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SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Washington, DC Case Summary Williams v. Rajesh & Sadhna, LLC District of Columbia Court of Appeals Nos. 21-CV-408 & 21-CV-418 Decided: December 22, 2022 Plaintiff must exhaust all administrative remedies before challenging a construction permit in D.C. Superior Court. Background Plaintiff Desiree Williams resided in the top floor of a building in… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Virginia Case Summary Arch Ins. Co. v. FVCbank Virginia Supreme Court No. 211050 Decided: December 29, 2022 When a company obtains a right through subrogation, it is placed in the position of its subrogor and can have no greater rights than those of the subrogor. Background Dominion Mechanical Contractors is a subcontracting… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Federal Case Summary Moravia Motorcycle, Inc. v. Allstate Ins. Co. U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania No. 21-1274 Decided: October 19, 2022 Plaintiffs’ Motion for leave to amend Complaint and join additional party denied where Motion was filed beyond deadline and where Plaintiffs knew or should have known of… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summaries McGuire v. City of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Supreme Court No. 26 WAP 2021 Decided: November 23, 2022 Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirms decision that the City did not have a statutory duty to indemnify police officer. Background In 2012, a sixteen-year-old McGuire and some friends vandalized holiday decorations and created a… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Maryland Case Summary Tapestry, Inc. v. Factory Mut. Ins. Co. Maryland Supreme Court Misc. No. 1, September Term, 2022 Decided: December 15, 2022 The Supreme Court of Maryland holds that a first party, all-risk insurance policy, which covers “all risks of physical loss or damage,” does not cover functional loss of insured… read more