Where a Russian-born British scholar sued media outlets alleging defamatory statements, the statements were made more than one year before her suit was filed so they were time-barred and could not be revived by republication or third parties’ electronic references. ...

Tagged with: Judge Leonie Brinkema Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In an issue of first impression, the court held that to succeed on a claim a hospital admission was not made in good faith, evidence must show the hospital admitted a patient solely to satisfy its Emergency Medical Treatment and ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. Tort

Where an agency of the federal government was the proper defendant, the former employee failed to exhaust his administrative remedies and the plain language of the Federal Tort Claims Act barred his claims, the government was dismissed from the case. ...

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

Purcellville Police Chief Cynthia McAlister filed suit against the Town of Purcellville, its former town manager, an independent consultant hired by Purcellville, and six current and former Purcellville police officers. Her claims stemmed from her employment, termination and subsequent reinstatement ...

Tagged with: Confidential Settlement Loudoun County Circuit Court Tort

The intentional torts asserted against the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem were barred by the Federal Tort Claims Act, or FTCA. Other claims were not administratively exhausted, were untimely or not supported by sufficient facts. The plaintiff’s motion for ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael F. Urbanski Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

CBS’s broadcast of interviews with two women who accused the Virginia lieutenant governor of sexual assaults does not support a viable claim for defamation or intentional infliction of emotional distress because CBS never accused him of committing the assaults and ...

Tagged with: Judge Anthony J. Trenga Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A woman failed in her attempt to hold a spa owner liable for an alleged sexual assault by a masseuse because she could not show his conduct was within the scope of his employment. Background Krysten Lett alleges that Wesley ...

Tagged with: Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

Where the plaintiff alleged an employ­ee of the United States Postal Service intentionally sounded a modified horn on his vehicle while he stood in close proxim­ity to it, his characterization of the con­duct as “negligent” did not prevent the claims ...

Tagged with: Judge David J. Novak Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A libel suit against CBS brought by a “well known” Virginia legislator who ran for mayor of the City of Richmond was dismissed because the broadcast was a “political commentary protected by the First Amendment” and supported by a Supreme ...

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

Where the Fourth Circuit remanded certain claims made by an employee terminated by the Army Contracting Command that were previously dismissed for further consideration, those claims were dismissed again for a variety of reasons, including res judicata, failure to state ...

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