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Monthly Archive for November, 2012

(access required)">We are family, justices say (access required)

Posted in Attorneys, Justices on Nov 2nd, 2012

Serving as a clerk for the Supreme Court of Virginia is a singular honor that is shared by an elite group of lawyers. Last night many former clerks gathered at the Library of Virginia to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Judicial Clerk program. Justice Donald W. Lemons welcomed the group and emceed a program [...]

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(access required)">UIM carrier escapes summary judgment (access required)

Posted in Civil Cases, Supreme Court Opinions on Nov 1st, 2012

An inadvertent notation on bankruptcy petitions may have tripped up a car-crash defendant, but the victim’s underinsured motorist carrier is not bound by the resulting summary judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled. The Nov. 1 decision in Transportation Insur. Co. v. Womack should comfort insurance companies with UIM exposure fearful of going down with the [...]

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