A Charlottesville U.S. District Court denies plaintiffs’ motion to remand this case to state court, as defendant gas company has demonstrated that it has converted its corporate status to limited liability company whose sole member is a Delaware corporation. Plaintiffs, ...

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A Charlottesville federal judge has joined courts in Texas and Maine in setting a high hurdle for victims of child pornography seeking restitution from defendants convicted of receiving or possessing images of the victims’ abuse. It’s the latest development in ...

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A Charlottesville U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to defendant Department of Corrections because plaintiff inmate, who alleges DOC violated the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act by failing to accommodate her blindness in offering educational and recreational opportunities, failed to ...

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A defendant whose computer in the repair shop was discovered to contain child pornography must pay nominal restitution of $100 to the identified victim portrayed in the “Misty” series of child pornography, says a Charlottesville U.S. District Court; the victim ...

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U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon of Lynchburg is taking senior status, and Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner have asked statewide bar groups to crank up their vetting procedures for replacements for Moon and for U.S. District Judge Jerome ...

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A rocking chair may have gotten out of line at a Cracker Barrel restaurant, but a Lynchburg U.S. District Court says a man who suffered a broken hip when he fell after catching the cuff of his dress pants on ...

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Although employer admits that plaintiff glass installer is not paid for travel time when he returns a company vehicle from a job site at the end of the day, a Charlottesville U.S. District Court says plaintiff is not entitled to ...

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A Lynchburg U.S. District Court accepts a magistrate judge’s recommendation and denies coverage for a fire loss to a warehouse owner; the loss is not covered because the owner did not comply with a policy endorsement that required it to ...

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A Swedish engineering consultant and his firm can amend their complaint against a Virginia company, Base-X, and one of its employees, which alleges Base-X failed to renegotiate a commission as required under a Marketing Agreement plaintiff had to help Base-X ...

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