Posted in Certified Questions on Apr 27th, 2012
Employment lawyers may be looking for a new wrinkle in Virginia wrongful discharge law, but their hopes the high court would wield a “blue pencil” have been dashed. A nurse who said her complaints about a surgeon’s persistent groping got her fired may get a chance to sue the doctor for wrongful discharge under Virginia [...]
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Posted in Writs Granted on Apr 24th, 2012
The Supreme Court will consider a $4-million summary judgment in a personal injury case based on the defendant’s acknowledgement of a debt on a bankruptcy form. When Jerrene Yeoman filed for bankruptcy, her lawyer sought to include a pending personal injury claim on her lists of debts. In three places on bankruptcy forms, she listed [...]
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A lawyer who discovered the other shareholder in her two-person firm was writing checks to family members on the firm’s trust account can sue on behalf of their professional corporation, the Supreme Court of Virginia said on April 20. Read the full story here.
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“Mirror-image” language in reciprocal wills is not enough to keep a surviving spouse from diverting a stepchild’s inheritance, under a new decision released today by the Supreme Court of Virginia. When Arvid and Lucy Keith married in 1972, each had a child from a prior marriage. In 1987, the Keiths made wills that were “mirror [...]
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An assistant principal hit with a $1.25 million negligence award after he failed to act on a warning about a fight at his high school now faces a new trial on a claim of gross negligence. In 2010, a Gloucester County Circuit Court awarded $5 million in damages to Gregory Joseph Gagnon in his suit [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 16th, 2012
A real estate buyer who faced a seller’s suit for damages when he failed to close on the deal cannot sue the agent on the contract on a third-party claim alleging she also represented the buyer. Richard E. Peterson Jr. signed a contract to buy property. He said the sales contract that included his realtor’s [...]
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