A test taker who failed an exam offered by the defendant could not sue that defendant for “willful tort” because the plaintiff previously agreed to resolve her claims against the defendant in a binding settlement agreement. Background The following facts ...

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

Where the parents of a man killed by police officers filed an administrative claim before they were appointed their son’s executors, they failed to exhaust their remedies and their wrongful death suit is dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. ...

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

A plaintiff did not have a fraud claim where it learned that certain compounds were not promising before filing patent applications for them and did not have a negligent misrepresentation claim where the defendant was honest about the testing methods ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Julius Jay Richardson Tort

Military contractors failed to establish the suit brought for injuries allegedly suffered by a civilian instructor in Iraq was within the federal officer removal statute. Background Eddie Legston brings this personal injury action against defendants for damages he sustained while ...

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

A man claimed members of his former wife’s family recorded conversations between him and his purported romantic partner, and that his wife’s attorneys used the contents of those recordings in his underlying divorce proceedings. Virginia wiretapping statutes precludes attorneys from ...

Tagged with: Judge Liam O'Grady Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The plaintiff failed to allege facts from which it could be reasonably inferred that his arrest for driving while intoxicated was unsupported by probable cause, especially given that the preliminary breath test performed on the scene revealed a blood alcohol ...

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

A Navy employee who was injured by a vehicle negligently operated by another Navy employee cannot sue either the driver or the United States because the driver was acting within the scope of her employment and the United States has ...

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

Plaintiff was a 57-year-old who drove a tractor-trailer hauling logs. At about 4:50 a.m. on June 11, 2015, he pulled into Milby’s Oil in West Point to fill up his truck. Milby’s has two diesel pumps. He was the only ...

Tagged with: Judge B. Elliott Bondurant King William Circuit Court Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Tort

A law firm claiming it was entitled to a fee for referring a plaintiff in an antitrust case lost when the court agreed there was no binding contract and no right to funds in equity. Background In February 2010, Criden ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Per Curiam Opinion Tort

In a case involving a qui tam suit against four student loan corporations, the appellate panel rejected claims of error by the trial court for refusing to admit an audit of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Agency, and for faulty jury ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Diana Gribbon Motz Tort