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Immigration: Suit over visa application delays is dismissed
Where a man challenged the government’s delay in considering supplemental information submitted in support of visa applications, but the government does not have a “clear duty” to take any particular […]
Parent and child: Grandparents lack standing to assert claims by infant grandson
Where grandparents alleged that county family services’ employees failed to protect their infant grandson, but they failed to identify an injury to them arising from defendants’ actions or omissions, they […]
Taxation: $2.9M fine for willfully failing to report foreign assets
Where a taxpayer willfully failed to report foreign assets for multiple years, the government prevailed on its suit to collect over $2.9 million in penalties. Background The Bank Secrecy Act […]
Tort: Suit against National Science Foundation dismissed
Where a grant applicant sued the National Science Foundation after it denied her grant application, the suit was dismissed. The complaint did not plead viable claims under the Federal Torts […]
Tort: Retaliation suit against government agency dismissed
Where a grant recipient alleged the National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General used its investigative powers to retaliate against her after she lodged complaints, but the agency was immune […]
Jurisdiction: Court lacks jurisdiction over visa denial decision
Where a woman sued government officials over their refusal to issue an immigration visa to her husband, the suit was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. The doctrine of consular non-reviewability […]
Criminal: Three life sentences reduced to 32 years of time served
Although a man was sentenced to 120 months to be followed by three concurrent mandatory life sentences in 1992, his sentence was reduced to time served (32 years) based upon […]
Administrative: Air Force refuses to change military record
Where a man argued the Air Force acted arbitrarily and capriciously denying his request to correct military records in light of the additional evidence he submitted, but the agency listed […]
Freedom of Information: VA prevails on dispute over investigation records
Where a requester argued the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs failed to show that factual information could not be segregated from predecisional responsive records regarding an investigation, but a declaration […]
Employment: Corporate officer escapes joint liability for VWPA claim
Where the court found a company liable for failing to pay wages required by the Virginia Wage Payment Act, but the statute does not provide for joint liability of the […]
Contract: Termination for convenience clause dooms breach claim
Where a party could terminate a services agreement for convenience without being obligated to continue payments, and it did so, it prevailed on the breach of contract claim. Background First […]
Civil Rights: Malicious prosecution claims against detective dismissed
Where a detective investigated allegations that three minors sexually assaulted a classmate with autism, and the three minors were ultimately arrested and detained before the charges were dropped, their malicious […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Workers’ Compensation- Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice- Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Struck in face by forklift, woman suffers brain injury
- Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
- Medical Malpractice – Nursing facility patient dies after fracturing ankle in fall
- Medical Malpractice- Patient has bladder injury during colostomy reversal
- Premises Liability- Apartment guest burned by gas grill spewing fire
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Physician sustained hand injuries in crash
- Premises Liability- Dog bite injury nets settlement
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Woman suffers injuries after T-bone collision
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Court of Appeals wrongly vacated murder conviction
- Tort – U.Va. prevails on former professor’s claims
- Constitutional – Company’s due process claim against county is dismissed
- Administrative – Plaintiffs’ effort to enjoin ITC proceeding fails
- Patent and trademark – Amazon patent infringement suit transferred to New Jersey
- Tort – Chesterfield County dismissed from wrongful death suit
- Consumer Protection – Lawsuit over kratom survives motion to dismiss
- Criminal – Defendant convicted of attempted sexual exploitation of a child
- Evidence – Motion to exclude transmission expert is rejected
- Damages – Court awards pre-judgment interest following parties’ acquiescence
- Employment – Court approves overtime wage collective action settlement
- Search & Seizure – Warrantless search of hotel room safe upheld
