Choice of law a factor in personal injury case – $192,000 Settlement 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 21, 2008
Plaintiff was an 81-year-old front seat passenger involved in a car accident in Pennsylvania in which her husband, the driver, was at fault for losing control around a turn. Plaintiff and her husband live in Virginia. Plaintiff suffered a comminuted fracture of her proximal femur and underwent an open reduction and internal fixation [...]
Dealer asserts twice-wrecked car had no body damage – $80,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 21, 2008
Prior to July 2005, a 1999 Volvo wagon was involved in at least two collisions, requiring extensive repairs, which included the front end and the frame.
After the first collision, Mooers Volvo of Midlothian, the seller of the vehicle to the first owner, was advised by the first owner that the vehicle had been in a [...]
Use of ‘all natural’ sexual enhancement causes impotence – $1.1 Million Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 21, 2008
A 27-year-old fisherman’s product liability claim settled in mediation for $1.1 million after he suffered ischemic injury to the penis, resulting in impotence.
The man purchased a male sexual enhancement product from a Hampton, Va., convenience store. The product, made in China, was billed as having “all natural” ingredients but plaintiff’s analytical chemist testified in [...]
Chapter 1: Overview
By Paul Fletcher
Published: April 21, 2008
Virginia Lawyers Media is proud to announce the debut of a new Web site for our flagship legal newspaper, Virginia Lawyers Weekly.
The address is the same, www.valawyersweekly.com, but the look and feel are designed to make using the site even easier.
The new home page has three sections: news, opinions and community. The latest news is [...]
The coming fight over nursing home arbitration agreements
By Peter Vieth
Published: April 21, 2008
Despite recent national attention to the issue of patient arbitration agreements, Virginia so far has avoided legal controversy over the efforts by some medical providers to keep disputes over medical care out of the courts.
In 2004 and again in 2005, Virginia circuit judges rejected efforts by nursing homes to force medical malpractice claims into binding [...]
Fair Credit claims prompt $20M class action settlement
By Alan Cooper
Published: April 21, 2008
Telespectrum, a company that operates call centers, took over a Hampton Roads operation in 2005 and ordered background checks on its new employees.
About 30 reports showed felonies that required dismissal of the employees under Telespectrum’s personnel policies. Several employees insisted their records were wrong, and some of them were allowed to return to work after [...]
Court: Delay Web discipline postings
By Alan Cooper
Published: April 21, 2008
The Supreme Court of Virginia has told the Virginia State Bar that the bar should not post disciplinary information about a lawyer on its Web site until the time for filing any appeal has expired.
But the VSB has responded that the restriction on Web site postings is inconsistent with 2001 rule changes that made the [...]
VLW debuts a new Web site
By Paul Fletcher
Published: April 21, 2008
Virginia Lawyers Media is proud to announce the debut of a new Web site for our flagship legal newspaper, Virginia Lawyers Weekly.
The address is the same, www.valawyersweekly.com, but the look and feel are designed to make using the site even easier.
The new home page has three sections: news, opinions and community. The latest news is [...]
Claim against elevator company can proceed
By Peter Vieth
Published: April 21, 2008
A defendant elevator maintenance company cannot escape liability for an elevator accident by arguing that its duty was limited to the terms of its contract with the defendant building owner. That was the ruling by Henrico Circuit Judge Catherine C. Hammond in a recent case involving injuries from a malfunctioning elevator at the Richmond [...]
‘Miranda’ warnings can expedite ex parte contact
By Deborah Elkins
Published: April 21, 2008
An employee claims she was fired when male coworkers were kept on after comparable misconduct. Her lawyer wants to talk to the employer’s former human relations manager about what happened.
Under Virginia rules, a defendant employer can’t necessarily stop the lawyer from talking to the HR manager. But there are limits to what they can talk [...]
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