A Richmond U.S. District Court refuses to dismiss a defamation suit filed by a state editor for the Associated Press who was fired in the wake of online posting of a wire service story erroneously reporting that gubernatorial candidate Terry ...

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A female inmate at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women may sue successive wardens of the institution for allegedly failing to follow prison rules in order to prevent her sexual abuse by a male correctional officer; the Richmond U.S. District Court ...

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A Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses state law claims for wrongful termination on grounds of breach of an implied contract and intentional infliction of emotional distress in this age and sex discrimination suit filed by a 57-year-old male; the company’s ...

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A widow’s claim that her husband’s company-benefit life insurance policy should have paid her $350,387.96 on his salary of $175,193.98, not $200,591.78, under plan language providing “an amount of life insurance equal to [two] times your annual salary, up to ...

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A Richmond U.S. District Court denies a motion to transfer to a California federal court this suit by the Virginia Retirement System alleging defendant Countrywide Securities Corporation made fraudulent misrepresentations in offerings of mortgage-backed securities or residential mortgage-backed securities, or ...

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In this suit alleging misrepresentations in offerings of mortgage-backed securities (MBSs) or residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBSs) by defendant Countrywide Securities Corporation, the Richmond U.S. District Court grants defendant’s motion to stay pending possible action by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict ...

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In an insurance carrier’s dispute with a hotel company over coverage for the hotel’s loss by theft of the hotel’s rooftop HVAC units for which a former employee pleaded guilty, a Richmond U.S. District Court says the hotel company may ...

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A motorcyclist severely injured in a collision with a vehicle is owed $500,000 in underinsured motorist coverage, says a Richmond U.S. District Court; the court rejects the carrier’s claim that the policyholder is not entitled to additional coverage because he ...

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In the wake of the 4th Circuit decision reversing this court and striking Virginia’s regulatory restriction on alcohol advertising in college newspapers, the Richmond U.S. District Court says the case has not been remanded to this court, and it does ...

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A plaintiff who slipped and fell inside the entrance to a Walgreens store has no evidence to show when an allegedly oily, waxy substance on the floor may have created an unsafe condition of which the store had constructive notice, ...

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