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Attorney’s fees awarded in statue removal case
Where the court has previously ruled that the Charlottesville City Council took actions contrary to Code § 15.2-1812, which prohibits local authorities from disturbing or interfering with war memorials, plaintiffs […]
City council members immune in monument case
Charlottesville city council members are statutorily immune from plaintiffs’ claims arising from a series of votes relating to the removal, sale and covering up of statutes of two Civil War […]
Lee and Jackson statues are monuments and memorials
Statues erected in the city of Charlottesville of Civil War General Robert E. Lee and Lt. General Thomas Jonathon Jackson are “monuments or memorials,” as mentioned in Code § 15.2-1812, […]
Heart procedures left woman with decreased function – $1.1 Million Settlement
At the time of the events in question in 2013, plaintiff was 52 and had been totally and permanently disabled for approximately a decade from multiple health conditions including a […]
Man’s foot run over at construction site – $500,000 Settlement
Plaintiff was injured when his foot and ankle were run over by a heavy vehicle on a construction site. He suffered no broken bones and required no surgeries, but developed […]
Commission Fight Goes to Trial
A Charlottesville Circuit Court identifies multiple outstanding issues of material fact in this dispute over whether, under an oral contract, plaintiff continued to be entitled to commissions after a change […]
UVa Fraternity Defamation Claims Advance
A Charlottesville Circuit Court refuses to dismiss a defamation suit filed by Phi Kappa Psi fraternity based on statements made in defendant Rolling Stone magazine about a purported gang rape […]
Man with prior neck injury hurt during ‘minimal’ rearender – $450,000 Verdict
Plaintiff Hicks had cervical (C6-7) fusion surgery in 1975 after a horrific auto accident where he broke his neck. However, he has had few (if any) problems with his neck […]
Executor Must Repay Legal Fees to Estate
A Charlottesville Circuit Court orders decedent’s long-time attorney who is also his executor to reimburse the estate by $10,320 to cover old legal fees the attorney billed to decedent and […]
Lawyer must pay estate for his own legal fees
A lawyer who hired another lawyer when questions were raised about his handling of a decedent’s estate will have to cover some of the legal fees from his own pocket. […]
Discipline Warning Upheld for Healthcare Worker
A respiratory therapist who received a Step 3 warning for failure to update spreadsheets related to smoking cessation cannot overturn a hearing officer decision upholding the disciplinary notice, a Charlottesville […]
Fired Systems Engineer’s Grievance Fails
A systems engineer terminated by UVa Medical Center for multiple instances of failing to meet performance expectations and for insubordination cannot overturn his termination by challenging a hearing officer’s factual […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Unicycle rider dies after being hit by car
- Premises Liability – Delivery driver injured by porch decking collapse
- Premises Liability – Fall down stairs at resort results in injuries, death
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Workers’ Compensation- Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice- Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Struck in face by forklift, woman suffers brain injury
- Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
Opinion Digests
- Negligence – Neighbors ordered to pay $300,000 for boundary wall collapse
- Fraud – Court vacates fraud judgment against home sellers
- Employment – Former employee’s claims against ODU are narrowed
- Civil Rights – Civil rights suit was filed too late
- Criminal – Woman dodges disorderly conduct conviction
- Zoning – Disgruntled resident’s suit against County zoning officials is dismissed
- Criminal – Trial court lost jurisdiction to act on defendant’s motion
- Civil Procedure – Court seals briefs and exhibits
- Freedom of Information – UVA appropriately withheld documents under ‘working papers’ exemption
- Contract – Sprint sued for terminating contract in bad faith
- Bankruptcy – Purchaser of assets dodges bankrupt predecessor’s alleged liability
- Landlord and tenant – Commercial landlord’s suit against tenant is dismissed
