Where an empty pallet in a Walmart store aisle was open and obvious, and a shopper tripped over it because she was not looking down, her slip-and-fall claim was doomed by her own negligence.  Background Barbara Hager sued Wal-Mart Stores ...

Tagged with: Judge Thomas T. Cullen Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

Type of action: Railroad negligence Name of case: Riddick v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division Case no.: 2:21-CV-00297 Tried before: Jury Name of judge or mediator: Judge Roderick C. ...

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

Where a shopper sued for injuries allegedly suffered when he slipped on dog food while shopping at a retail store, but there was no evidence the store was actually or constructively aware of the dog food prior to the accident, ...

Tagged with: Judge James P. Jones Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the plaintiff sued the owner of a rental house, the property manager and the property management company, alleging she was injured when a wooden railing failed, but the negligence and negligence per se claims were foreclosed by fraud claims, ...

Tagged with: Judge Norman K. Moon Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

A federal court in Virginia has dismissed the claims of a plaintiff who claimed he slipped and fell on dog food that had spilled in a retail store aisle. Judge James P. Jones of the Western District of Virginia said ...

Tagged with: Judge James P. Jones Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

A driver on a public way who was permanently disabled when a tree fell from private property couldn’t sue for his injuries, because the landowners had no duty to prevent the accident if they didn’t create the danger, the Supreme ...

Tagged with: Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Negligence Supreme Court of Virginia

Where a plaintiff filed two separate suits, in different circuit courts, arising out of the same multi-vehicle accident, in an effort to maximize her recovery, her motion to now consolidate the suits in federal court — in order to have ...

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

Where liability experts offered opinions that were not contained in their expert disclosures, rested on unreliable facts and data or rested on unreliable principles and methods of testing, those opinions were struck. Background While operating a tractor-trailer owned by his ...

Tagged with: Judge Thomas T. Cullen Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a mother sued school officials for failing to report that a teacher was abusing her son, the officials were granted immunity because their decisions involved the exercise of discretion and there were no allegations showing they acted with malice. ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III Negligence

Where defendants sued for their alleged responsibility for a motor vehicle accident argued that one company was improperly named as a defendant, but the record showed a potential basis for liability against that company, its presence destroyed diversity jurisdiction and ...

Tagged with: Judge James P. Jones Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District