A Norfolk U.S. District Court grants plaintiffs leave to amend their suit challenging foreclosure on their home, based on their recent receipt of a letter that denied the loan modification request that was pending as defendants pursued foreclosure, in order ...

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

A plaintiff who alleges that, as a passenger in a vehicle stopped by police, he was not resisting when defendant police officer grabbed him by the crotch and “yanked” him out of the car, handcuffed him and knocked his foot ...

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

A woman who alleges she was injured when she fell while walking on an asphalt path at Kingsmill Resort, at a grassy patch at the edge of the path that covered a hole that caused her to fall, may proceed ...

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

A couple who purchased their Chesapeake home with a loan that included a VA Guaranteed Loan and Assumption Policy Rider incorporated into their deed of trust may assert a claim that Wells Fargo violated their rights under the VA Rider ...

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

A plaintiff who worked in administrative, bookkeeping and client development positions with defendant law firm loses summary judgment on her discrimination and retaliation claims, based on her termination. The court agrees that defendants are entitled to summary judgment on plaintiff’s ...

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

In the wake of a jury verdict for plain­tiff, a hearing-impaired nurse practi­tioner, in her disability discrimination suit against the U.S. Navy for failure to accommodate, the Norfolk U.S. Dis­trict Court awards plaintiff back pay of $40,842, with pre- and ...

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

Police officers who were surveilling plaintiff to arrest him on gun and drug charges and who stopped his vehicle after observing an unsignaled lane change did not use excessive force when one officer shot plaintiff, transecting his spinal cord, after ...

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

A premises-liability defendant’s notice of removal was timely under 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b) (3) because it was filed within 30 days after defendant received written discovery re­sponses indicating plaintiff’s medical bills had increased from the $58,500 prior to filing her ...

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

A Norfolk U.S. District Court grants enforcement of three arbitration awards from the International Commercial Ar­bitration Court at the Chamber of Com­merce and Industry of the Russian Fed­eration in a dispute that arose during construction of two natural gas power ...

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

In defendant’s prosecution arising from his thwarted efforts to adopt two juvenile males in two different North Carolina lo­calities and stalking of those young boys, a Norfolk U.S. District Court denies defen­dant’s motions to sever charges in his crim­inal prosecution ...

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