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Employment: Termination result of ‘multiple violations’ of company standards
Where the record showed a woman was terminated because of her “multiple violations” of company standards and because of her “acts and behaviors that reflect unfavorably upon the reputation of” […]
Constitutional: Military must admit asymptomatic HIV-positive individuals
Where policies barring asymptomatic HIV-positive individuals with undetectable viral loads from joining the military were irrational, arbitrary and capricious, the court issued a permanent injunction enjoining defendants from denying any […]
Criminal: Man’s terrorism-related convictions are vacated
Where the defendant was convicted on multiple terrorism-related counts, but two of his 18 U.S.C. § 924 counts were based on charges that no longer constituted a crime of violence, […]
Patent and Trademark: Court narrows claims in trademark dispute
Where certain of the claims in a trademark dispute were not justiciable and others were not plausible, they were dismissed. Background Plaintiff/counterclaim defendant Zhejiang Hailiang Co. Ltd. has filed a […]
Consumer Protection: Homeowners’ negligent repair claim dismissed
Where purchasers asserted a claim for negligent repair against homebuilders, but the claims arose solely out of the contractual relationship between the parties, either through the sales agreements or the […]
Civil Rights: Officials sued for neglect resulting in baby’s death
Where prison officials moved to dismiss claims brought by a former inmate who alleged her medical and physical needs were neglected in jail, resulting in the death of her baby, […]
Constitutional: Suit challenges Virginia background check requirement
Where a woman alleged a Virginia statute violated the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses by disqualifying her for a substance-abuse counselor position in a state-licensed facility because of her […]
Criminal: Speedy Trial Act dismissal motion in terrorism suit denied
Where a man indicted on terrorism-related charges moved to dismiss the indictment because the government waited several years after his indictment before seeking his extradition, but the government showed it […]
Banking: Claims narrowed in bias suit against credit union
Where a credit union was accused of systematically discriminating against racial minorities by denying mortgage applications that would have been approved for similarly situated white Americans, but the complaint failed […]
Prisons: Officials prevail on diet-based Eighth Amendment claims
Where an inmate alleged that prison officials violated the Eighth Amendment by failing to ensure he received an appropriate diet to treat his hypoglycemia, but there was no evidence the […]
Municipal: US prevails in Arlington National Cemetery takings suit
Where the United States took 8.929 acres of land from Arlington County, to expand Arlington National Cemetery, and Arlington County argued that 4.23 acres of that land was severable for […]
Malicious prosecution claims against officer dismissed
Where a man alleged a law enforcement officer presented false testimony to a Virginia special grand jury, resulting in the man being indicted for a murder-forhire plot, the man’s malicious […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers stroke from ruptured aneurysm
- Premises Liability- Man suffers paralysis after bench tipped back
- Medical Malpractice – Botched tubal ligation results in childbirth
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pickup truck passenger dies from crash injuries
- Medical Malpractice-Patient received spleen injury during colonoscopy
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers complications from improper cyst removal
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Henrico driver sustained wrist fracture in five-car collision
- Medical Malpractice-Patient dies following blood loss in surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Defense points to plaintiff’s prior collision, stressors
- Medical Malpractice – Ingrown toenail removal leads to CRPS type 2
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
Opinion Digests
- Arbitration – Court decides whether nonparty to arbitration agreement can enforce it
- Constitutional – Circuit court applied wrong standard in church dispute
- Civil Procedure – Medical malpractice statute of limitations doesn’t apply to claims against hospital
- Bankruptcy – Creditor can’t examine debtor under Bankruptcy Code § 707(b)(1)
- Administrative – Court construes Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
- Taxation – County’s tax assessment was ‘plainly wrong’
- Negligence – Release doesn’t bar rider’s negligence claim against horse owner
- Bankruptcy – Motion to reinstate Chapter 7 petition previously dismissed by court is denied
- Wills and trusts – Court applied incorrect statute of limitations to breach of trust claims
- Administrative – Doctor’s attacks on license suspension order fails
- Habeas Corpus – Petition attacking military court martial is dismissed
- Parent and Child – Stepmother awarded custody of stepchildren over father’s objection
