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		<title>Plaintiff was thrown from balcony &#8211; $2,100,000 Verdict&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/05/06/plaintiff-was-thrown-from-balcony-2100000-verdict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 10:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plaintiff was severely injured when the defendant intentionally picked him up and threw him over a second-story balcony railing at a hotel. Plaintiff incurred medical expenses of $52,000 and suffered permanent facial injuries. [13-T-063] Type of action: Personal injury Injuries alleged: Facial fractures and pelvic fractures Name of case: Remley v. Ruiz Court: Chesapeake Circuit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dentist cut patient’s lip during crown removal &#8211; Defense Verdict&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 10:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The plaintiff’s lip was cut during the removal of a temporary crown. Plaintiff alleged that the defendant used a dangerous dental tool and excessive force while attempting to remove the temporary crown, instead of using safer alternatives. Plaintiff alleged that her labial artery and nearby muscle were severed. Plaintiff also alleged that the defendant dentist’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coal ash settlement believed to be first of its kind in Virginia &#8211; $200,000 Settlement&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defendant owned a commercial property adjacent to the plaintiff’s business in Chesapeake. As part of the construction of a new motel, the defendant dumped toxic coal ash along both sides of the property line. Here, the defendants spread coal ash up to six feet onto the plaintiff’s property. Coal ash is the by-product of burning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agency Must Pay Hospital’s Legal Fees&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Chesapeake Circuit Court orders the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance to pay a hospital’s legal fees in the parties’ dispute over reimbursement for medical services provided by the hospital to Medicaid patients. A party has substantially prevailed on the merits of his action under Va. Code § 2.2-4030(a) if it  has obtained a judgment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical agency must pay attorney’s tab&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/02/11/medical-agency-must-pay-attorneys-tab/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The agency that administers Virginia’s Medicaid program has been ordered to pay nearly $70,000 for a hospital’s legal fees in a dispute over reimbursement for medical services. The fee award followed rulings that held the Chesapeake hospital did not need to make more than $350,000 in reimbursements to the Department of Medical Assistance Services. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City, church agree on just compensation for taking property &#8211; $3,700,000 Settlement&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/01/07/city-church-agree-on-just-compensation-for-taking-property-3700000-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Chesapeake originally sought to condemn an 8,147 square foot parcel of land in fee together with drainage, utility and temporary construction easements for the improvement of Dominion Boulevard. The land sought to be acquired by the city was part of an approximately 1.75 acre parcel of land improved with an 11,700 square-foot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vanity License Tag Reg Unconstitutional&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/11/19/vanity-license-tag-reg-unconstitutional/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regulations of the Department of Motor Vehicles that prohibit vanity license plates that may reasonably be interpreted as socially, racially or ethnically offensive are unconstitutional because they are not “viewpoint neutral,” and a Chesapeake Circuit Court says the DMV may not apply the regulations to strike vanity license tags with the labels “ICUHAJI” and “HAJIKYLR,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newspaper defamed school principal and his son, jury finds &#8211; $3,000,000 Verdict&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/06/11/newspaper-defamed-school-principal-and-his-son-jury-finds-3000000-verdict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Dec. 18, 2009, The Virginian-Pilot published a news article, authored by Louis Hansen, about Phillip Webb, a public school assistant principal, and his son, a student in the same school system. Plaintiff alleged the defendant newspaper falsely implied that he had improperly used his position to obtain preferential treatment for his student son. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biker loses leg in wreck &#8211; $450,000 Settlement&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/01/23/biker-loses-leg-in-wreck-450000-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The plaintiff was riding his Harley to the store with his 13-year-old stepdaughter around 11:00 a.m. He observed another vehicle approaching him from a distance. That vehicle was intending to turn left in front of him but instead turned right into him. The impact caused the man to lose the lower half of his leg. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contractor Faces Punitive Damages Claim&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/10/03/contractor-faces-punitive-damages-claim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citing a 2011 Virginia Supreme Court case on punitive damages, a Chesapeake Circuit Court says property owners have alleged a claim for punitive damages against a construction company that acted with “willful and wanton disregard” when it built a berm that encroached on plaintiffs’ land, after plaintiffs had agreed only to construction of a drainage [...]]]></description>
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