In this dec action seeking coverage from a pool company and its CGL carrier for a girl’s accidental drowning, the girl’s parents and the pool company have standing to sue, but the swim club, as an alleged joint tortfeasor, and ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The Alexandria U.S. District Court denied bank’s motion to dismiss a surety’s breach of contract action for allowing withdrawals from a fiduciary account in violation of a joint control agreement requiring a surety representative signature for withdrawals over $5,000; bank ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment in favor of lenders and against husband and wife for the balance due on a $650,000 home refinance loan that husband sought to rescind for Truth and Lending Act (TILA) violations; husband ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this False Claims Act suit alleging defendant contractor made false statements and claims while performing two government contracts, an Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to the contractor defendants on the claims related to a contract for the ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Contract Judge T.S. Ellis III

A defendant who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute N-Benzylpiperazine (BZP), a drug not specifically referenced in federal sentencing guidelines, is sentenced to concurrent prison terms of three years for the drug conspiracy charge and 15 years for a firearm ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this False Claims Act suit against a government contractor, the Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to defendant on all claims relating to its contract to provide armed guard services in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Plaintiffs Melan ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court joins other district courts in the 4th Circuit to hold that a borrower must bring an action to enforce the rescission right under the Truth in Lending Act within three years of closing regardless whether ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In an action to confirm an arbitration award in this dispute over a buyout agreement of a teleconferencing software company, the “amount in controversy” for federal jurisdiction is the amount stated in the demand for arbitration, not the amount in ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this False Claims Act suit, an Alexandria U.S. District Court grants defendants’ motion to dismiss with respect to the relators’ claim that defendants billed for worthless services in Iraq and Afghanistan under the Worldwide Personal Protective Services II contract, ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Plaintiff, who is not a law enforcement officer but supervised officers in her position as deputy director of the Department of Corrections for Prince Georges County, Md., and who was arrested for the misdemeanor of impersonating a police office in ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District