Contaminated Infant Formula Not Covered by Policies 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 28, 2011
Tags: Insurance, Judge Walter W. Stout III, Richmond Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts
An infant formula manufacturer that had to destroy $6 million worth of formula contaminated by melamine and disintegrated filter components does not have insurance coverage for the loss under the pollution/contaminant endorsements in three policies, but only has coverage for the replacement costs of the filters, says a Richmond Circuit Court. Plaintiff PBM Nutritionals LLC [...]
Ten-Year Child Support Deferral ‘Null and Void’
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 28, 2011
Tags: Domestic Relations, Per Curiam Opinion, Virginia Court of Appeals
A provision in a couple’s property settlement agreement giving wife the marital home in exchange for a 10-year deferral of husband’s child support obligation is null and void because it affected the trial court’s ability to modify child support for that 10-year period, and the Court of Appeals upholds the trial court decision ordering the [...]
Company Can Compel ‘Managing Agent’ Depositions
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 11, 2011
Tags: Civil Procedure, Judge Robert E. Payne, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
In DuPont’s suit alleging defendant Kolon Industries stole its secret processes and technologies for manufacturing Kevlar, and that Kolon has improved its product line based on this trade secret theft, the Richmond U.S. District Court grants DuPont’s motion to compel depositions of five of eight managing agents for Kolon, to be held in Richmond. Kolon’s [...]
Tort – Prison Guard – Defense By State
By Deborah Elkins
Published: November 12, 2010
Tags: Judge Jonathan M. Apgar, Roanoke Circuit Court, Tort, Virginia Circuit Courts
A state prison guard being sued in a federal complaint alleging abusive treatment of inmates is entitled to a defense provided by the commonwealth, and a Roanoke City Circuit Court grants summary judgment to plaintiff prison guard on this point. Turning to the allegations of the federal complaint, wherein plaintiff is among the defendants, while [...]
Domestic Relations – Termination Of Parental Rights – Grandmother Petition
By Deborah Elkins
Published: September 2, 2010
Tags: Domestic Relations, Per Curiam Opinion, Virginia Court of Appeals
Although a paternal grandmother cared for her two grandchildren from April 2003 until June 2007, the county department of social services determined in 2007 that the grandmother’s home was unacceptable and she was unable to care for the children and the Court of Appeals upholds the trial court decision approving a foster care plan with [...]
Last Call
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: March 12, 2007
Memo to frat guys across the continent: Don’t let this happen to you. Last week, a beer bomb nearly leveled the little town of Adair in northeast Oklahoma. Back up. Okay, it wasn’t that dramatic, but last week, a beer keg blew up when some guys put it in the fire pit in a backyard [...]
Mary, Mary
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: March 12, 2007
Who can turn the world on with her smile? Who can take a nothing day and suddenly make all seem worthwhile? Mary, of course. Mary Tyler Moore, that is, whose namesake program was a staple of 1970s television. Playing a character who was left at the altar and decided to go and be a single [...]
A bucket of dope?two of them
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: March 5, 2007
It was a pretty normal Saturday morning at a high-end jeans boutique in Philadelphia called “Fusion.” Fed-Ex guy comes with a big box from California. New designer duds from the west coast? Not exactly. Inside the box was a five-gallon bucket. Inside the bucket was a whole lot of marijuana, about 10 pounds of dope [...]
Good old George
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 26, 2007
MOUNT VERNON—(AP) The Mount Vernon estate may soon begin selling whiskey from George Washington’s rebuilt distillery, which is scheduled to open to the public next month. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine is expected to sign into law a measure that would allow Mount Vernon to sell small amounts of the first president’s own brand of rye [...]
Hang up and drive
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 26, 2007
(AP) That’s the message sent to novice drivers by the House of Delegates, which voted 86-10 Wednesday to pass legislation banning motorists under age 18 from using cell phones or other wireless telecommunications devices while driving. Amendments added by a House committee needed approval by the Senate before the bill could be sent to Gov. [...]
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