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  • Fear of Firing Not Reason to Quit
    Although a truck dispatcher said she did not receive sufficient training and she quit her job because she feared she would be fired, her apprehension was not good cause to leave her job, and the Court of Appeals affirms the denial of unemployment compensation. The Virginia Employment Commission found claimant’s reason for quitting was not – [...]
  • No Res Judicata Bar for Easement Dispute
    In this dispute between plaintiff gas transmission company and defendant property owners over the scope of an easement over defendants’ land, the Richmond U.S. District Court grants plaintiff partial summary judgment on defendants’ claim that the suit is barred by res judicata based on their neighbors’ earlier lawsuit; but the court will allow defendant property [...]
  • Md. Hospital Can’t Be Sued in Va.
    The estate of a man who allegedly contracted a MRSA infection because of the negligence of defendant, a hospital in Maryland, cannot sue the hospital under the Maryland Health Care Claims Act in a Virginia federal court; the Richmond U.S. District Court transfers the case to a Maryland federal court. Plaintiff fails to identify any Virginia [...]
  • No Conspiracy in Software Contract Talks
    Although plaintiff had a contract with a software company to market its software and negotiate a contract with Freddie Mac to replace the agency’s quality control software, Freddie Mac wanted a three-party relationship, and its ultimate decision to form a contract only with the software company did not breach an agency contract with plaintiff marketing [...]

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