A one-time incident of flooding does not support a cause of action for inverse condemnation against Fairfax County and a mere allegation that the county did nothing more than acquiesce in the construction of the Beltway does not support an ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Smith Municipal Virginia Circuit Courts

A Salem Circuit Court grants the city’s demurrer to plaintiff’s negligence and warranty claims based on plaintiff’s allegations of injury from the city’s purchase and installation of defective playground equipment in a public city park. The city demurrer claims immunity ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert P. Doherty Jr. Municipal Salem Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

In this suit arising from a county’s refusal to approve a preliminary subdivision application, the Virginia Supreme Court says a county subdivision code provision is void as an exercise of power not authorized by the General Assembly, and the code’s ...

Tagged with: Justice LeRoy F. Millette Jr. Municipal Supreme Court of Virginia

The City of Falls Church violates the Virginia Constitution and its own charter by making a profit on the water it sells to Fairfax County residents, a Fairfax Circuit Court says. Fairfax County Water Authority sued the City of Falls ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge R. Terrence Ney Municipal Virginia Circuit Courts

A Radford Circuit Court orders the city of Radford to produce to the Roanoke Times additional information from a city employee’s FOIA requests, which the city has maintained can be redacted under the statutory exemption for “personnel records.” The Roanoke ...

Tagged with: Judge Josiah T. Showalter Jr. Municipal Radford Circuit Court