Posted in Writs Granted on Oct 26th, 2010
The Supreme Court of Virginia has granted appeals in two personal injury cases in which juries sided with defendants even though they admitted liability. In a case from Gloucester County, Cousins v. Food Lion LLC, Record No. 101570, a store employee couldn’t see over the merchandise on a six-wheel food cart and flattened a customer, [...]
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Posted in Civil Cases, Criminal Cases on Oct 21st, 2010
The Supreme Court of Virginia will hear arguments on Nov. 1 on whether trial courts in Norfolk and Alexandria properly used extraordinary writs to provide relief for immigrants who otherwise would have been deported because of misdemeanor convictions. Each defendant received a suspended jail term, one for assault and battery and the other for petit [...]
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Posted in Justices on Oct 20th, 2010
Two circuit judges – Joseph W. Milam Jr. from Danville and Pamela S. Baskervill of Petersburg – have added their names to those who are interested in succeeding Justice Lawrence L. Koontz Jr. on the Supreme Court of Virginia. Milam and Baskervill are graduates of the University of Richmond law school and both were elected [...]
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The Supreme Court of Virginia upheld Friday the lower court holdings in a sexually violent predator case and three criminal appeals. The court heard arguments in the cases last month and resolved the appeals with unpublished orders. In the SVP case, Graves v. Commonwealth, Record No. 100209, a Portsmouth judge admitted the statement of a [...]
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Posted in Justices on Oct 6th, 2010
Robert J. Humphreys, a member of the Virginia Court of Appeals, and Glen A. Huff, a former law partner of Gov. Robert F. McDonnell, have asked to be considered for the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Virginia that will be created by the retirement of Justice Lawrence L. Koontz Jr. Humphreys was a career [...]
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Posted in Civil Cases, Unpublished Orders on Oct 1st, 2010
Starting in the mid-90s, the Supreme Court of Virginia has cautioned trial judges against too-hasty summary judgment decisions. The latest example of that approach came Oct. 1, when the high court held that a trial judge in Virginia Beach erred in entering summary judgment for a litigant when the only issue before the court was [...]
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Posted in Civil Cases, Writs Granted on Oct 1st, 2010
A do-over that resulted in a 10-fold increase in the award for a rear-ended plaintiff and a dispute over a dissolving law firm’s capital account are among recent writs granted by the Supreme Court of Virginia. The retrial is Blevins v. Quarles, Record No. 100322, from Orange County, in which the trial judge set aside [...]
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