Student says paper defamed him with bullying allegation – $5,000,000 Verdict 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 21, 2011
Tags: Chesapeake Circuit Court, Defamation, Judge Randall D. Smith
A newspaper article about an assault case falsely stated that a high school athlete routinely bullied another student at Great Bridge High School. The article reported accurately that the plaintiff had been convicted of assaulting the father of the student who said he had been bullied, and that the plaintiff’s brother had been convicted of [...]
Official hit with $150K defamation award
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 20, 2011
Tags: Defamation, Justice LeRoy F. Millette Jr., Supreme Court of Virginia News
A county administrator who criticized a former colleague’s job performance to the board of supervisors must pay damages for defamation, in a new decision from the Supreme Court of Virginia. The high court upheld the defamation verdict and the jury award of $50,000 compensatory and $100,000 punitive damages in an opinion that will require local [...]
Ad damnum, defamation cases settled while on appeal
By Alan Cooper
Published: January 7, 2011
Tags: Defamation, Judge James H. Chamblin, Judge James V. Lane, Judge Robert E. Payne, Judge William N. Alexander II, Supreme Court of Virginia News
Don’t look for rulings from the Supreme Court of Virginia in the Spear ad damnum case or the much-litigated defamation claim of a former Raytheon Technical Services Co. executive. Both have been settled under confidential terms, less than two weeks before a decision was due in the Raytheon case next Thursday and less than a [...]
Doc v. doc: Defamation claim follows patient’s death
By Peter Vieth
Published: December 28, 2010
Tags: Defamation, Judge Jonathan M. Apgar, Roanoke Circuit Court
Accusations of bad medical practice spilled from the operating room to the courtroom in a Roanoke case now headed for trial. A doctor who claims he was accused of “euthanizing” a patient gets to try his $2.35-million defamation case against the doctor who allegedly made the statement, after a judge’s ruling last month. Roanoke Circuit [...]
Instructor disputes allegations of impropriety with students – $175,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: October 11, 2010
Tags: Albemarle County Circuit Court, Defamation
Plaintiff is a U.Va. PhD candidate who taught microbiology at Piedmont Virginia Community College as an adjunct instructor. One of his students complained to her mother about how the plaintiff conducted his classes and because he refused to give her additional time she requested to make a class presentation. Her mother repeated this to a [...]
Statement – ‘she lies’ – was protected opinion
By Peter Vieth
Published: March 15, 2010
Tags: Defamation, Judge Claude M. Hilton
Wired magazine published a piece last fall on the debate over the systematic vaccination of children. In the article, a leading physician said of a critic: “She lies.” That statement, part of a lengthy examination of an emotionally charged topic, was the expression of an opinion, which is protected by the law, an Alexandria federal [...]
Co-worker alleges former judge defamed her in bid to keep seat – $456,000 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 15, 2010
Tags: Defamation, Judge Walter J. Ford, Williamsburg/James City County Circuit Court
A Williamsburg/James City County jury returned a $456,000 defamation and breach of contract verdict on Jan. 29 against former Newport News Circuit Court Judge Verbena Askew in favor of former Hampton/Newport News Drug Court Administrator Brenda Collins. Eight people (seven jurors and one alternate) heard three days of testimony from 11 witnesses ranging from the [...]
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