A state prison guard being sued in a federal complaint alleging abusive treatment of inmates is entitled to a defense provided by the commonwealth, and a Roanoke City Circuit Court grants summary judgment to plaintiff prison guard on this point. ...

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A man who was injured when he was traveling on a state-owned road and a dead or rotting tree fell from the property line between VDOT and defendant property owner onto the man’s vehicle, cannot sue the defendant landowner for ...

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A woman who settled her medical malpractice case alleging she contracted Hepatitis C from a blood transfusion administered during an unauthorized medical procedure at a government medical facility, cannot sue for an alleged breach of her settlement agreement with the ...

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

A Richmond U.S. District Court says a couple who alleges health problems from mold damage in their apartment may sue defendant landlord for breach of contract under the Virginia Residential Landlord Tenant Act, but the court dismisses the couple’s personal ...

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

In this malicious prosecution case, a Richmond U.S. District Court vacates a jury’s awards against two employees of a trucking company with some involvement in the company’s investigation of a night dock supervisor’s alleged theft of three computers from a ...

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

A Norfolk Circuit Court overrules a lawyer’s demurrer to a defamation action filed by a sea captain against the lawyer, who gave a reporter a copy of a North Carolina lawsuit and an EEOC complaint filed by a seaman alleging ...

Tagged with: Judge Charles E. Poston Norfolk Circuit Court Tort Virginia Circuit Courts

A full-time telecommuter for the General Services Administration who was involved in a traffic accident while driving from home in his personal vehicle to GSA offices in Alexandria is not entitled to a certification of scope of employment that will ...

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

Chesapeake residents who live near Battlefield Golf Course who claim defendant golf club owner and defendant power companies developed a plan to dispose of coal ash byproduct, mix it with a binding agent and use it in the golf course ...

Tagged with: Chesapeake Circuit Court Judge Randall D. Smith Tort Virginia Circuit Courts

The commonwealth may be forced to provide a defense for a former prison guard accused in a lawsuit of playing cruel pranks on an inmate, even though state officials claim the alleged mistreatment was outside the scope of the guard’s ...

Tagged with: Judge Jonathan M. Apgar Roanoke Circuit Court Tort

Although defendant did not know he had trespassed on his neighbor’s land when he removed a fence and changed the location of a stream, those actions nevertheless showed a willful and wanton or reckless disregard for the rights of others, ...

Tagged with: Judge Dennis Lee Hupp Shenandoah County Circuit Court Tort Virginia Circuit Courts