Two South Boston police officers face trial in May in an excessive force lawsuit after a federal judge refused to dismiss claims based on repeated use of stun guns. The decision by U.S. District Judge Jackson L. Kiser drew praise ...

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Defendant officers win summary judg­ment in plaintiffs’ challenge to a search of his office as part of his residence and seizure of property used in his computer servicing business, operated from his home; plaintiff has standing to pursue his claim ...

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In a family’s civil rights suit against South Boston police officers who repeatedly tased a man who appeared to be suffering from excited delirium from alcohol and co­caine ingestion and who died in custody, a Danville U.S. District Court says ...

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A Danville U.S. District Court dismisses a suit by plaintiff Virginia Uranium Inc., lessee of a Chatham, Va., mineral estate which is the largest natural uranium deposit in the U.S., challenging a Virginia statute regulating agency permitting of uranium mining; ...

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Plaintiff parents whose daughter played on a community college basketball team, and who  visited the college athletic director to ask about a report that the women’s basketball coach was having an illicit relationship with a player, can sue the AD ...

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In this civil rights suit arising from the death of a man who allegedly was repeatedly injured with a taser by police and denied timely medical attention, when police were taking the purportedly mentally ill man into custody, the Danville ...

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A plaintiff who is blind in one eye loses his suit alleging defendant Dollar General Store retaliated against him in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act after a bench trial; although there was conflicting evidence on defendant’s notifications about ...

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In this suit by owners of uranium mining rights challenging Virginia’s statutory ban on uranium mining, the Danville U.S. District Court denies two environmental groups’ motion to intervene, as their views on injunctive relief do not rebut the strong presumption ...

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Defendant insurance carrier did not hinder plaintiff policyholder, an auction house, from contracting to replace its fire-damaged property, a condition precedent to obtaining certain damages under the policy; because the auction house did not contract for repair or replacement within ...

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A Danville U.S. District Court grants defendant Bank of North Carolina summary judgment on plaintiff River Community Bank’s claim for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing in a Loan Participation Agreement, but the court denies ...

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