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Sheriff, deputy not liable for attempted in-custody suicide

4 days ago | valawyersweekly.com | Nate Delesline III

A man who attempted to kill himself while detained in the back of a police car and later sued law enforcement for failing to secure a weapon cannot recover in tort for injuries arising from his own “illegal or immoral” acts, the Supreme Court of Virginia has ruled. Dennis C. Howard sued Spotsylvania County Sheriff Roger Harris and Deputy David Setlock for injuries he sustained after a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head.
Company’s communication on bonus plan found improper

1 week ago | valawyersweekly.com | Nate Delesline III

A company’s “optional bonus plan” offer to class members of a pending overtime compensation case that was contingent on the workers agreeing to waive certain rights and accepting binding arbitration was an improper communication, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled. As a result, employees who signed the agreement must have an opportunity to withdraw their consent.
Internet provider’s arbitration agreement deemed enforceable

1 week ago | valawyersweekly.com | Nick Hurston

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded a case in which three unhappy West Virginia customers sued their internet service provider but attempted to evade their arbitration obligations. Incongruous with the parties’ claims, the district court found that the matter was controlled by an earlier version of the arbitration agreement. Based on that determination, the court denied the defendants’ motions to compel arbitration.
Supreme Court hands Trump win under Alien Enemies Act

2 weeks ago | valawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., lacked the authority to grant equitable relief to plaintiffs subject to detention and removal under an executive order issued by President Trump pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act targeting Venezuelan nationals alleged to be Tren de Aragua gang members, a divided U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in vacating temporary restraining orders issued by U.S. District Court Chief Judge James E. Boasberg.
SCOTUS allows truck driver’s RICO suit against CBD gummy maker

2 weeks ago | valawyersweekly.com | Pat Murphy

A truck driver who alleged he lost his job when he failed a drug test due to taking CBD gummies to relieve accident-related pain can pursue a civil RICO suit against the gummy maker as there is no “antecedent-personal-injury bar” under 18 U.S.C. §1964(c) precluding recovery for business or property losses derived from a personal injury, a divided U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in affirming a decision from the 2nd Circuit. Click here to read the full text of Medical Marijuana v. Horn.
Judge: human embryos can’t be partitioned

3 weeks ago | valawyersweekly.com | Nick Hurston

Human embryos may not be partitioned under Virginia Code § 8.01-83 or § 8.01-93, despite earlier statements by a judge to the contrary, a Fairfax County Circuit Court judge has found in an issue of first impression. Unable to agree on how to distribute two frozen embryos after failing to address the matter during their divorce, the wife sought relief with a partition suit. The court granted reconsideration of the issue after demurrer and conducted extensive research. Judge Dontaé L.
Court lacks jurisdiction over church property spat

3 weeks ago | valawyersweekly.com | Correy E. Stephenson

A circuit court lacked jurisdiction to hear a church property dispute as the church had filed the matter with an ecclesiastical adjudicator before attempting to challenge the decision in civil court with a contrary position, a panel of the Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled. Shalom Presbyterian Church of Washington attempted to separate itself from the Atlantic Korean American Presbytery, or AKAP. As part of the process, it sought to retain control over real property and assets.
Argument on appeal violated approbate-reprobate doctrine

1 month ago | valawyersweekly.com | Nick Hurston

A state agency’s broad employment determination could not be challenged as the appellant’s brief failed to support its assignment of error, which was itself inconsistent with the position it took before the agency, the Supreme Court of Virginia has decided. On appeal from the agency’s determination that it was liable for a worker’s unemployment benefits, appellant Amazon Logistics sought a class-wide determination that all similar workers were independent contractors.
Prescription drug racketeering class action lawsuit dismissed

1 month ago | valawyersweekly.com | Nick Hurston

A class action alleging that a drug manufacturer, a specialty pharmacy and two health care nonprofits colluded to artificially inflate the price and dispensed quantity of a prescription drug was properly dismissed, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendants’ implied misrepresentations violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and various state laws.
General contractor’s actions asserting indemnification fail

1 month ago | valawyersweekly.com | Correy E. Stephenson

A contractor failed to state a claim for contractual indemnification where the language of its contracts was not an actionable indemnification provision and void for public policy reasons, a panel of the Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled. When the general contractor was sued for breach of contract over the construction of an apartment building, it filed separate actions against each of its subcontractors, asserting indemnification.