A defendant cannot overturn his reckless driving conviction for speeding on Fort Lee property by complaining that the magistrate judge should not have admitted certificates of testing of the tuning forks on the officer’s radar device because the government failed ...

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In this dispute between a computer vendor and the marketing firm it terminated, a Richmond U.S. District Court addresses the “Russian nesting doll” of defendant marketing firm’s single counterclaim and says only the firm’s claim for underpayment of commissions can ...

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

A Richmond U.S. District Court denies a preliminary injunction to halt a healthcare clinic from FINRA arbitration of its complaint against plaintiff financial services providers the clinic alleges fraudulently induced it to issue over $308 million in municipal bonds; on ...

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

In this lawsuit by the owner of two champion Labrador Retrievers against an animal hospital that allegedly breached an agreement to collect and preserve dog semen samples, a Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses the owner’s claims for negligent misrepresentation, constructive ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Consumer Protection Judge John A. Gibney Jr.

In the beginning there were three. Clerks, that is. Fifty years ago this month, the Supreme Court of Virginia hired its first class of judicial law clerks. And that first class had three members: John Pedigo, law clerk for Justice ...

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A state trooper who was part of an “interdiction” team that targeted suspected criminals traveling on I-95 cannot justify extension of his initial traffic stop for speeding into a 14-minute investigation of potential criminal activity, including use of a drug-sniffing ...

Tagged with: Judge John A. Gibney Jr. Search & Seizure U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts wins summary judgment in a Title VII race discrimination suit filed by a former employee who alleges “wrongful discharge in violation of public policy” and negligent disclosure of information about him; the Richmond U.S. ...

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

A Food Lion store wins summary judgment in a case in which plaintiff’s assertion that she saw a “smushed grape” on the store floor shortly after she fell is the only evidence supporting her claim of negligence; a Richmond U.S. ...

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

A federal judge plans to approve a settlement between Virginia and the federal government that would shift the care of people with intellectual disabilities to community-based services. But the judge wants the agreement to include changes to protect the rights ...

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A Richmond U.S. District Court gives a habeas petitioner 14 days to inform the court of any claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel that were not asserted during the initial-review collateral proceedings that might plausibly be raised at this ...

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