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Landlord and Tenant: Tenant attempts to avoid duty-to-repair obligation
Where a lease required the tenant to repair the property at the conclusion of the lease, but the commercial tenant argued this obligation was extinguished because the landlord intended to […]
Landlord and Tenant: Eviction proceeding didn’t violate CARES Act
Where a landlord initiated an eviction by filing a summons for unlawful detainer 29 days after it sent a notice of failure to pay rent, the trial court erred by […]
Landlord and Tenant: Mobile home park owner escapes liability for water service interruption
Where a Virginia statute imposing liability on a landlord for willful interruption of an essential service requires evidence that the act or omission that caused the interruption was intentional, and […]
Landlord and Tenant: Landlord liable for not timely fixing carbon monoxide leak
Where the record supported the circuit court’s conclusion that an abandoned chimney crock posed a risk for carbon monoxide leaking into the residence, and that the landlord failed to remedy […]
Landlord and Tenant: Tenant’s retaliation claim dismissed
Where a tenant alleged her landlord retaliated against her because of her emotional support dogs, but she failed to allege his actions were motivated by her exercise of rights under […]
Landlord and Tenant: Tenant can’t show she was ‘unlawfully’ excluded from premises
Where a tenant moved out for “weeks and weeks,” failed to maintain utilities or pay rent, created a hazard and permitted drug dealing on the premises, she could not show […]
Landlord had statutory duty to mitigate flea infestation
A Fairfax County landlord had a duty under the Virginia Residential Landlord Tenant Act, or VRLTA, to mitigate a flea infestation in his rental property even though the lease purported to shift the responsibility to the tenant, the Court of Appeals of Virginia has held.
In limbo: Eviction moratorium in flux, Virginia tenants and landlords may feel impact
A federal judge’s ruling earlier this month that a nationwide eviction moratorium ordered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is unconstitutional has left unanswered questions for Virginia’s landlords […]
Tenants file Fair Debt class action against law firm
Three Virginia residents are filing a federal class action lawsuit against a Virginia law firm for alleged abusive and unfair debt collection practices. The lawsuit, filed Sept. 9, alleges Hampton-based […]
Landlord awarded more than $1.2 million in fees
A case that started as a routine action for unpaid rent, then turned into one of the Fairfax circuit court’s “most heavily litigated matters for the past two years,” has […]
“Deplorable” conditions not intentional damage
Most of a tenant couple’s debt to their former landlord, based on unpaid rent and the poor conditions in which they left the rental, was dischargeable. The court held a […]
“Deplorable” conditions not intentional damage
Most of a tenant couple’s debt to their former landlord, based on unpaid rent and the poor conditions in which they left the rental, was dischargeable. The court held a […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice-Patient dies following blood loss in surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Defense points to plaintiff’s prior collision, stressors
- Medical Malpractice – Ingrown toenail removal leads to CRPS type 2
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Car crash after back surgery causes additional injuries
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with cardiologist over treatment of strokes
- Negligence and Tort- Ice pack use during tattoo removal causes frostbite
- Workers’ Compensation Struck by metal door at workplace, plaintiff sustains subdural hematoma
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Woman struck by vehicle loses senses of taste, smell
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pedestrian struck by car while in parking lot
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Driver fractures right leg in tractor-trailer collision
Opinion Digests
- Freedom of Information – Exemption 5 protects draft PTAB written decision
- Fraud – Homeowners’ RICO claim is dismissed
- Criminal – Sex-offender convicted of providing false information
- Evidence – Defendants must respond to post-judgment discovery
- Patent and trademark – Several claims found to be ineligible for patent protection
- Criminal – Evidence supports robbery conviction
- Administrative – Internal Communications Among Patent Judges – Withheld Materials
- Criminal – Denial of continuance wasn’t abuse of discretion
- Criminal – Felony eluding conviction violated Double Jeopardy clause
- Criminal – Defendant was wrongly convicted of two counts of hit-and-run
- Criminal – Sexually-violent predator denied conditional release
- Constitutional – Redistricting effort violated Virginia Constitution
