The circuit court’s disposition of funds placed into an escrow account by a bankruptcy court’s order is affirmed. Facts Thoburn was a general partner of Thoburn Limited Partnership, which owned property that was used to secure several loans. A $320,000 ...

Tagged with: Order Real Estate Supreme Court of Virginia

Where an agreement obligated a bar to indemnify the city of Richmond for claims arising from the employment of city police officers, the indemnity clause was not triggered when plaintiff sued an officer working at the bar as an individual ...

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

Where the circuit court denied all damages for breach of contract because there were no written change orders for contractual services, this was error because the change order requirement did not apply to claims for unpaid compensation and reimbursable expenses. ...

Tagged with: Contract Order Virginia Court of Appeals

On remand from a prior appeal, the trial court erred by finding that appellant failed to prove a successor liability claim by a preponderance of the evidence. Overview In a previous phase of this case, the circuit court awarded appellant ...

Tagged with: Business Law Order Supreme Court of Virginia

Where plaintiff sued defendant for defamation and did not respond to defendant’s demurrer, in which she argued that he did not properly allege a defamation claim, plaintiff cannot now argue otherwise on appeal. Facts Brayboy sued Durrette, who worked at ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Order Supreme Court of Virginia

The circuit court erred by granting defendant’s motion to vacate an arbitration award. The court misinterpreted the relevant statute when it concluded the motion was timely filed. Overview Plaintiff bought a used car from GN Auto and sued GN and ...

Tagged with: Arbitration Order Supreme Court of Virginia

Where this case was previously remanded because the trial court’s judgment listed one plaintiff twice and omitted another plaintiff, the trial court correctly dismissed the twice-named plaintiff (because it did not obtain a certificate  of authority or registration before entry ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Order Supreme Court of Virginia