A woman who alleges she was unlawfully imprisoned for 87 days in late 2009 after a decision was made not to prosecute her for threatening to burn her mother’s house cannot sue her former public defender, but a Newport News ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court sua sponte remands to state court this suit filed by a homeowner against Wells Fargo Bank and Samuel I. White PC as trustee, which refers to the Home Affordable Modification Program, a federal program created ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this action by plaintiff shipyard against the city of Key West, Florida, seeking payment of over $1 million for repair work performed on the U.S.A.F. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, the Norfolk U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to the city; ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court reconsiders Poppell’s Produce’s proof of claim purporting to document unpaid receivables arising from produce sales to defendant Let-Us Produce Inc., and finds that Poppell’s has advanced a valid claim under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. ...

Tagged with: Creditor's Rights Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An insured company that left its Mack truck for repairs, and saw the truck damaged by fire at the repair shop, has claims against the repair shop for both breach of contract and negligence as a bailee, says a Norfolk ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A property owner’s claim that defendant servicing company breached its contract to modify plaintiff’s first mortgage and negligently processed plaintiff’s loan modification application under the federal Home Affordable Modification Program cannot keep her case in federal court, says a Norfolk ...

Tagged with: Judge Mark Davis Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this suit filed by a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier challenging his termination after the USPS discovered he omitted from his 2007 employment application a misdemeanor conviction for solicitation of ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A property owner’s mere references to the federal Home Affordable Modification Program in her state court suit to halt a foreclosure is not enough to confer subject matter jurisdiction on the Norfolk U.S. District Court, and the court remands the ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court sets aside default against an offshore IT company because it has proffered meritorious defenses to plaintiff’s contract claims alleging failure to hire enough qualified consultants, missing target deadlines and poor performance, with defendant’s assertions that ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Virginia lawyer who is not a party to a contract case cannot move for Rule 11 sanctions based on allegations that defendant company made misrepresentations in its court filings that it had contacted the lawyer, who failed to follow ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Mark Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District