Virginia Lawyers Weekly articles from September 2008

Virginia Lawyers Weekly archives from September 2008

Alexandria U.S. District Court: Jackson v. Geren.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Employment Discrimination - Title VII- Race - Army Civilian Employee A civilian employee of the U.S. Army who served as an assistant sports director in Italy loses on summary judgment his Title VII suit alleging he,...

Virginia Lawyers in the News: September 1, 2008.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Sarah Rodriguez Edward E. Nicholas has joined the Richmond office of Vandeventer Black. Nicholas concentrates his law practice in construction, business and commercial litigation, insurance litigation and professional liability...

Suit over property owners' group nixed by Frederick County Circuit judge.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Peter Vieth A lawsuit that sought the breakup of a 2,700-member property owners' association near Winchester has been tossed out of court. Frederick County Circuit Judge John R. Prosser ruled in open court Tuesday that a...

Professional negligence claim against engineering firm OK, rules Fairfax Circuit judge.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Peter Vieth The owners of a parking lot damaged under the weight of heavy trash trucks can sue the engineering firm that designed the lot for professional negligence. The reason: the economic loss rule. The case is Central...

Social guest can sue apartment complex, rules Loudoun County judge.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Alan Cooper A social guest can proceed on his claim that the owner of an apartment complex is liable for injuries inflicted on him by a trespasser at the complex, a Loudoun County judge has ruled. The claim grew out of a...

Virginia's court-appointed lawyers finally filing fee waivers.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Alan Cooper Virginia's court-appointed criminal defense attorneys appear to be finally getting with the program. They are filing their fee forms asking for a waiver of Virginia's caps on court-appointed fees. That's a...

Will the Virginia State Bar renew Fastcase?
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins You've done your research and you're ready to represent your client, a Virginia Beach night club, in a challenge to the local noise ordinance. Case law in hand, you head to court. There may not be...

Verdicts & Settlements September 1, 2008: Discectomy, fusion related to wreck five years earlier.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly $518,000 Verdict On Jan. 31, 2001, the 45-year-old plaintiff was traveling on Central Park Boulevard in Fredericksburg when the defendant attempted to make a left turn in front of her and struck her vehicle....

Verdicts & Settlements September 1, 2008: Mediator's legal conclusion key to resolution of case.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly $285,000 Settlement This claim arises out of an automobile collision that occurred on Aug. 3, 2003, in Dinwiddie County. Decedent was operating a Craftsman riding lawnmower southbound on state Route 645....

Verdicts & Settlements September 1, 2008: Teenager falls from car when driver stops quickly.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly $100,000 Verdict The plaintiff was 15 years old and the front seat passenger in a car occupied by four of his friends. All were between the ages of 15 and 16. While the car was parked, the plaintiff got a...

Loudoun County Circuit Court: Shehan v. Rush.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Negligence - Premises Liability - Third-Party Assault - Social Guest A tenant's guest who was attacked by a trespasser to the apartment complex can sue the complex owners and managers, who allegedly had claimed...

U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S. v. Henry.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Criminal - Speedy Trial Act - Continuance - Ends Of Justice - Marijuana Plants A West Virginia couple charged with growing marijuana at their home have their convictions overturned by the 4th Circuit because the...

Richmond U.S. District Court: Ostergen v. McDonnell.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Civil Rights - Online Land Records - Privacy Right - SSNs A Richmond U.S. District Court holds that Va. Code s. 59.1-443.2 is unconstitutional and cannot be applied to the Web site of a privacy-rights advocate...

Alexandria U.S. District Court: U.S. v. Foggo.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Criminal - Mail Fraud - Conspiracy - Government Contract An Alexandria U.S. District Court denies a former high-ranking CIA official's motion to dismiss the bulk of the counts against him in a second superseding...

District of Columbia U.S. District Court: McQueen v. Harvey, Sec'y of the Army.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Employment Discrimination - Race - Title VII - Civilian Army Employee - Venue An African-American civilian employee of the U.S. Army who alleges he lost out to a white co-worker for a promotion because of race...

Norfolk U.S. District Court: Castel v. Advantis Real Estate Services Co.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Labor - FLSA - Attorney's Fees - Overtime Pay A commercial real estate company that settled Fair Labor Standards Act overtime pay claims with seven former property accountants in the Norfolk office is ordered by the...

