A homeowner whose home was treated with the wrong pesticide can sue for negligence, even if the service was covered by a contract, according to a new case from the Supreme Court of Virginia. In October 2006, a technician for ...

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Although the state park public beach visited by a church youth group may not have had a spiritual mission, the youth group had such a mission, and a 22nd Judicial Circuit Court says defendant church and its leaders have charitable ...

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The Supreme Court of Virginia affirms a judgment for a contractor in his malicious prosecution action against owners of a commercial building who hired the contractor for renovations of the building and then complained to the sheriff’s office about construction ...

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An engineering firm’s unambiguous contract with Meadowbrook, plaintiff Kmart’s landlord, to prepare site engineering documents made the firm the agent of the landlord, and Kmart cannot sue the defendants for civil conspiracy to breach the lease between Kmart and its ...

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A contract anesthesiologist can sue a hospital and its house trauma surgeon for defamation for telling the anesthesiologist, “you just euthanized my patient,” and communicating that statement to other hospital staff; but the other comments made by the surgeon were ...

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A Richmond U.S. District Court refuses to dismiss a defamation claim filed by a former driver for defendant armored truck company, who alleges the company’s termination letter implicitly accused him of stealing money from ATMs by listing monetary shortages on ...

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

A psychologist hired to assist a company with confidential 360 Evaluations for its senior executive staff may have expressed dissatisfaction with a company administrative assistant’s possible role in a “Lost Report Incident,” and have requested that another staff person be ...

Tagged with: Judge Dennis Dohnal Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

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