The Richmond U.S. District Court grants summary judgment for grocery store against a customer who allegedly slipped on a smashed grape on Saturday morning; customer could not prove actual or constructive knowledge of an unsafe condition when the employee responsible ...

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

Adopting the recommendation of the magistrate judge, the Richmond U.S. District Court grants summary to defendant fast-food restaurant because customer failed to allege facts sufficient to find defendant had actual notice of the sticky spot customer claims caused her fall. ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert E. Payne Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A group of assistant managers at Panera Bread Company who claim they were misclassified under the Fair Labor Standards Act have their overtime pay claim dismissed under the first-to-file rule in favor of a similar action in Florida federal court, ...

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

An insurance agent who sued his former employer in state court for defamation and breach of contract, but faced removal to federal court after his amended complaint also alleged an ERISA claim under a deferred compensation plan, can amend his ...

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

In this tort suit with claims filed by 72 Iraqi detainees, seized in Iraq by U.S. military personnel and allegedly tortured by defendant government contractor, the 4th Circuit says it has jurisdiction over this interlocutory appeal, but it reverses the ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Paul V. Niemeyer Tort

Claims filed by four Iraqi citizens seized by the U.S. military in the Iraq war zone, against a government contractor who allegedly conspired to torture claimants during interrogations, are preempted by federal law and displaced, and the case is remanded ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Paul V. Niemeyer Tort

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 ...

Tagged with: Judge Jerrauld C. Jones Norfolk Circuit Court Tort Virginia Circuit Courts

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 ...

Tagged with: Justice Charles S. Russell Supreme Court of Virginia Tort

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