In this contract and tort litigation arising from defendants’ departure from employment with plaintiff specialty insurance company to form their own company, a Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiffs’ claim for restitution/unjust enrichment, but declines to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims for ...

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A law firm avoids liability on a claim of tortious interference with contract rights today because the plaintiff business failed to allege that the law firm intended to cause the alleged harm. The ruling in DurretteBradshaw, P.C. v. MRC Consulting, ...

Tagged with: Contract Law Firms Supreme Court of Virginia Tort

Personal injury defendants enjoy the protection of certain caps on damages in Virginia. At times, defendants have been able to invoke that protection sooner, rather than later, by getting trial courts to reduce ad damnum clauses to cap levels before ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury Supreme Court of Virginia Tort