Arlington County Circuit Court | Virginia Lawyers Weekly

Arlington needs judges

By Peter Vieth
Published: March 26, 2012
Tags: Arlington County Circuit Court, General Assembly, Judge JoAnne F. Alper, Judge William T. Newman Jr.

Lawyers and county officials in Arlington are pleading for an extra circuit court judge from the General Assembly, where money for judgeships remains tied up in a political showdown.
Arlington has four authorized circuit judgeships, but is making do with only two. Even if the Assembly approves current budget proposals from the House and Senate, the [...]

Denial of Variance Upheld

By Deborah Elkins
Published: December 13, 2011
Tags: Arlington County Circuit Court, Judge JoAnne F. Alper, Virginia Circuit Courts, Zoning

An owner who used his property for sale and repair of batteries loses his appeal of a denial of his request for a variance to operate a taxi detailing business, in this case from Arlington County Circuit Court.
These two consolidated cases concern a single property located at 1120 N. Jackson in Arlington County. The property [...]

Prepaid rents for foreclosed property litigated – $29,219 Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: November 14, 2011
Tags: Arlington County Circuit Court, Judge William T. Newman Jr., Real Estate

The case arose out of the foreclosure of the Palatine building in Arlington. William Casterline was the foreclosure trustee. MR Troy Street Holdings LLC was the former owner of the building. 1301 N. Troy LLC purchased the building at a foreclosure sale for $90 million. After the sale, the purchaser claimed that it was entitled [...]

Using tablet computers in the courtroom

By Peter Vieth
Published: November 7, 2011
Tags: Arlington County Circuit Court, Technology, Wise County Circuit Court

Like iPad evangelists, two lawyers from opposite ends of Virginia are extolling the virtues of Apple’s tablet computer as a reliable and efficient tool for courtroom lawyers.
Both Wise County Commonwealth’s Attorney Ronald K. Elkins and civil trial lawyer John D. McGavin of Fairfax regularly use the iPad to manage and display documents in court. Outside [...]

Judge scorches mom, gives custody to dad

By Peter Vieth
Published: September 23, 2011
Tags: Arlington County Circuit Court, Domestic Relations

An Arlington circuit judge has delivered a resounding repudiation of a mother’s efforts to keep custody of her daughter by making false accusations about the father.
In a scorching opinion, Judge Benjamin N.A. Kendrick not only concluded the mother carried on an active campaign to alienate the girl from the father, he even suggested the mother [...]

Cyclist suffers brain injury after being hit in crosswalk – $3,000,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: August 4, 2011
Tags: Arlington County Circuit Court, Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury

On Oct. 10, 2007, the plaintiff began riding his bicycle across a street in Arlington, with a green light and within the crosswalk. The defendant, stopped at a red light, turned right on red while looking left, despite two signs barring right turns on red, and drove into the plaintiff as he rode across the [...]

Woman suffers stroke after infertility treatment – $1,500,000 Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: May 16, 2011
Tags: Arlington County Circuit Court, Judge JoAnne F. Alper, Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Verdicts

Plaintiff suffered a stroke after undergoing in vitro fertilization therapy.
Her attorneys contended that that the defendant physician was negligent because he ignored warning signs for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) and continued the therapy.
The syndrome developed and caused enlargement of the ovaries and leakage of fluid from plaintiff’s blood vessels into her abdomen. The leakage increase [...]

Woman wins $1.5M for negligent in vitro therapy

By Alan Cooper
Published: May 10, 2011
Tags: Arlington County Circuit Court, Judge JoAnne F. Alper, Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Verdicts

An Arlington jury has returned a $1.5 million verdict for a woman who alleged that she suffered a stroke because a physician was negligent in providing in vitro fertilization therapy.
At the time of the stroke in November 2008, the plaintiff, Maimunah Jafer, was relatively young for IVF therapy at age 30. She also was thin [...]

Treble, punitive damages awarded in consumer fraud case – $130,919 Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 25, 2011
Tags: Arlington County Circuit Court, Consumer Protection

Defendants sold a car to plaintiff, financed payment from a bank, convinced plaintiff to re-finance the car, accepted the second payment, and then failed to pay off the first loan in its entirety as they were obligated to do. Defendants did make regular payments on the first loan through money orders using plaintiff’s name for [...]

Lacoste Can Subpoena Costco in ‘John Doe’ Suit

By Deborah Elkins
Published: March 25, 2011
Tags: Arlington County Circuit Court, Civil Procedure, Judge JoAnne F. Alper, Virginia Circuit Courts

In this first-impression case, an Arlington Circuit Court says it has jurisdiction over a “John Doe” defendant in this suit filed by Lacoste for breach of contract and trademark infringement based on sale of its branded merchandise in club stores such as Costco, and the court grants Lacoste’s motion to compel discovery, with a protective [...]

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