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Fraud – Homeowners’ RICO claim is dismissed
Homeowners’ RICO claim against Marco G LLC dismissed in EDVA for failure to allege distinct enterprise separate from defendants and racketeering pattern.
Fraud: Plaintiff sues three individuals under RICO
Where a company’s founder plausibly alleged three defendants devised a scheme to unlawfully take control of the company for their own benefit, his single-count complaint under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act survived motions to dismiss.
Commercial: RICO and fraud claims in kickback scheme are reinstated
Where Amazon showed it paid more in lease and direct-purchase real estate transactions than it would have absent a kickback scheme, the district court wrongly dismissed its claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act; its claims of fraud, unjust enrichment and conversion and part of its civil conspiracy claim.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice-Patient dies following blood loss in surgery $2.05 million settlement
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Defense points to plaintiff’s prior collision, stressors
- Medical Malpractice – Ingrown toenail removal leads to CRPS type 2
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Car crash after back surgery causes additional injuries
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with cardiologist over treatment of strokes
- Negligence and Tort- Ice pack use during tattoo removal causes frostbite
- Workers’ Compensation Struck by metal door at workplace, plaintiff sustains subdural hematoma
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Woman struck by vehicle loses senses of taste, smell
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pedestrian struck by car while in parking lot
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Driver fractures right leg in tractor-trailer collision
Opinion Digests
- Fraud – Homeowners’ RICO claim is dismissed
- Criminal – Sex-offender convicted of providing false information
- Evidence – Defendants must respond to post-judgment discovery
- Patent and trademark – Several claims found to be ineligible for patent protection
- Criminal – Evidence supports robbery conviction
- Administrative – Internal Communications Among Patent Judges – Withheld Materials
- Criminal – Denial of continuance wasn’t abuse of discretion
- Criminal – Felony eluding conviction violated Double Jeopardy clause
- Criminal – Defendant was wrongly convicted of two counts of hit-and-run
- Criminal – Sexually-violent predator denied conditional release
- Constitutional – Redistricting effort violated Virginia Constitution
- Search & Seizure – Warrantless search of vehicle excused by protective sweep exception
