Although plaintiffs, a ship mechanic and a pipe fitter, received workers’ comp benefits under state and federal law through their employer, BAE, for their alleged injuries from inhaling fumes from a substance used by subcontractor Capitol Finishes during repair work ...

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The estate of a prisoner who died after allegedly being beaten by fellow inmates cannot sue defendant sheriff and deputies for negligence under the Virginia Tort Claims Act; the Virginia Supreme Court says the sovereign immunity of the commonwealth was ...

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Kurdish victims of mustard gas attacks in northern Iraq in the late 1980s have not stated claims under the Torture Victim Protection Act or the Alien Tort Statute against defendant chemical manufacturer, who allegedly sold thiodiglycol to Saddam Hussein; the ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Albert Diaz Tort

The Richmond U.S. District Court grants a cafeteria summary judgment on plaintiff’s slip and fall accident claim because she failed to show the floor mat on which she tripped was a dangerous condition at the time of her fall or ...

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

In this tort suit filed by three female plaintiffs who allege sexual assault by a former employee of defendant water park, a Newport News U.S. District Court delays entry of default judgment against the former employee, pending resolution of the ...

Tagged with: Judge Rebecca Beach Smith Judge Tommy E. Miller Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a private security contractor’s defamation suit against the U.S. involving an allegedly defamatory email, the Norfolk U.S. District Court dismisses the suit because the plaintiff contractor failed to exhaust administrative remedies as required by the Federal Tort Claims Act. ...

Tagged with: Judge Rebecca Beach Smith Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a private security contractor’s defamation suit against the U.S. involving an allegedly defamatory email, the Norfolk U.S. District Court dismisses the suit because the plaintiff contractor failed to exhaust administrative remedies as required by the Federal Tort Claims Act. ...

Tagged with: Judge Rebecca Beach Smith Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A pro se plaintiff has failed to exhaust her administrative remedies under the Federal Tort Claims Act and a Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses her claim alleging a physician employed by the McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center submitted a release ...

Tagged with: Judge James R. Spencer Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A defendant company that licensed technical data and prototypes from plaintiff company in order to develop a grenade launcher has to return prototype launchers and parts to plaintiff under their agreement, but the Alexandria U.S. District Court says the fact ...

Tagged with: Judge Claude M. Hilton Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond Circuit Court sets aside a $250,000 jury award for plaintiff in her suit against defendant Chesterfield County police officer on a claim of malicious prosecution; applying a 2011 Virginia Supreme Court case, the court says defendant officer investigated ...

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