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State Court Clarifies Partnership Law
The 4th Circuit vacates summary judgment for a plaintiff pursuing an accounting of four mining partnerships and remands this matter, in light of the response of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia to a question of state law certified by the 4th Circuit to the state high court. Plaintiff alleges he owns fractional […]
Court Strikes Transfer of Shopping Center Interest
A woman could not transfer her interest in a family partnership that owned a Falls Church shopping center to a trust for her long-term companion upon her death; the 4th Circuit says the probate exception to federal jurisdiction does not bar its consideration of this case and upholds interpretation of the Partnership Agreement to forbid […]
Plaintiff Proved Partnership, But Not Profits
A Fairfax Circuit Court finds the parties’ formation of three companies in 2007 to conduct business in Afghanistan and the U.S. supported plaintiff’s claim of an oral agreement to form a partnership, but plaintiff has failed to show the partnership had paid all its debts, to allow the trial court to assess damages based on […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Driver fell asleep, causing significant auto accident — $1M settlement
- Defense verdict returned for company in rear-end crash — Defense verdict
- Cauda equina syndrome developed after procedure — $625,000 settlement
- Passenger died months after sustaining multiple injuries — $725,000 settlement
- Plaintiff injured in crash with oncoming vehicle — $235,000 settlement
- Driver killed in rear-end collision with tractor-trailer — $1.5M settlement
- Man died from pancreatic cancer after delayed response — $1.8M settlement
- Worker fell off roof, rendering him a paraplegic — $1.25M settlement
- Driver sustained permanent hearing loss after traffic collision — $240,000 settlement
- Plaintiff suffered concussion in rear-end collision — $81,000 verdict
- Builder misrepresented home status to buyers — $675,000 verdict
- Low potassium led to cardiac arrest, death of patient — $1M settlement
Opinion Digests
- Company owner dodges breach of contract suit
- Employee’s own allegations doom minimum wage claim
- Federal government defeats former employee’s claims
- Principal wasn’t entitled to exclusively remote work
- USPTO properly redacted info in responsive documents
- Untimely lawsuit allowed to proceed
- Engineering consultant dismissed from suit
- Rule 60 motion was filed too late
- Nonprofit directors immune from ex-employees’ claims
- City, employees immune from whistleblower claims
- Experts excluded in condemnation damages suit
- Judgment entered against company for horse’s death
