Where two passengers allegedly injured during a boat accident sued the individual piloting the boat, and he then sued another company for breach of contract, the contract-based claims were bifurcated from the tort claims because the facts, evidence and witnesses ...

Tagged with: Judge Roderick C. Young Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the plaintiff in a patent infringement suit was not located in this district and the allegedly infringing products were designed and developed in California, the suit will be transferred to the Northern District of California. Background Sunstone Information Defense ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An employee who filed an employment discrimination claim against his former employer was prejudiced when the company failed to respond to discovery despite repeated motions and court orders. U.S. District Judge Roderick C. Young rejected the defendant’s argument that discovery ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Employment Law Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a party suing for breach of contract failed to show that a substantial part of the events giving rise to its claim occurred in the Norfolk division, but the property at issue was located in the Alexandria division, the ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a defense contractor that was sued for employment discrimination failed to make its initial disclosures and failed to respond to discovery despite a court order, and these actions prejudiced the former employee, a default judgment was entered on liability. ...

Tagged with: Judge Roderick C. Young Sanctions U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the parties disputed who was responsible for contributing to the creation of a certain idea in a patent, and whether that idea was important to the overall patent, the dispute over inventorship could not be resolved on summary judgment. ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where individual and corporate defendants all resided in Fairfax County, the plaintiff resided in Florida and the dispute between owners of the technology company had no connection to the Norfolk division, the suit is transferred to Alexandria. Background This matter ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a defendant seeking compassionate release due to Covid previously violated the conditions of his supervised release by committing additional crimes, including possession with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, his motion was denied. ...

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Where a father and son opened a joint brokerage account, and the father then demanded the funds be transferred to his separate account, the bank’s refusal to transfer the funds was not a breach of the account agreement because it ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a minor driver who was involved in a car accident had neither the legal authority nor permission to drive, the carrier had no duty to provide coverage for the losses because of an exclusion stating “we do not provide ...

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