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SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summaries Jiminez v. Burlington Stores, Inc. Pennsylvania Superior Court No. 1409 EDA 2021 Decided: October 26, 2022 Good faith effort at service demonstrated following COVID-19 judicial declaration of emergency. Background Plaintiff brought suit for injuries sustained while shopping in Defendant’s store on April 4, 2018. Plaintiff filed a Praecipe for… read more

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

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

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

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