Alexandria U.S. District Court: Perez v. Vance Uniform Protection Services Inc.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Employment Discrimination - Race - Disparate Treatment - Security Guard A private security company that disciplined plaintiff Caucasian male for an altercation with an African-American coworker by reassigning both...

Roanoke U.S. District Court: Brown v. U.S.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Tort - FTCA - Prison Inmate - Multiple Attacks A federal inmate who alleges he informed prison authorities that he had been attacked and was vulnerable to repeat attack by gang members has his claim under the Federal...

Charlottesville U.S. District Court: SEC v. Dowdell.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Criminal - Securities Fraud - Civil Enforcement - Fee Petition In this civil enforcement action for securities fraud violations, a magistrate judge for the Charlottesville U.S. District Court recommends approval of...

Charlottesville U.S. District Court: SEC v. Dowdell.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Criminal - Securities Fraud - Civil Enforcement - Fee Petition In this civil enforcement action for securities fraud violations, a magistrate judge for the Charlottesville U.S. District Court recommends approval of...

Roanoke U.S. District Court: Torres v. Bowles.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Civil Rights - Correctional Employee - Disability Discharge - Equal Protection A Roanoke U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff former employee's claim that defendant correctional officials violated her due process...

Big Stone Gap U.S. District Court: U.S. v. Kistler.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Criminal - Indictment Sufficiency - 'Interstate Threats' A Big Stone Gap U.S. District Court says an indictment is barely sufficient to charge defendant with transmitting in interstate commerce a communication...

Virginia Court of Appeals: Jones v. Commonwealth.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Search & Seizure - Consensual Encounter - Man In Parked Car - Drugs In Bag Police had reasonable articulable suspicion to seize defendant and order him out of his car after he three times failed to comply with a...

Virginia Court of Appeals: Pritchett v. Commonwealth.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Criminal - Venue Change - Murder & Robbery - Batson Claim A circuit court trying defendant for first-degree murder and robbery did not err in denying defendant's motion for a change of venue based on prejudicial...

Virginia Court of Appeals: Welch v. Newport News Dep't of Human Servs.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Domestic Relations - Termination Of Parental Rights - Cocaine Addiction The Court of Appeals affirms termination of the parental rights of a mother who was a homeless cocaine addict prior to the child's birth and...

Virginia Court of Appeals: Lee v. Frederick County Dep't of Social Servs.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Domestic Relations - Delinquency - Custody Return - Jurisdiction A circuit court did not err in dismissing a mother's motion to return custody of her son after the child's prior delinquency charges were dismissed,...

Virginia Court of Appeals: State Water Control Board v. Captain's Cove Utility Co.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Environmental - Pollutant Discharge Permit - Sewage Treatment Facility A trial court erred in ordering the State Water Control Board to issue a Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit to a utility...

Virginia Court of Appeals: Jackson v. Commonwealth.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Search & Seizure - Traffic Stop - Noise Ordinance A police officer had a reasonable, articulable suspicion to stop defendant's vehicle for a possible violation of the local noise ordinance, where the officer could...

Virginia Court of Appeals: Crossman v. Harrisonburg Rockingham Social Servs. Dist.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Domestic Relations - Third-Party Visitation - Adult Child The Court of Appeals summarily affirms a trial court decision dismissing appellant's third-party petition for visitation with a child who has reached 18 years...

Virginia Court of Appeals: Conner v. Commonwealth of Va., Dep't of Social Servs.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Administrative - Welfare Benefits Suspension - Job Search The Court of Appeals affirms suspension of appellant's benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, as a sanction for appellant's...

Virginia Court of Appeals: Baker v. Commonwealth.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Criminal - Trespass - Ban From Property Although defendant argued the commonwealth failed to prove that a No Trespass sign had been posted by the true owner of the property where defendant was apprehended, and thus...

Virginia Court of Appeals: Commonwealth v. Johnson.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Criminal - Informant Tip - No Taillights A known informant who reported to a deputy that the informant had observed a silver Toyota, with a specific tag number, traveling with no taillights activated, did not provide...

Virginia Court of Appeals: Twyman v. Comm'r, Va. Dep't of Social Servs.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Administrative - Sexual Abuse Finding - Consistent Account The Court of Appeals upholds an administrative law judge's finding that appellant sexually abused a child in his care, based on the child's repeated and...

Fairfax Circuit Court: Central Park Drive LLC v. Rinker Design Assocs.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Contract - Parking Lot Design - Economic Loss Rule A parking lot designer cannot use the economic loss rule to persuade a Fairfax Circuit Court to dismiss plaintiff recycling business's suit alleging breach of...

