Sanctions: Court admonishes attorney for ‘dubious arguments’
Where an opening brief almost entirely failed to grapple with the grounds the district court relied on to dismiss the claims, and regurgitated an argument this court previously rejected in […]
View ArticleSanctions: Law firm sanctioned more than $1 million
Where a law firm engaged in bad faith misconduct, including repeated defiance of court orders, frivolous motions and last-minute document dumps, the trial court’s $1 million plus sanction was affirmed....
View ArticleSanctions: Company sanctioned for failing to preserve accident video
Where a grocery store failed to preserve video allegedly showing a store employee hitting a customer’s shopping cart with a pallet jack, and the customer was prejudiced by the destruction, […]
View ArticleSanctions: Man sanctioned for his perjury, lies and submission of fabricated...
Where the court previously sanctioned a man who committed perjury, lied to the court and submitted fabricated evidence, but the Virginia Corporate Crimes Act, or VCCA, subsection at issue does […]
View ArticleSanctions: Lawsuit dismissed for failure to respond to discovery
Where a man failed to respond to discovery for five months, and then failed to comply with a court order providing him an additional 30 days to respond, the circuit […]
View ArticleSanctions: Company didn’t unreasonably delay in finalizing settlement
Where a customer who settled her Lemon Law suit moved for sanctions claiming the vehicle manufacturer unreasonably delayed in finalizing the settlement, but the purported delay was not unreasonable or,...
View ArticleSanctions: Mortgage lender faces sanctions for violating discovery order
Where the court previously overruled a mortgage lender’s objections to two interrogatories and ordered the lender to respond to the requests, but the lender failed to comply with the discovery […]
View ArticleSanctions: $31 million default judgment for discovery sanctions
Where the record showed a strategy of obstruction and delay over the course of the bankruptcy proceedings, including refusing to produce requested information even after being ordered to do so […]
View ArticleSanctions: Sanction vacated because of lack of notice
Where the circuit court failed to provide an attorney with the necessary opportunity to argue against the imposition of sanctions before they were imposed, the sanctions were vacated.
View ArticleSanctions versus attorney reversed by appeals court
An attorney was incorrectly sanctioned by the circuit court where he was not given adequate notice and an opportunity to be heard on the issue, a panel of the Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled in...
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