Borrower is entitled have his state law breach of contract claims remanded to state court, the Richmond U.S. District Court says; claims relating to modification agreements under the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) do not arise under federal law for ...

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Defendant insurance carrier wins summary judgment in this lawsuit filed by plaintiff title insurance company to recover funds plaintiff allegedly wrongfully transferred to a mortgage-loan lender, in this suit in Richmond U.S. District Court. In the underlying litigation, First Tennessee ...

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The Richmond U.S. District Court grants a plastic processor’s motion to dismiss and compel arbitration of a contract dispute with a supplier on performance issues relating to supplier’s Texas plant; the court holds defendant satisfied all four requirements to compel ...

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In an insurance company’s dec action, the Richmond U.S. District Court grants the carrier’s motion to dismiss the policyholder’s counterclaim for actual or constructive fraud, but declines to dismiss the counterclaim for bad faith. Plaintiff Standard Fire issued a homeowner’s ...

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An insurance agent who sued his former employer in state court for defamation and breach of contract, but faced removal to federal court after his amended complaint also alleged an ERISA claim under a deferred compensation plan, can amend his ...

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The Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses a pro se employee’s action against two former employers for failure to exhaust administrative remedies as to both her retaliation claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and her discrimination ...

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In this premises liability action in which a commercial tenant sues for injuries from defendant realty company’s alleged use of merphos, a banned pesticide, a Richmond U.S. District Court denies plaintiff’s motion to remand; by ignoring a fictitiously named John ...

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The Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses a pro se employee’s action against two former employers for failure to exhaust administrative remedies as to both her retaliation claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and her discrimination ...

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A young man who planned to fly out of Richmond International Airport to his grandfather’s funeral in Wisconsin, who was arrested after he stopped at airport security and stripped down to running shorts and his bare chest covered in the ...

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The Richmond U.S. District Court grants a cafeteria summary judgment on plaintiff’s slip and fall accident claim because she failed to show the floor mat on which she tripped was a dangerous condition at the time of her fall or ...

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