The city of Norfolk has sovereign immunity in this suit filed by a plaintiff who was injured when a Norfolk police officer was test-driving a repaired police boat that capsized and injured two repair company employees, who are suing the ...

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In this lawsuit filed by three plaintiffs against the freight broker that hired a tractor-trailer driver who allegedly caused multiple crashes and the death of two persons and severe injury to a third person, the Roanoke U.S. District Court excludes ...

Tagged with: Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

In this suit for money damages filed by the surviving parent and sibling of two family members who died when a German pilot deliberately crashed Germanwings Flight 9525 into a mountainside in the Alps, plaintiffs may sue defendant Germanwings and ...

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An Alexandria U.S. District Court has personal jurisdiction over United Airlines in this lawsuit filed by plaintiffs, whose family members died in the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525, which was deliberately downed on a mountainside by its copilot; the court ...

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In this personal injury suit in which defendant has admitted liability for an auto accident, the Roanoke U.S. District Court will admit plaintiff’s evidence showing that defendant’s medical expert has received $524,045 in fees from defendant’s carrier, State Farm, as ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael F. Urbanski Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

A Petersburg Circuit Court denies defendants’ demurrer and rules that plaintiff administrator may proceed on its second amended complaint under Virginia’s fetal wrongful death statute, Va. Code § 8.01-50(B) and (C), alleging the death of a mother and her eight-week-old ...

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In plaintiff’s personal injury action against the driver of a semi-trailer truck that rear-ended her SUV on Interstate 81 in Frederick County, traveling during snow and freezing rain, the Harrisonburg U.S. District Court denies defendant’s motion for summary judgment alleging ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael F. Urbanski Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

Shortly after leaving work on his motor­cycle, plaintiff was struck by defendant’s late model luxury sedan. He suffered se­rious orthopedic injuries but enjoyed a good recovery. Defendant driver carried a liability policy worth less than the cost of his vehicle. ...

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A customer who alleges defendant Wal-Mart knew, during roofing work at the store, of three separate instances of material falling from the ceiling and striking customers, but took no action to protect customers prior to plaintiff being struck by a ...

Tagged with: Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

An employee of a marine repair company who brings a maritime personal injury action against the city of Norfolk and a Norfolk police officer, alleging he was injured when the police officer was test-driving a repaired police boat that capsized, ...

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