MRC attorneys prevail in business disputes appeal, premise liability matter, deliberate indifference case

Moran Reeves Conn (Richmond, VA)

MRC attorneys prevail in business disputes appeal, premise liability matter, deliberate indifference case

Moran Reeves Conn’s (MRC) Marty Conn and Stewart Pollock won an appeal in a business dispute that involved allegations of breach of contract and fraud for which Plaintiffs sought millions of dollars in damages. Conn and Pollock tried the case in November of 2022 and prevailed on all but two counts of breach of contract, which they promptly appealed. Pollock argued the appeal in front of Virginia’s Court of Appeals in February 2024. The Court of Appeals reversed the trial court on both counts, resulting in a total victory for MRC’s clients.

In  May 2024, Dewayne Lonas, with pretrial assistance from Rebecca Roberts, obtained a defense verdict in a premises liability case after a  two-day jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, known nationally as the “Rocket Docket.”  The plaintiff in the case alleged that he tripped and fell over a “Caution:  Wet Floor” placed in a dimly lighted area of a hotel dining room. In prevailing at trial, Lonas overcame both a heightened standard of care imposed on hotel operators in Virginia in addition to an adverse inference arising from the hotel’s destruction of the actual sign before trial.  The jury returned its verdict in less than two hours.

Also, in May, Taylor Brewer and Sophia Miller obtained summary judgment for several correctional healthcare providers in a deliberate indifference case in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.

In a seperate matter in July, Brewer along with Katherine Schwieder won a motion to dismiss on behalf of a correctional healthcare provider in a deliberate indifference case in the Eastern District of Virginia.