Plaintiff demolition company wins its false advertising claim and a refund of its premium for a surety bond, as defendant surety’s sales brochure misrepresented that the bond in question would meet all requirements of the Federal Acquisitions Regulations for plaintiff’s ...

Tagged with: Judge Glen E. Conrad Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

In addition to the judgment won by plaintiffs against the Republic of Sudan under the Death on the High Seas Act, for the deaths of American service members in the 2000 Al Qaeda attack on the U.S.S. Cole, the Norfolk ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert G. Doumar Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An insurance company has a duty to defend tort and defamation claims filed against the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity under a “Businessowners Policy,” in a suit alleging damage from two articles posted in FCGPI’s “Watchdog.org” website; an ...

Tagged with: Judge Anthony J. Trenga Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff who alleges professional damage to his career as a youth soccer coach after defendant professional photographer published nude photographs of plaintiff online, in violation of an agreement with plaintiff, and by altering the photos and tagging them to ...

Tagged with: Judge Norman K. Moon Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

A Harrisonburg U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s suit against a lawyer who served as a guardian ad litem for his minor children during divorce proceedings, as plaintiff’s allegations of equal protection violations and defamation do not state a claim under ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael F. Urbanski Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

Two plaintiffs staying with friends at a private home on Gwynn’s Island in Mathews County who were attacked by defendants, who approached them at a bonfire on the beach and taunted them as gay men, may not sue for intentional ...

Tagged with: Judge Raymond A. Jackson Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A transmission shop owner suing for statutory business conspiracy can support that suit by alleging the “unlawful acts” of tortious interference with contract and with business expectancy, the Supreme Court of Virginia says in response to two certified questions, and ...

Tagged with: Justice Cynthia D. Kinser Supreme Court of Virginia Tort

Ford Motor Company sued the National Indemnity Company (NICO) in November 2012 alleging that NICO, through an affiliate, Resolute Management Inc., took control over and stopped the payment of $20 million in “non-batch” product liability claims owed to Ford by ...

Tagged with: Contract Federal Courts Judge Robert E. Payne Million-Dollar Settlements Tort

A woman states an emotional distress claim against the investigative agency hired by her estranged husband, for its alleged action of going onto her private property to videotape her inside her home having an intimate sexual encounter with her coplaintiff, ...

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

A former vice president of defendant company who was terminated does not state a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress against her former coworkers with allegations that they accused her of theft and financial impropriety, said she planned a ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert G. Doumar Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District