Roanoke County Circuit Court: Leonard v. Leonard's Contracting Inc.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Partnerships - Accounting - Additional Defendants A Roanoke County Circuit Court denies plaintiff's motion to amend his suit for a partnership accounting to add new individual defendants whom plaintiff now alleges...

Loudoun County Circuit Court: Shehan v. Rush (.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Negligence - Premises Liability - Third-Party Assault - Social Guest A tenant's guest who was attacked by a trespasser to the apartment complex can sue the complex owners and managers, who allegedly had claimed...

Second homeowners' group suit dismissed by U.S. District Court.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Peter Vieth A second lawsuit challenging the actions of a community homeowners' group in Virginia has been dismissed. U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon ruled that evidence did not support charges of racketeering and extortion...

Appellate experts in Va.: Use moot courts to practice argument.(Virginia)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Alan Cooper Moot court sessions are an invaluable tool in preparing an appellate argument, Virginia's solicitor general and his predecessor told a group of appellate specialists last month. The sessions help an attorney...

Chesapeake Circuit Court rules state fund can recoup from hospital authority.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins The Virginia state fund that steps up for insolvent insurance carriers can recover from a local hospital authority workers' comp payments that should have been made by Reciprocal of America. In an Aug. 25...

Tough stuff.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Alan Cooper Bribery, bankruptcy, failure to pay debts and taking money from children. Tough stuff for a general election, much less a Republican nomination contest. Too tough for Paul C. Jost, the challenger for the seat...

Commentary: Too good to be true?
September 8, 2008... Byline: Sarah Rodriguez For any law firm, large or small, the process of hiring a new employee can be daunting. Large firms have recruiting coordinators and hiring committees. But small firms usually have one partner, maybe two,...

Verdict & Settlements September 8, 2008: Renal failure, sepsis, death follow podiatric surgery.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly On May 7, 2006, plaintiff's decedent, Jane Doe, went to a local hospital's emergency department with complaints of left calf pain and a recent onset of blisters around her left ankle. Her skin turgor was...

Verdict & Settlements September 8, 2008: Radiologist fails to diagnose enlargement of aneurysm.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Decedent was 47 years old, unmarried and without children. He was the primary care provider for his elderly mother and was the owner and operator of a small business. Decedent had a known history of a...

Verdict & Settlements September 8, 2008: Vocal cord procedure causes chronic cough - $875K.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Plaintiff, a 56-year-old legal secretary, had been treated by the defendant, an anesthesiologist specializing in pain management, for headaches. After prior successful radio frequency neurolysis the...

Chesapeake Circuit Court: Commonwealth v. McMillian.(case of murder and larceny)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Criminal - Murder - Grand Larceny - 'Other Crimes' Evidence At defendant's trial for murder and grand larceny of a commercial dump truck, a Chesapeake Circuit Court says the prosecution can introduce evidence...

4th Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S. v. Moses.(cases of probable cause and search and seizure)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Search & Seizure - Probable Cause - Exigent Circumstances - Duplex Search Police had probable cause and were justified by exigent circumstances in searching unit A of a duplex on Cedar Street in Greensboro,...

4th Circuit Court of Appeals: Ogundipe v. Mukasey.(illegal immigrant case)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Immigration - Special Visa - 'Grandfathered Alien' - Status Adjustment The 4th Circuit denies a Nigerian citizen's petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals' order for petitioner's voluntary...

Richmond U.S. District Court: Thomas M. Gilbert Architects P.C. v. Accent Builders & Developers LLC.(case of copyright infringement)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Intellectual Property - Copyright Infringement - Townhouse Plans In an architect's copyright suit against a developer who allegedly removed the copyright notice from plaintiff's architectural plans for a...

Richmond U.S. District Court: Guthrie v. Flanagan.(legal malpractice case)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Attorneys - Legal Malpractice - Default Judgment - N.C. Law Defendant lawyer who failed to file an answer in a lawsuit asserting multiple tort claims against plaintiff clients arising from a sale of inventory...

U.S. District Court in Charlottesville: Proctor v. Green.(child abuse investigations)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Civil Rights - Due Process - Child Abuse Investigation A father cannot amend his suit under 42 U.S.C. s. 1983 against various social service officials for claims arising out of a two-year investigation into...

