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Monthly Archive for November, 2011

(access required)">Med mal plaintiff is out of court for discovery lapses (access required)

Posted in Supreme Court Opinions on Nov 4th, 2011

The Supreme Court offers no remedy for a patient whose lawsuit against a Richmond hospital was dismissed because her out-of-state lawyer was derelict in expert disclosures. The high court ruled Richmond Circuit Judge Walter Stout was within his discretion to toss the case after the out-of-state lawyer failed to get local counsel’s signature on a [...]

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(access required)">Court approves state support of rail project (access required)

Posted in Supreme Court Opinions on Nov 4th, 2011

The Supreme Court of Virginia says the state Constitution does not forbid the use of state money to build a rail-to-truck cargo transfer facility in Montgomery County. By helping to move traffic from highways to the rails,  the state is effectively buying additional capacity for Interstate 81, the court reasoned. The decision allows construction of [...]

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