Smokes-smugglers ring snuffed out in Alexandria
By News in Brief
Published: August 25, 2008
ALEXANDRIA — Authorities say they’ve broken up a major cigarette-smuggling ring in Northern Virginia.
According to documents filed in federal court, conspirators in New York paid smugglers in Fairfax County more than $4 million for about 200,000 cartons of cigarettes over two years.
Officials say many of the deals were done at an Annandale restaurant. Cigarettes were [...]
Kaine backs preservation plan for Fort Monroe
By News in Brief
Published: August 25, 2008
Governor Tim Kaine is endorsing a plan for the future of Fort Monroe, saying it ensures the preservation of the historic Hampton property for generations to come.
The governor on Tuesday backed a plan developed by the Fort Monroe Federal Area Development Authority, which is assessing the base’s future once the military departs in 2011.
The authority [...]
Civil Rights – College Student Expulsion – Sexual Misconduct Offense – Due Process 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: August 25, 2008
A Roanoke U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to defendant dean of student affairs at Radford University on plaintiff student’s claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging he was denied due process in the university’s expulsion of the student for sexual misconduct.
Plaintiff was a third-year nursing student at Radford. He, his graduate student wife and [...]
Liberty U. fined for wetland, stream damage
By News in Brief
Published: August 25, 2008
LYNCHBURG—Liberty University has agreed to pay $9,270 in fines for minor wetland and stream damage resulting from a dorm project.
Department of Environmental Quality enforcement officer Marvin Booth says the damage involved a small amount of forest wetlands and 65 feet of a small stream.
Booth says the DEQ also ordered Liberty to create a small amount [...]
VDOT launches new traffic info Web site
By News in Brief
Published: August 25, 2008
The Virginia Department of Transportation is launching an improved 511 traffic information Web site.
Officials say the new site allows travelers to personalize information about construction, accidents and driving directions.
Travelers can also receive free mobile alerts.
The free 511 system provides users with incident and construction information. That information is gathered from VDOT crews, safety service patrols, [...]
Low-impact rear-end collision causes chronic pain to back – $400,000 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: August 25, 2008
Plaintiff is a 56-year-old Korean woman who testified via interpreter. She was struck from behind by the defendant while stopped at a traffic light. There was little to no damage to the rear of the plaintiff’s vehicle, and defense counsel entered pictures of the bumper into evidence. However, the plaintiff suffered immediate [...]
UVa: No signs at ball games will be tolerated
By News in Brief
Published: August 25, 2008
CHARLOTTESVILLE—The University of Virginia is enacting a new policy that bans all signs at its athletic events.
The Charlottesville school notified students of the policy last week.
Athletics department officials say the change is intended to support and promote sportsmanship in a positive game-day environment. It applies to football and basketball games, as well as all other [...]
Student has kneecap removed due to infection after surgery – Defense Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: August 25, 2008
On July 16, 2000, the plaintiff, who was a student and a gymnast, was injured while hiking and fell approximately 40 feet into a body of water. She suffered an open patellar fracture and was taken to a local emergency room. An orthopedic surgeon was consulted and operated the same day. The [...]
Ex-lawyer Conrad pleads guilty to fraud
By News in Brief
Published: August 25, 2008
ALEXANDRIA—A disbarred Woodbridge attorney has pleaded guilty to a federal fraud count related to what prosecutors say was the theft of more than $3.5 million from his clients.
Stephen T. Conrad, 40, worked on personal injury and workers’ compensation cases. Court documents say until last December he forged his clients’ signatures and misappropriated funds coming from [...]
New Kent judge rejects assessments attack tactic
By News in Brief
Published: August 25, 2008
A second Virginia circuit judge has rejected an effort by property owners upset with their assessments to use a little-known Virginia law to draft their commonwealth’s attorneys to press their case.
Property owners had filed petitions with commonwealth’s attorney C. Linwood Gregory in New Kent County and Gary A. Agar in Accomack County under Code § [...]
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