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Nonsuit dismissal questioned by plaintiff’s bar (access required)

By Peter Vieth
Published: August 24, 2009

Virginia plaintiffs’ lawyers are rallying in hopes of overturning the decision of a Loudoun County judge who dismissed a personal injury action as untimely because the damage claim was higher than in a previous nonsuited action. “This decision has got people sitting up and taking notice. It’s frightening,” said John E. Davidson, a plaintiffs’ lawyer who ...
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