Police officers did not prove they were immune from a suit filed by a woman who said she was threatened with jail for ob­jecting to the repossession of her vehicle, a Lynchburg federal court has ruled. After Jacquelin Goard fell ...

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When an ice storm knocked trees onto the porch of her barn in March of 2013, ClaraBelle Wheeler thought she could handle the matter herself. After inspecting the damage, she paid cash to a couple of “day laborers” to make ...

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Defendant school officials, including a resource officer who identified a leaf in plaintiff middle-school student’s cinch sack as marijuana despite three field tests yielding negative results, win summary judgment in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit filed in Lynchburg U.S. ...

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In this suit filed by a former assistant special agent in charge (ASAC) for law en­forcement services at the Lynchburg office of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehi­cles, a Lynchburg U.S. District Court says plaintiff has stated claims for violation ...

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A Lynchburg U.S. District Court denies reconsideration of its earlier summary judgment decision holding defendants liable for a procedural due process violation in this suit filed by a former Senior Special Agent in the Lynchburg office of the Virginia Department ...

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A Lynchburg U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to defendant Verizon in this suit filed by a cable splicing technician who alleges the company failed to accommodate his lifting restrictions resulting from a shoulder condition, in violation of the Americans ...

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The Charlottesville U.S. District Court overrules a university patent foundation’s objections to the magistrate judge’s amendment of a protective order governing the scope allowed for plaintiff’s expert to review defendant’s confidential materials. The underlying technology in the case involves magnetic ...

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A former Senior Special Agent in the Lynchburg office of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles cannot show that her termination for allowing personal friction with a coworker to interfere with her professional judgment and responsibilities as a law enforcement ...

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In the government’s suits against defendant to collect personal income taxes and trust fund taxes on three companies, the Lynchburg U.S. District Court grants summary judgment for the government, except with regard to a single company, Planet Pizza. Under 26 ...

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Washington & Lee University has settled with a male former student who claimed he was railroaded by the school’s disciplinary process and expelled after a female student falsely accused him of rape. The terms of the settlement were said to ...

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