Despite not providing school transportation to students with known disciplinary problems, municipal entities had no duty to stop the students from harming residents of the neighborhoods the students traversed to reach school. Background Richard Fletcher and his wife lived just ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Albert Diaz Municipal Personal Injury Tort

An award of nearly $38 million to a truck operator, who was severely injured when one of his tires blew out, was for the most part not excessive. The verdict was supported by the evidence, except for approximately $67,500 to ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge Robert E. Payne Personal Injury U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Plaintiff, 41, was operating his SUV on a two-lane road at night when his vehicle collided head-on with a truck at about 45 mph. The defendant truck driver claimed that the vehicle in front of him stopped suddenly so he ...

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Plaintiff was injured in a two vehicle rear-end collision on June 2, 2014. He was stopped in a line of traffic for a red light when the defendant crested a hill, not expecting traffic to be backed up, and ran ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Personal Injury Settlement

A woman charged with theft after she refused to return an emaciated dog to its owner sufficiently stated several constitutional and state tort claims against an animal control officer and his supervisor. Background In December 2017, Plaintiff Christen Waddle encountered ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge Jackson L. Kiser Personal Injury Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

Waste and water management systems in Iraq and Afghanistan were operationally controlled by the military, not its contractor. Thus, mass tort claims for harms caused by the contractors’ alleged environmental mismanagement were barred by the political question doctrine. Background As ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Class Action Constitutional Judge Henry F. Floyd Personal Injury

Plaintiff, a Hampton Roads city employee, was operating a large bucket truck maintaining road signs in a sequence with two other city large vehicles. Large signal arrows and flashers visually lit up when he was struck from behind. Defendant, a ...

Tagged with: Judge Thomas S. Shadrick Mediated Settlement Norfolk Circuit Court Personal Injury

Plaintiff driver was hit from the rear with minimal property damage. She suffered injuries to her back and a concussion. Plaintiff did office work and had resulting problems with executive functioning and short-term memory. Plaintiff had prior similar problems but ...

Tagged with: Chesapeake Circuit Court Judge Wilford Taylor Jr. Personal Injury Settlement

A manufacturer stated a claim for defamation against the project-management company for whom it had provided turbines, based on oblique comments about “quality control” made by the company’s CEO on its shareholder earnings call. Background In this action, Plaintiff Fluor ...

Tagged with: Business Law Contract Judge M. Hannah Lauck Personal Injury Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The district court did not err in dismissing an inmate’s Eighth Amendment claims or in declining to appoint counsel, but remand is necessary because the lower court failed to address the plaintiff’s state-law medical malpractice claims. Background Plaintiff Steven Banks ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Constitutional Judge Albert Diaz Personal Injury