Although plaintiff homeowner contends he was charged $819 for title insurance when the prevailing local market rate on a comparable credit transaction was less than $500 and that the lender’s failure to list this price difference as a finance charge ...

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

Although plaintiff company argues that the Terms & Conditions statement with its arbitration was not a part of its $2.8 million contract with defendant seller to buy equipment, including a rotary frequency converter, a Richmond U.S. District Court grants seller’s ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court grants defendant U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command’s motion to stay proceedings for 90 days in this FOIA action filed by the law firm that represented two clients, Unconventional Concepts Inc. and Michael Hopmeier, in filing ...

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

A plaintiff who alleges multiple defects in a 2006 Peterbilt dump truck may pursue a claim for breach of express warranty, based on allegations that, after a period of over 30 days and at least seven repair attempts by Caterpillar ...

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

Plaintiffs who stand to lose their property to foreclosure after default on their construction loan lose their challenge to the standing of the trustee to conduct the foreclosure, in this suit from Alexandria U.S. District Court. To the extent that ...

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

A debtor who settled her adversary discharge action alleging defendant creditor should not have sent her a collection notice for a $152 debt after she received her bankruptcy discharge, is barred by her settlement agreement from suing the creditor for ...

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

In the absence of general personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant, a plaintiff must establish specific jurisdiction – statutorily and constitutionally – for each claim alleged on a claim-by-claim basis, says an Alexandria U.S. District Court on this first-impression question ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses a challenge to a $10.5 million arbitration award in this protracted dispute over coal purchase agreements. Defendant Bayer made a demand for arbitration in Charleston, W.Va., under a 1997 contract asking for recognition of ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court may transfer a garnishment proceeding to collect restitution from a Texas federal prisoner to a Texas federal court, under the transfer provision of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, as the FDCPA transfer provision does ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court says an employee fired by a Herndon company that provides contract security to U.S. diplomats in Baghdad cannot sue the company for a variety of tort and whistleblower claims arising from his discharge for violations ...

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