A Virginia resident may not sue a Florida corporation, Reiss Engineering Inc., in Richmond U.S. District Court for allegedly violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to provide him with the required FCRA notices of a credit check at ...

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A Richmond U.S. District Court upholds the bankruptcy court’s refusal to allow appellant to pursue a tort claim against debtor, AMF Bowling Worldwide Inc., who asserts she was an unknown creditor; the court says that as an unknown creditor, appellant ...

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An African-American nurse who alleges she was attacked by a violent patient in the Central State Hospital’s maximum security unit and not allowed to immediately leave and seek medical attention cannot sue hospital officials for violation of a right to ...

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Virginia’s Lemon Law attaches liability to motor home defects only with respect to a motor home’s “self-propelled motorized chassis,” and defendant Thor Motor Coach Inc. did not manufacture the chassis in plaintiffs’ new RV; the Richmond U.S. District Court says ...

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A plaintiff hired as defendant’s chief financial officer, who alleges defendant’s breach of an oral contract to pay her for performing accounting services for outside agencies, may sue for alleged nonpayments in 2014, and the Richmond U.S. District Court also ...

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A woman who won a $146,000 default judgment suit alleging she was terminated in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act and Title VII also wins attorney’s fees of $76,323 and costs of $1,254.20 in the Richmond U.S. District ...

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This was a securities class action on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired the publicly traded securities of Star Scientific Inc. between Oct. 31, 2011, and March 18, 2013, against Star Scientific and certain of its officers ...

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A borrower may sue defendant note holder for alleged breach of contract for delayed mailing of notice of default that gave the borrower 25, not the required 30 days, to cure the mortgage default, the Richmond U.S. District Court holds. ...

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An investor in a real estate investment trust who alleges defendant managers, directors and advisors of the REIT set the price for its dividend-reinvestment program shares at an artificially high rate of $11 per share, has failed to state claims ...

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A long-time employee terminated by a public housing authority has stated Title VII race and color discrimination claims and an age discrimination claim against the agency, and race, color and gender discrimination claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendant ...

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