Where a corporate party to a joint venture allegedly made promises to a hotel management executive that it never intended to keep, a jury will decide if the executive was fraudulently induced to commit his time and energy to the ...

Tagged with: Judge Liam O'Grady Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where there was “unrebutted” and “convincing” evidence that the defendant intended to use its trademark during a period when it was allegedly abandoned, there was no basis to set aside the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the former vice president for a title company alleged that his supervisor refused to meet with him to discuss why he had not received a raise shortly after he complained that another employee was harassing a co-worker, a jury ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the disabled resident alleged that she was denied a handicap parking space, and that the property manager failed to clean pet waste that exacerbated her respiratory issues, she plausibly alleged a claim under the Fair Housing Act. The same ...

Tagged with: Judge Liam O'Grady Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the defendants allegedly promised to finance the plaintiff’s purchase of real property, but never provided the promised funds, the claims for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation and tortious interference with contract survived the motion to dismiss. Background In 2018, Potomac Auto ...

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Where Virginia does not extend comity to a foreign divorce if neither spouse was domiciled in the foreign country at the time of the divorce, a Ghanaian divorce was not recognized because neither party was in Ghana at the time. ...

Tagged with: Immigration Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the used car dealership concealed the terms of the financing relationship so it could acquire more money from a customer, it was liable for fraud. The customer was awarded $2,000 under the Truth in Lending Act, nearly $100,000 in ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A libel suit brought by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., against The Washington Post and a DC-based reporter was transferred to DC federal district court because there was no “substantial connection” to Virginia, the parties and witnesses were based in DC ...

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Where a financial company reached into Virginia to solicit business from a Virginia-based plaintiff, the agreement contemplated performance in Virginia, money was exchanged and defendants communicated with plaintiff in Virginia “hundreds of times” by phone and email, Virginia’s long-arm statute ...

Tagged with: Judge Liam O'Grady Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the carrier sought a declaration it had no duty to defend multiple underlying suits arising out of the insured’s retention of an unlicensed psychologist to treat patients because of misrepresentations made in the application, that claim could proceed. However, ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District