A residential tenant suing for health problems from mold in his apartment cannot recover from the landlord’s CGL policy, and a Richmond U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to the carrier in this dec action against the landlord. The tenant ...

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

A 60-year-old former public information director suing a school board after it promoted her younger male assistant to her job wins her motion to compel production of certain e-mails, personnel files and performance reviews, and material related to the RIF ...

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

In this litigation involving a patent that improves communication quality through “link adaptation,” a Richmond U.S. District Court grants defendant cell phone companies summary judgment to the extent the motion asserts no genuine issue of material fact exists as to ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this litigation involving patents-in-suit relating to electronic sourcing systems, which allow prospective buyers to locate items to buy from multiple electronic catalogs, a Richmond U.S. District Court grants plaintiff’s motion to strike new references as they relate to defendant ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this litigation involving a patent that improves communication quality through “link adaptation,” a Richmond U.S. District Court grants defendant cell phone companies, Motorola and Nokia, summary judgment to limit pre-suit damages, but denies defendants’ motion as moot to the ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court rejects plaintiffs’ request that it abstain from hearing their lawsuit alleging personal injury from mold and moisture at their apartment complex, and violations of Virginia state law. Plaintiffs’ suit alleges breach of contract, violation of ...

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

A Richmond U.S. District Court remands to state court a lawsuit seeking to avoid foreclosure on plaintiff’s home by alleging a violation of a Federal Housing Administration regulation that requires a face-to-face interview with plaintiff prior to foreclosure. A defendant ...

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

In this litigation involving a dispute between the parties grounded in a series of delays that occurred during the performance of a government construction contract on which defendant Travelers was a Miller Act surety for the general contractor’s payment bond, ...

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

In this dispute over defendant management company’s operation of four senior living facilities owned or leased by plaintiff California and Maryland companies, an Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to the management company on multiple counts of the complaint ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Gerald Bruce Lee U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An Alexandria U.S. District Court grants judgment for a taxpayer accused of willfully failing to report his interest in two Swiss bank accounts for the tax year 2000 in violation of 31 U.S.C. 5314, as the government’s evidence that the ...

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