In a federal employee’s suit alleging a coworker defamed him by reporting to her supervisor that plaintiff “always carries a gun in the workplace,” the Harrisonburg U.S. District Court ac­cepts a magistrate judge’s recommenda­tion and says the U.S. can be ...

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

Plaintiffs who allege defendant “agents and representatives” of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals came onto their prop­erty, seized their dog, carried her away and killed her have stated claims for trespass and for conversion, including a demand for ...

Tagged with: Judge Everett A. Martin Jr. Norfolk Circuit Court Tort Virginia Circuit Courts

An employee who alleges the lawyers who represented him and his employer in a false advertising suit had a conflict of inter­est cannot sue the lawyers for malpractice for allegedly failing to raise a defense of the statute of limitations, ...

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

The former economic development director for defendant Isle of Wight County has not stated a defamation claim with her allega­tions that defendant told The Tidewater News that plaintiff was due to return to work on a certain day after medical ...

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

A Costco customer who alleges Costco gave police false information that plain­tiff and her husband committed fraud in returning flooring purchased at Costco, resulting in their arrests, can take the deposition of a former police officer who also was sued ...

Tagged with: Judge T.S. Ellis III Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A substitute school nurse cannot state a defamation claim based on two statements school officials made to a television inves­tigative reporter about a sick student’s re­lease to her aunt as not following “protocol” and as an “error”; the Petersburg Circuit ...

Tagged with: Judge Joseph M. Teefey Jr. Petersburg Circuit Court Tort Virginia Circuit Courts

A substitute school nurse cannot state a defamation claim based on two statements school officials made to a television inves­tigative reporter about a sick student’s re­lease to her aunt as not following “protocol” and as an “error”; the Petersburg Circuit ...

Tagged with: Judge Joseph M. Teefey Jr. Petersburg Circuit Court Tort Virginia Circuit Courts

A couple who allege they followed defen­dant Costco’s instructions to take advantage of a reduced price for $1,000 of new flooring they purchased from Costco, only to face ar­rest after Costco told police the couple had committed fraud, including the ...

Tagged with: Judge T.S. Ellis III Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A contract worker who alleges that during a security clearance check her employer defamed her over a workplace incident with a coworker who “cussed her out” and threatened her can sue the employer for defamation for stating plaintiff was discharged ...

Tagged with: Judge M. Hannah Lauck Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Italian exchange student who al­leges she was sexually assaulted by a fel­low student she had invited to her dorm room has not stated Title IX claims of “deliberate indifference” against the col­lege, which investigated her complaint, obtained defendant student’s ...

Tagged with: Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Tort U.S. District Court - Western District