A driver who claims a bike rider’s negligence contributed to an accident in a crosswalk was defeated in his bid to have an expert testify about moving in or around traffic while on a bicycle because these are issues within ...

Tagged with: Judge Glen E. Conrad Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

In a trial over damages for land taken for an easement required for construction of a natural gas pipeline, the landowners’ expert may testify about the high demand for residential subdivisions, but cannot testify about the stigma attached to pipelines, ...

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

A suit involving a Virginia resident allegedly injured when her car was struck by a vehicle owned by an Ohio company and driven by a man who now lives in Greece was properly removed to federal court on the basis ...

Tagged with: Judge Glen E. Conrad Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

Charlottesville officials did not effectuate a “heckler’s veto” of a Unite the Right rally because plaintiffs – a rally organizer and an attendee – had no constitutional right to state protection from private parties who try to suppress speech and ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

The Western District of Virginia was the improper venue for a dispute over whether a former employee was properly terminated and paid because the employee resides in Maryland and none of the relevant events occurred here. Rather than transfer the ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Glen E. Conrad U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a law firm incurred costs and fees, including expert fees, during defense of the client’s case, and the client introduced no evidence to support its claim that those expenses were unnecessary, the client was liable for unpaid fees and ...

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

Where a law firm incurred costs and fees, including expert fees, during defense of the client’s case, and the client introduced no evidence to support its claim that those expenses were unnecessary, the client was liable for unpaid fees and ...

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

Where the transcript showed the defendant’s corporate designee was not prepared to testify about several topics listed in the corporate deposition notice, a second deposition was ordered and defendant has to pay reasonable expenses and attorneys’ fees. Background Willie Henderson ...

Tagged with: Judge Glen E. Conrad Sanctions U.S. District Court - Western District

A corporation being sued over student loan collection practices must produce an executive for a second round of questioning after two federal judges agreed the executive failed to properly prepare for his first corporate designee deposition. The second Rule 30(b)(6) ...

Tagged with: Judge Glen E. Conrad Judge Robert S. Ballou U.S. District Court - Western District

A federal judge has vacated an opinion on the handling of expert witnesses after the parties settled and together requested the opinion be removed from the record. The judge had excluded experts on both sides of a property valuation dispute ...

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