It all began with a three-foot strip of grass. An African-American man in his 40s wanted to mow the grassy area between his home and the next home in a townhouse complex in northern Virginia. In an attempt to be ...

Tagged with: Loudoun County Circuit Court Tort

This case stemmed from a situation that began when a husband and wife cursed out their neighbor, using patently racist language. This behavior evolved into regular verbal harassment, which was often explicitly racial in nature. Additionally, the wife filed two ...

Tagged with: Judge Thomas D. Horne Loudoun County Circuit Court Tort

Although a former manager for plaintiff traffic control company is not a named defendant, he is a co-conspirator in his alleged scheme to take plaintiff company’s trade secrets and methods and first, form his own competing company, and upon discovery, ...

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

A Newport News U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to the government in this Federal Tort Claims Act suit alleging defendant had notice of a clear liquid on the floor of a women’s restroom that caused plaintiff, who worked in ...

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

The 4th Circuit affirms dismissal of this suit filed against the U.S. Secretary of Defense by 28 current and former member of the U.S. armed forces who allege they were sexually assaulted by fellow service members during their military careers ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge G. Steven Agee Tort

In this suit by an Algerian citizen against former government officials alleging abuse, mistreatment and torture by U.S. military personnel during plaintiff’s detention in multiple countries, the suit is dismissed because, among other reasons, the Military Commissions Act bars courts ...

Tagged with: Judge Gerald Bruce Lee Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Family members of the victims of the 2004 bombing of the U.S.S. Cole who won a 2007 judgment against the Republic of Sudan under the Death on the High Seas Act are not precluded from bringing a new action against ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Allyson K. Duncan Tort

A dog trainer who sued pro se and won compensatory and punitive damages on his libel and business conspiracy claims and $79,786 in attorney’s fees and costs, based on defendant’s allegations that he used harsh and abusive tactics to train ...

Tagged with: Judge James C. Cacheris Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Applying Florida law, a Richmond U.S. District Court says plaintiff lenders are entitled to summary judgment finding defendant developers of retail stores liable for conversion of rent payments the lenders were entitled to collect, but the case will go to ...

Tagged with: Judge John A. Gibney Jr. Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Plaintiffs have not shown that an individual defendant was acting as an agent of the local or national Veterans of Foreign Wars organizations when he attended funerals, and the Wise County Circuit Court dismisses plaintiffs’ complaint on defendants’ plea in ...

Tagged with: Judge Chadwick S. Dotson Tort Virginia Circuit Courts Wise County Circuit Court