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December 01, 2022
eNotes: Liability – December 2022 – Maryland
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Maryland Case Summaries Bel Air Auto Auction, Inc. v. Great N. Ins. Co. United States Supreme Court No. 22-392 Decided: November 21, 2022 The Supreme Court denied a Maryland company’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari on the issue of whether, under Maryland law, a COVID-related financial hit to the business was insured… read more
December 01, 2022
eNotes – Liability – December 2022 – Washington, DC
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Washington, DC Case Summary Gardner v. Erie Ins. Co. United States District Court for the District of Columbia 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 201746 Decided: November 4, 2022 Granting a Motion to dismiss is proper when a party has not waived, and is not estopped from, asserting its limitations provision as an affirmative… read more
December 01, 2022
eNotes: Liability – December 2022 – Virginia
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Virginia Case Summary Hawkins v. Town of South Hill Virginia Supreme Court No. 21848 Decided: October 20, 2022 The “personnel information” exemption to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act is based on a reasonable person’s privacy expectation. Background In 2019, Richard Hawkins, III sought documents from the Town of South Hill related… read more
December 01, 2022
eNotes: Liability – December 2022 – North Carolina
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES North Carolina Case Summary Farmer v. Troy Univ. North Carolina Supreme Court No. 457PA19-2 Decided: November 4, 2022 Sovereign immunity can be waived by the “sue and be sued” clause of the North Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act. Background Troy University, an Alabama state institution, opened an office in Fayetteville, North Carolina in… read more
November 01, 2022
eNotes: Liability – November 2022 – Federal
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Federal Case Summaries Testa v. Broomall Operating Co., L.P. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania No. 21-5148-KSM, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147856 Decided: August 18, 2022 Claim for COVID-19 death of nursing home patient survives Motion to Dismiss. Background Plaintiff Testa brought this negligence suit after her mother… read more