Tort
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Weekly Roundup: 9/3 – 9/7
By: Lanie Summerlin Henderson v. Bluefield Hosp. Co. In this civil appeal, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) appealed the… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms $4 Million Dollar Awards for Four Plaintiffs in Major Products Liability Case
By: Katherine Wenner & Holly Ingram On February 6, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Verdict for Plaintiffs in Products Liability Action
By Mickey Herman On Thursday, January 17, 2017, the Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion in the civil case Huskey v.… Read More
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Government Contractor Defense Now Available in Failure to Warn Cases
By M. Allie Clayton On November 1, 2016, in the civil case of Ripley v. Foster Wheeler, LLC, a published… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Explains the Collateral Source Rule Pertains to Medicaid
By Kelsey Mellan On October 7, 2016, the Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion in Simms v. United States, a… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment in Case of Pesticide Application to Peanuts
By Malorie Letcavage On December 2, 2015, the Fourth Circuit issued its published opinion in Severn Peanut Co., Inc. v.… Read More
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FCTA’s Discretionary Function Exception Applies to the Placement and Handling of Prisoners, According to Fourth Circuit
By Daniel Stratton On December 29, 2015, the Fourth Circuit affirmed in part, and reversed in part, a district court’s dismissal… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Holds No Duty for Insurer to Defend Hunt Club Member Who Accidentally Shot Passing Driver
By Elizabeth DeFrance In an opinion for the civil case, Marks v. Scottsdale Ins. Co., published June 29, 2015, the… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Examines Duty to Inspect and Proximate Cause in FRSA Case
By Kayleigh Butterfield On April 30, 2015, the Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion in the civil case Harris v. Norfolk… Read More
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Application of West Virginia’s “Gist of the Action” Doctrine Examined by the Fourth Circuit
By Mikhail Petrov In the civil case of Dan Ryan Builders, Inc. v. Crystal Ridge Development, Inc., Plaintiff, Dan Ryan… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Claims by Target of Assassination Attempt
By Patrick Southern On March 25, the Fourth Circuit released a published opinion in the civil case of Johnson v. American… Read More
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Tort Claim Against Spam E-Mail Senders Barred By Consent Doctrine
By Patrick Southern Today, in Beyond Systems, Inc. v. Kraft Foods, Inc., the Fourth Circuit held in a published decision that the… Read More