No. 18-412

Jael Watts v. Michael Allen, et al.

Lower Court: Virginia
Docketed: 2018-10-02
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: access-to-courts court-access due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-trial seventh-amendment state-law tort-immunity
Latest Conference: 2018-12-07
Question Presented (from Petition)

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.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Virginia Supreme Court's dismissal of the Petitioner's appeal without reaching the merits of the case violates the Petitioner's fundamental rights to due-process, equal-protection, jury-trial

Docket Entries

2018-12-10
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/7/2018.
2018-11-01
Brief of respondents Michael Allen, et al. in opposition filed.
2018-05-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 1, 2018)

Attorneys

Jael Watts
Jael Watts — Petitioner
Michael Allen, et al.
Julia Bougie JudkinsBancroft, McGavin, Horvath & Judkins, PC, Respondent