Charlottesville U.S. District Court: Johns v. Stillwell.(fair housing act and racism)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Civil Rights - Fair Housing Act - Racist Epithets - Tenant Restrictions A Charlottesville U.S. District Court denies a landlord's motion to dismiss plaintiff tenants' claim under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C....

Lynchburg U.S. District Court: Alexander v. Delta Star Inc.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Employment Discrimination - Title VII - Exhaustion Of Remedies - EEOC Letter A Lynchburg U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff's Title VII lawsuit alleging retaliation for her earlier race and sex...

Abingdon U.S. District Court: U.S. v. Mitchell.(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Criminal - Sentence Reduction - Defendant's 'Substantial Assistance' An Abingdon U.S. District Court grants an evidentiary hearing on defendant's motion to compel alleging he was promised a sentence reduction...

Danville U.S. District Court: Shuler v. Corning Inc.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Employment Discrimination - Title VII - Race - Hostile Environment - Break Room Politics A Danville U.S. District Court dismisses a pro se complaint alleging that plaintiff, an African-American employee of...

Norfolk U.S. Bankruptcy Court: In re Baseline Sports Inc.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Bankruptcy - Jurisdiction - Debtor's Settlement - Fraud Claims Although a Norfolk U.S. Bankruptcy Court has jurisdiction to interpret its own order that approved a settlement between plaintiff bank and defendant...

Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court: In re Palacios.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Bankruptcy - Credit Counseling - Lack Of Income - Waiver An Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court denies debtor's request for deferment of the statutory requirement for credit counseling due to debtor's current lack...

Alexandria U.S. District Court: In re Shea.(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Bankruptcy - Credit Counseling - Waiver - Job Loss An Alexandria U.S. District Court denies debtor's request for a waiver of the Bankruptcy Code's requirement of credit counseling prior to filing the Chapter 7...

Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court: In re Aime.(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Bankruptcy - Automatic Stay Relief - Vehicle Loan A bank is granted relief by the Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court from a Chapter 7 debtor's automatic stay in bankruptcy to allow the bank to repossess a 2007...

Virginia Court of Appeals: Waller v. Commonwealth.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Criminal - Felon In Possession - Necessity Defense Although defendant said his nephew threatened to return to defendant's home with a gun, after the two had argued, defendant did not retreat or call the police,...

Virginia Court of Appeals: T.S.G. v. B.A.S.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Domestic Relations - Adoption - Maternal Grandmother - Fraud Although the mother of a 10-year-old boy who has lived with his grandmother since age two contends she withdrew her consent to adoption by the...

Virginia Court of Appeals: Cross v. Commonwealth.(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Criminal - Conditional Guilty Plea - Misdemeanor On remand from the Supreme Court of Virginia in light of Virginia v. Moore, 128 S.Ct. 1598 (2008), the Virginia Court of Appeals holds that the trial court did not...

Richmond Circuit Court: W.O. Grubb Steel Erection Inc. v. Rail Trusts Equipment Inc.(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Civil Procedure - Default Judgment - Jurisdiction - 'Doing Business' A Richmond Circuit Court declines to set aside a default judgment in this contract action against a Florida corporation, finding the court had...

Chesapeake Circuit Court: Va. Property & Cas. Ins. Guaranty Ass'n v. Chesapeake Hospital Authority.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Corporate - 'Person' - Hospital Authority - Guaranty Association A hospital authority that had its workers' compensation coverage through the Virginia Guaranty Association after its comp carrier, Reciprocal of...

Richmond Circuit Court: Kimble v. Carey.(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Negligence - Rescue Doctrine - Amendment To Complaint A Richmond Circuit Court denies reconsideration of its earlier refusal to allow plaintiff to amend her complaint to allege willful wanton conduct due to...

Richmond Circuit Court: Borgenicht v. Norment.
September 8, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Tort - Defamation - Political Campaign LiteratureIn this defamation action by a candidate for the Virginia Senate in 2003 against his opponent, the incumbent, based on statements in campaign literature, a Richmond...

Va. Lawyers in the News: September 15, 2008.(Virginia)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Sarah Rodriguez Troutman Sanders LLP has added three attorneys to the firm's trusts & estates practice group in its Tysons Corner office. Molly F. James joined the firm as a partner. She was previously a partner and head of the...

Downtown diners and county-seat cafes in Va.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Peter Vieth First in an occasional series There is one in almost every city and town in Virginia -- a local lunch counter where lawyers congregate for a quick bite in the middle of the work day. Often close to a...

