A plaintiff who operates a canine-rehabilitation center on the Surry County property where Michael Vick had his illegal dog-fighting facility can sue a county animal control officer in her individual capacity, along with “John Doe” defendants, on charges of common ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although two employees both were “program managers” in a city utility department, the female manager administered multi-million dollar contracts with outside engineering and construction companies, while plaintiff male manager managed in-house employees on maintenance and construction projects, and the Richmond ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A chapter 7 debtor may not discharge her judgment debt for unpaid rent on her condominium because she falsely answered on her rental application that she had not previously been late paying rent or been evicted, when in fact she ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A union local defending a suit filed by an Aflac agent who alleges union officials gave her accounts with union members to another Aflac agent who was romantically involved with the local’s president may not bring a third-party complaint against ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court grants plaintiff insurance carrier permission to deposit interpleader funds with the court in this contest between decedent’s son and her grandchildren over death benefits of an annuity policy purchased by decedent; the court also grants ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court declines to transfer this putative class action filed by a REIT investor to a federal court in New York; plaintiff, a New York resident, chose to file suit here and the pertinent factors counsel against ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses a suit filed by an investor in a real estate investment trust alleging breach of fiduciary duties and negligence by boards of directors of the two REITs and their advisory entities, asserting the directors ...

Tagged with: Corporate Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Plaintiffs’ loan agreements with an online lender on a Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation stating arbitration is to be conducted by an authorized representative of the CRST can be enforced against plaintiffs by the third-party debt collector on the loans; ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff who alleges his mortgage lender instructed him to skip two payments in order to apply for the Home Affordable Modification Program and then initiated foreclosure proceedings against him cannot amend his complaint to allege violations of the Fair ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this litigation arising from the merger of three Virginia REITs into a single corporation, plaintiff shareholder of the corporation into which the other two was merged has stated derivative claims against defendant directors for breach of the duty of ...

Tagged with: Corporate Judge John A. Gibney Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District