Plaintiff telecommunications company can sue for trespass, including a claim for punitive damages, based on allegations that defendant excavation company severed plaintiff’s fiber optic cable, after plaintiff marked it under Virginia’s “Miss Utility” program, causing damages to plaintiff; the Richmond ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

On rehearing en banc, the 4th Circuit says it has no jurisdiction to consider appeals by Iraqis who were detained and tortured at Abu Ghraib military prison and elsewhere and whose tort claims against defendant government contractors were partly dismissed ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Robert B. King Tort

Plaintiff “brownfield developer” who alleges claims arising from a business deal to bid for, buy and redevelop a brownfield site from WMATA, may only pursue fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims against a single defendant who allegedly failed to ...

Tagged with: Judge Leonie Brinkema Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff who says he was defrauded by defendant, who used lies and misrepresentations to induce him to invest in an LLC talent-management company while spending the money for personal expenses and other unauthorized transactions, can sue for breach of ...

Tagged with: Judge Melvin R. Hughes Jr. Richmond Circuit Court Tort Virginia Circuit Courts

Plaintiff director of a gay-rights advocacy group has not stated a defamation claim against defendant, the president and CEO of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays Inc. (PFOX), by alleging defendant stated that plaintiff asked for people to “run over” defendant ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Virginia man whose biological child was adopted by a couple in Utah without his permission may sue the adoption agency, the Utah couple and the Virginia and Utah lawyers who brokered the adoption for tortious interference with parental rights; ...

Tagged with: Justice LeRoy F. Millette Jr. Supreme Court of Virginia Tort

A Roanoke City Circuit Court sustains demurrers to plaintiff’s second amended complaint alleging fraud in the inducement and seeking to pierce the corporate veil in negotiation of a loan agreement. The question remains what it has been: Has plaintiff stated ...

Tagged with: Judge Clifford R. Weckstein Roanoke Circuit Court Tort Virginia Circuit Courts

A plaintiff injured in a motor vehicle accident on the grounds of Camp Peary when the vehicle in which he was riding collided with a vehicle being driven by an employee of a painting crew, who plaintiff claims should not ...

Tagged with: Judge Mark Davis Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In evaluating plaintiff professional tax preparer’s claim that he was defamed by a local news broadcast about “unscrupulous” tax preparers, the Norfolk U.S. District Court will not consider video clips defendant TV station filed with its motion to dismiss, and ...

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

In this suit by three employees discharged by defendant IBM, the Fairfax Circuit Court sustains demurrers filed by IBM and individual defendants to plaintiffs’ claims for defamation, conspiracy, tortious interference and negligent retention, arising from allegations that plaintiffs were terminated ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Smith Tort Virginia Circuit Courts