Future of Fair Trial Project in jeopardy in Va.(Virginia)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Alan Cooper Critics railed for decades about the inadequacy of pay for attorneys who represent indigent criminal defendants in Virginia. But little happened until an organization was formed to hire a staff and develop a strategy to...

Va. Virginia Department of Transportation settles case of troubled bridge over water.(Virginia)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Alan Cooper The company that built a series of bridges and constructed the Clarksville bypass segment to widen U.S. 58 wanted to be paid $24 million for a cost overrun. The Virginia Department of Transportation offered about...

Verdicts & Settlements September 15, 2008: Tractor-trailer collision causes severe injuries.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Plaintiff was a 17-year-old high school student. He was a rising senior and an honor student. He was also an accomplished football player and wrestler. Several colleges had expressed interest in...

Verdicts & Settlements September 15, 2008: Mesothelioma blamed on exposure to brake pads.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiff, who was 59 at the time of trial, was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in August 2006. The plaintiff sued a host of defendants, claiming that cumulative exposure to asbestos caused his...

Verdict & Settlements September 15, 2008: Chronic, intermittent pain caused by rear-end crash.(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Plaintiff was rear ended by the defendant and sustained neck and upper back injuries that were permanent, but intermittent. Medical expenses were $15,331.90 ($7,450 was for a TENS unit). Future...

Verdicts & Settlements September 15, 2008: Dialysis center disputes claim of fall by patient.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiff was a 38-year-old female with end-stage renal disease who began receiving kidney dialysis at the defendant facility in January 2002. She continued to receive treatment without incident...

4th Circuit: U.S. v. Srivastava.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Search & Seizure - Blanket Suppression Order - Healthcare Fraud Suspect - Tax Evasion On interlocutory appeal, the 4th Circuit vacates a district court's blanket suppression order of financial documents seized by...

Norfolk U.S. District Court: Senture LLC v. Dietrich.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Employment - Contract - Noncompete - Kentucky Law In a government contractor's suit alleging defendant former employees violated a noncompete by going to work for a competing producer of secure IDs, a Norfolk...

Richmond U.S. District Court: Smurfit-Stone Container Enters. Inc. v. National Interstate Ins. Co.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Insurance - 'Additional Insured' - Vicarious Liability - Missouri Law A Hopewell paper company that contributed $200,000 to settle a truck driver's negligence action against the company and a transportation...

Lynchburg U.S. District Court: U.S. v. Sampler.(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Criminal - Speedy Trial Act - Georgia Custody A Lynchburg U.S. District Court denies a drug defendant's motion to dismiss his prosecution for violation of the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. s. 3161, because...

Norfolk U.S. Bankruptcy Court: In re Varona.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Bankruptcy - 'False Claims' - Sanctions - FDCPA - Limitations A Norfolk U.S. Bankruptcy Court says it has authority under s.105 of the Bankruptcy Code to sanction a creditor for filing false or fraudulent...

Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court: DANA Liquidating Trust v. Hainan Airlines Co. Ltd.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Bankruptcy - Debtor Airline - Warranty Claims - Trust In this airline bankruptcy case, an Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court finds that the liquidating trust has carried its burden of proving debtor's entitlement...

Newport News U.S. Bankruptcy Court: In re Loy.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Bankruptcy - English Bankruptcy Order - Trustee Property Sale - Adversary Proceeding A Newport News U.S. Bankruptcy Court denies a trustee's motion to sell Hampton real estate that debtor transferred to himself...

Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court: In re Hoskings.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins CBankruptcy - Plan Confirmation - Disposable Income - 'Hanging Paragraph' An Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court says a Chapter 13 debtor's plan passes muster under the Bankruptcy Code's test for use of disposable...

Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court: In re DeGrosseilliers.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Bankruptcy - Plan Confirmation - Creditor Payments - Means Test An Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court denies confirmation of a Chapter 13 plan that proposes to pay unsecured creditors only 49 cents on the dollar,...

Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court: In re Rowe Furniture Inc.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Bankruptcy - Proof Of Claims - Related Cases An Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court will allow 13 claims filed by Riverside Claims LLC after the claims bar date, totaling $196,589, as amendments to claims that were...

Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court: In re Ayres-Haley.
September 15, 2008... Byline: Deborah Elkins Bankruptcy - Late Claim - Plan Payment Completion - Vehicle Sale An Alexandria U.S. Bankruptcy Court rejects a creditor's claim for a deficiency, filed after the creditor was granted relief from the automatic...