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Jael Watts v. Michael Allen, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 170922 · judgment February 28, 2018


Certiorari denied · December 10, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the Virginia Supreme Court's dismissal of the Petitioner's appal, without reaching the merits of the case, violates the Petitioner's fundamental rights to: (A) due process, and (B) equal protection of law, as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. Whether the Virginia Supreme Court's decision to uphold an insurer's trt immunity violates the Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment fundamental rights to: (A) due process, and (B) equal protection of law. Whether the Virginia Supreme Court's decision to uphold an insurer'stort immunity violates the Petitioner's right to a jury trial under the Seventh Amendment. 0

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jael Watts

For respondent
Julia Bougie Judkins
Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath & Judkins, PC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 10 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 20 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/7/2018.
  3. Nov 01 2018
    Brief of respondents Michael Allen, et al. in opposition filed.
  4. May 25 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 1, 2018)