Man posed as clinical psychologist in child sex abuse case – $15,400,000 Verdict 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: Culpeper County Circuit Court, Fraud, Judge F. Ward Harkrader, Million-Dollar Verdicts
The sexual abuse victim was 13 to 14 years old at the time of the sexual abuse against him by his 47-year-old “counselor,” James W. Davis, who was posing as a clinical psychologist. On two occasions during the course of the child’s supposed counseling, Davis touched and fondled the child’s genitals against the child’s will. [...]
Culpeper teen wins $15.4M verdict for sexual abuse 
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: February 10, 2012
Tags: Culpeper County Circuit Court, Fraud, Judge F. Ward Harkrader, Million-Dollar Verdicts
A Culpeper County jury has handed down a $15.4 million dollar verdict to a teenage boy who claimed he was sexually abused by a man posing as a clinical psychologist. The alleged abuse occurred in 2005 and 2006, when the boy was between the ages of 13 and 14, according to his attorney, J. Michael [...]
Notice of hazard the issue in slip and fall at center – $11,000 Verdict 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: August 30, 2010
Tags: Judge F. Ward Harkrader, Personal Injury, Spotsylvania Circuit Court
A Spotsylvania County jury returned a plaintiff’s verdict in a hotly contested slip-and-fall case against a local mall. The slip and fall took place on Nov. 19, 2006, in the Spotsylvania Mall. The plaintiff, a 17-year-old female, slipped as a result of a clear, wet, sticky substance on the common area floor between two fast [...]
Woman suffers from vertigo after her car is totaled in crash – $750,000 Verdict 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 8, 2010
Tags: Judge F. Ward Harkrader, Judge T.J. Markow, Personal Injury, Richmond Circuit Court
Plaintiff was a 54-year-old divorced mother of two children, ages 18 and 20, who worked as an accountant for a company in downtown Richmond. Following an accident on June 22, 2007, in which her car was totaled, she suffered vertigo and dizziness, in addition to headaches, collar bone pain and muscle aches. The “jaws of [...]

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