Search & Seizure - Anonymous Tip - Investigative Stop - DUI Arrest
Published: November 3, 2008
Although police could corroborate some elements of an anonymous tip – the driver’s shirt, the color and make of his car, a partial license plate number and his direction of travel – the tip did not predict specific criminal activity and the Supreme Court of Virginia reverses the DUI conviction.
Harris v. Commonwealth (Va.S.Ct.) (VLW 008-6-104) [...]
Civil Procedure - Appeal Bond - Child Support Arrearage 
Published: November 3, 2008
A father who owed $115,758 in child support cannot pursue an appeal in the Court of Appeals, as the trial court did not err in ruling that the father had to post an appeal bond when he appealed from the JDR court to the circuit court, and the Court of Appeals affirms the judgment.
Pursuant to [...]
Woman’s leg broken in Danville collision - $250,000 Settlement
Published: November 3, 2008
LaWanda Townes was driving a 1999 Dodge on Sept. 21, 2007, at the intersection of Westover and Piedmont drives in Danville when she was involved in a wreck with a 2005 Mini Cooper driven by Lorena Barr. Traffic flow through the intersection was controlled by a traffic signal. Plaintiff claimed she had a green light [...]
Jury doubles award entered by general district judge - $25,000 Verdict
Published: November 3, 2008
The case involved a claim for soft tissue injuries to the neck and back on account of a motor vehicle accident in which the defendant’s car rear-ended the plaintiff’s car. The 28-year-old female plaintiff’s damages consisted primarily of complaints of pain. Her medical bills totaled $2,200. She visited her primary care physician three times [...]
Injuries to 21-year-old will require hip replacement - $1,350,000 Settlement
Published: November 3, 2008
At 5 p.m. on May 10, 2005, 21-year-old plaintiff Markus Johnson was severely injured when a school bus turned left directly in front of him and struck his small vehicle head-on. At the time of the accident, a mechanic employee of the school board was operating the bus after it had undergone service at [...]
At long last an evidence code?
Published: November 3, 2008
STAUNTON—Signals from the Supreme Court of Virginia indicate that a two-decade effort to establish official rules of evidence for Virginia courts may be nearing fruition, according to a lawyer who has advanced the cause since the mid-1980s.
John M. Oakey Jr. of Richmond is encouraged by signs that Chief Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell Sr. is laying [...]
NoVa condo buyers get out of their contracts
Published: November 3, 2008
The developers of condominiums in the Merrifield Town Center in Northern Virginia prevailed before one federal judge in their efforts to keep deposits to buy the units after the purchasers refused to close on them.
But they lost last week before another federal judge who found that they had violated the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure [...]
Business fraud is an issue in dentist’s divorce
Published: November 3, 2008
The relationship of Marlin and Sheila Rekow began as a marriage of economic convenience but soon became romantic as well, and the couple married in December 1995.
Before the start of the relationship, Sheila Rekow, who had been licensed as a dental hygienist, ran Manassas Dental Centre, from which she managed as many as five dental [...]
To manage risks of employee blogging, set a clear policy
Published: November 3, 2008
Blogging in its current form has been around since at least the late 1990s, including millions of blogs written by millions of people in their spare time. Even personal blogs often include information about the writers’ work. Their employers, however, very rarely have the opportunity to monitor or approve anything that is posted on the [...]
Obituaries
Published: November 3, 2008
Andrew Jackson “Jack” Ellis Jr.
Andrew Jackson “Jack” Ellis Jr., a retired partner of the Richmond firm of Mays & Valentine who held several positions in Hanover County, died Oct. 11 at Broomfield, his farm in Beaverdam. He was 78.
Mr. Ellis had served as a substitute general district and juvenile and domestic relations district judge in [...]
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