Where the owner of two annuities alleged her financial adviser transferred the proceeds into a Ponzi scheme, her negligent supervision claim against a life insurance company failed because the adviser was not its employee. Background On Oct. 21, 2019, plaintiffs ...

Tagged with: Judge Rebecca Beach Smith Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a bank customer who slipped and fell while walking down stairs in a building where the bank had leased a suite failed to show the bank was responsible for repairing, cleaning or maintaining the area where he fell or ...

Tagged with: Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the complaint alleged a volunteer fire truck driver did not activate his lights or sirens when he attempted a U-turn out of the right lane, it plausibly alleged he was grossly negligent in his operation of the truck, thereby ...

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

Where the district court never addressed the defendant’s challenges to one expert’s proximate causation opinions, and never made relevance or reliability rulings about either expert’s opinions, it abdicated its gatekeeping functions. Because it was error to admit the experts’ opinions, ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge G. Steven Agee Negligence

Where the plaintiff’s motion to amend her personal injury complaint arising out of a Segway accident came after fact discovery concluded, it was granted because the defendants failed to show prejudice. The new allegations merely elaborated on the original ones, ...

Tagged with: Judge Joel Hoppe Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the plaintiff alleged his cancer was caused by exposure to wood dust from 1981-1992, but the link between wood dust and cancer was not known at the time, judgment was granted to the lumber manufacturers. Background Christopher Lightfoot maintains ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge James A. Wynn Jr. Judge Paul V. Niemeyer Negligence

Where a former pilot alleged an airline employee acted negligently in connection with his drug test, the claim was dismissed because it would require the court to interpret the collective bargaining agreement over which the Railway Labor Act, or RLA, ...

Tagged with: Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a shopper who was injured at Walmart sought to add the allegedly responsible employee to her suit against the company, her motion was granted despite the fact the employee destroyed diversity jurisdiction. There was no evidence of forum shopping ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Type of action: Negligence, auto accident Name of case: Thames v. Banks Court: Fairfax County Circuit Court Verdict or settlement: Settlement Amount: $150,000 Attorney for plaintiff (and city): Robert B. Adams, McLean Description of case: The parties were involved in ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Negligence Settlement

Where a skateboarder sued a law firm after being struck by a car driven by one of its attorneys, even if the attorney used his cellphone for work-related purposes at the time of the accident, the firm was not liable ...

Tagged with: Judge David J. Novak Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District