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		<title>Leading questions, plain words and control on cross-ex</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dean Wigmore stated that cross-examination is beyond doubt “the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of the truth.” But, truth is rarely what a skillful trial lawyer seeks to accomplish on cross-examination.
Cross-examination is not only a truth-seeking process. It also is an opportunity to persuade the fact finder to your position in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/02/10/leading-questions-plain-words-and-control-on-cross-ex/</link>
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		<title>Culpeper teen wins $15.4M verdict for sexual abuse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Culpeper County jury has handed down a $15.4 million dollar verdict to a teenage boy who claimed he was sexually abused by a man posing as a clinical psychologist.
The alleged abuse occurred in 2005 and 2006, when the boy was between the ages of 13 and 14, according to his attorney, J. Michael Sharman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/02/10/culpeper-teen-wins-15-4m-verdict-for-sexual-abuse/</link>
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		<title>Va. bill to ban unauthorized GPS tracking advances</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The problem encountered by Del. Joe May&#8217;s constituent seemed simple enough to solve.
The citizen had taken his car in for service and was shocked when the mechanic found a GPS device attached to the undercarriage. The car owner learned that the tracking device had been surreptitiously placed there by a private [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/02/09/va-bill-to-ban-unauthorized-gps-tracking-advances/</link>
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		<title>No Proof of Pesticide in Office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s premises liability claim alleging injury from exposure to the toxic substance Merphos in office space leased from defendant realty company; although plaintiff has an expert who will testify she suffers from exposure to a toxic substance, there is no evidence as to where the exposure may have occurred, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/02/09/no-proof-of-pesticide-in-office/</link>
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		<title>Feds pursue suicidal vet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The federal government broke a promise, according to the lawyer for a Navy veteran facing criminal firearms charges after he called for help on what is promoted as a confidential suicide prevention hotline.
The government alleges the former petty officer from Blacksburg committed four felonies by making a homemade gun using a pipe and a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/02/09/feds-pursue-suicidal-vet/</link>
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		<title>Carrier Covers Part of Lead-Paint Judgment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In determining insurance coverage for a Baltimore child who won a $850,000 judgment for lead paint injuries against two defendants – a realty company and the property owner that bought the house in which the child lived – the 4th Circuit says the realty company’s insurance contract requires the carrier to pay 40 percent of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/02/08/carrier-covers-part-of-lead-paint-judgment/</link>
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		<title>State facing over three dozen judicial vacancies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Without extra funding, Virginia courts will be shorthanded by at least 37 judges by the end of this year, with another 12 mandatory retirements coming in 2013, the Supreme Court of Virginia has told state legislators.
The numbers are included in the court’s presentation to members of the General Assembly’s money committees as they consider how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/02/08/state-facing-over-three-dozen-judicial-vacancies/</link>
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		<title>Waiver Valid with Parol Evidence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this suit by an Indian businessman and his four businesses over commercial loans obtained from defendant bank, the Fairfax Circuit Court says the Waiver and Amendment Agreement plaintiff negotiated with the bank is valid and enforceable, and bars plaintiffs’ claim for breach of contract.
This case arises out of a dispute between Mr. Krishnan Suthanthiran [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/02/07/waiver-valid-with-parol-evidence/</link>
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		<title>Defamation Claim for Inspection Comment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Taken in context, defendant’s alleged statement that he relied on plaintiff’s “description of a wall’s construction” when he prepared a letter about inspection of a retaining wall can be viewed as defamatory, and the Louisa County Circuit Court overrules defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s defamation claim.
There is no disagreement about the legal standard that must be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/02/07/defamation-claim-for-inspection-comment/</link>
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		<title>Student Sues for School Mold Exposure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A plaintiff who alleges injuries from exposure to toxic mold at his school when he entered kindergarten in 2007 may sue the school board and the school system’s two officials responsible for facilities and maintenance for fraud and gross negligence, but the Suffolk Circuit Court sustains defendants’ plea of sovereign immunity to plaintiff’s claims for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/02/07/student-sues-for-school-mold-exposure/</link>
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