Posted in Certified Questions on May 27th, 2011
A federal magistrate judge in Richmond wants some help from the Supreme Court of Virginia in deciding the constitutionality of the state’s ban on advertising for alcoholic beverages in campus newspapers. The issue has been kicking around for five years, with a federal district judge finding the regulation facially unconstitutional and granting summary judgment for [...]
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Posted in Unpublished Orders on May 27th, 2011
An admitted violation of a defendant’s right to confront the author of a ballistics certificate was harmless error, largely because the jury never saw the document, the Supreme Court of Virginia ruled today in an unpublished order. The report tied two casings to a pistol found at the scene of a robbery in South Richmond. [...]
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Posted in Writs Granted on May 25th, 2011
A $1.95 million verdict for the family of a woman who died after undergoing plastic surgery and a $14.1 million judgment based in part on the Virginia Business Conspiracy Act are among the cases for which the Supreme Court of Virginia granted writs recently. In the medical malpractice case from Virginia Beach, Galumbeck v. Lopez, [...]
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Posted in Unpublished Orders on May 13th, 2011
The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled today in unpublished orders that one trial judge correctly analyzed the statute of limitations in a legal malpractice case and another judge justified his decision to remit $200,000 of a $375,000 personal injury award. In the legal malpractice case, the plaintiff argued that the defendant law firm failed to [...]
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Posted in Rules on May 6th, 2011
A set of revisions to the Virginia rules of court took effect May 2, but don’t worry if you forgot to double check the changes this week. The updates are primarily housekeeping in nature. One of the changes clarifies the court’s past practice of accepting filings that conform to either the minimum page length or [...]
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