept. 20 appearance before the Richmond Bar Association. She opened with gracious compliments for ...

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Although plaintiff truck driver, a native of Puerto Rico, only checked boxes for “national origin” and “retaliation” in his EEOC charge and scribbled over the box for “race,” a Richmond U.S. District Court says he is not barred from pursuing ...

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Plaintiffs who allege the contractor they paid for mold remediation and remodeling botched the job and left the property uninhabitable, and misrepresented that he held a license, cannot sue the insurance carrier for the contractor and his business until they ...

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A homeowner who defaulted on her mortgage cannot sue defendant servicer of the underlying note on a claim that defendant’s representative assured her the property was not subject to foreclosure because the homeowner was under consideration for a HAMP loan ...

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A former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives who won his suit challenging a Virginia statute that required Virginia district residency for candidates for political office wins attorney’s fees of $180,912.94 and costs of $19,964.61 from the Richmond U.S. ...

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A Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s claim that employer violated ERISA by discharging her for the improper purpose of preventing her accrual of pension service credits while she was out on disability, but says her claims for wrongful denial ...

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A Richmond U.S. District Court says the estate of a pretrial detainee who suffered from schizophrenia and who died in Richmond City Jail from hyperthermia resulting from “environmental heat exposure” has stated a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against the ...

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Even though no suit has been filed for damages from a boat accident, a Richmond U.S. District Court will not dismiss an insurance company’s dec action asserting it is not obligated to provide coverage to defendant yacht owner for damages ...

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An African-American female who lost her job as contracts and services coordinator with the State Board of Elections can sue the agency for violation of her First Amendment rights, based on her claim that she was terminated for calling a ...

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