A prisoner’s suit alleging defendants failed to protect him from assault by a cellmate at Lawrenceville Correctional Center, despite his repeated requests for a transfer, is remanded by a Richmond U.S. District Court to state court. Defendant GEO Group Inc., ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Metropolitan Richmond area judges came up with a wish list for motions practice at the area bar associations’ annual bench-bar conference in Richmond on Oct. 21. Chesterfield General District Court Judge Pamela O’Berry sounded a little wistful when she said ...

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A Richmond U.S. District Court has personal jurisdiction over defendants, non-Virginia entities and individuals, who allegedly engaged in a scheme to defraud plaintiff Chesapeake Bank out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by submitting fraudulent invoices for their business of ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court denies plaintiff’s motion to remand her personal injury action to state court, rejecting her argument that removal came too late because it occurred more than one year after commencement of the action, i.e., the date ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A night dock supervisor accused of stealing computers from a loading dock has hung on to his $1.7 million award from a Richmond federal jury. Ruling last month on post-trial motions, Senior U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne upheld the ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Judge Robert E. Payne Million-Dollar Verdicts

In this malicious prosecution case, a Richmond U.S. District Court vacates a jury’s awards against two employees of a trucking company with some involvement in the company’s investigation of a night dock supervisor’s alleged theft of three computers from a ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert E. Payne Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this patent infringement case, a Richmond U.S. District Court grants defendant’s motion to disqualify Steptoe & Johnson LLP as lawyers for plaintiff Sunbeam, as one of Steptoe’s lawyers previously worked for a different law firm that represented defendant company, ...

Tagged with: Attorneys Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff who settled her suit alleging defendants violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by leaving her voicemail messages that failed to inform her the communication was from a debt collector, for $6,000 and attorney’s fees, wins $76,876.59 in ...

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In this litigation involving a patent that improves communication quality through “link adaptation,” a Richmond U.S. District Court grants defendant cell phone companies summary judgment to the extent the motion asserts no genuine issue of material fact exists as to ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this litigation involving patents-in-suit relating to electronic sourcing systems, which allow prospective buyers to locate items to buy from multiple electronic catalogs, a Richmond U.S. District Court grants plaintiff’s motion to strike new references as they relate to defendant ...

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