Commercial: Industrial development authority prevails in suit
Where the Front Royal Industrial Development Authority showed that it correctly prevailed on its claims for ultra vires, conversion, unjust enrichment and breach of contract, its verdict was affirmed....
View ArticleContract: Former client liable for unpaid attorneys’ fees
Where a law firm’s status as a professional limited liability company was cancelled by the commonwealth, but it was later reinstated, the cancellation had no effect on the law firm’s […]
View ArticleParent and child: Mother’s parental rights are terminated after she fails to...
Where the mother failed to appear for a trial on whether a foster plan with a goal of adoption should be approved, made no effort to contact either her counsel […]
View ArticleNegligence: Woman fails to show negligent construction caused accident
Where a woman alleged that two companies negligently created a dangerous temporary on-ramp to Interstate 95 South that proximately caused an automobile collision in which she was injured, the companies...
View ArticleConsumer Protection: En banc court resolves credit dispute
Where a woman who was sued for defaulting on a credit account argued the debt collector lacked standing, but the parties disputed whether the debt collector was the assignee of […]
View ArticleParent and child: Mother’s parental rights are terminated
Where the record supported the circuit court’s determination that termination of the mother’s parental rights were in her three minor children’s best interests, its decision was affirmed. Background...
View ArticleReal property: Man ordered to remove items from easement
Where the trial court ordered a man to remove items from a 50-foot-wide easement, it did not err. The encroachment narrowed the width of a defined easement. Background The Yost […]
View ArticleWills and Trusts: Trustee’s failure to make distributions results in $999,050...
Where a trustee failed to make a distribution as required by the trust documents, the circuit court did not err in finding that it breached its fiduciary duty. Background Kositzka, […]
View ArticleTort: Plaintiffs sue neighbors for tortious interference and conspiracy
Where plaintiffs sued their former neighbors for tortious interference and conspiracy based on allegedly false and defamatory statements, the circuit court erred when it dismissed the suit as time...
View ArticleTort: Husband sues former wife for malicious prosecution
Where the husband sued his former wife for malicious prosecution, after an ex parte protective order she obtained was dissolved, the circuit court erred when it dismissed the lawsuit. None of the three...
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