No CGL Coverage for Sub’s Poor Work 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 25, 2013
Tags: Chesterfield County Circuit Court, Insurance, Judge Herbert C. Gill, Virginia Circuit Courts
Homeowners alleging a subcontractor’s defective workmanship caused damage to otherwise nondefective structures do not have coverage for an “occurrence” under a commercial general liability policy, and a Chesterfield Circuit Court grants summary judgment to defendant insurance carrier on the breach of express warranty claim. To determine whether a liability insurer has a duty to defend, [...]
Verdict: respondent is not a Sexual Violent Predator
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 12, 2011
Tags: Colonial Heights Circuit Court, Judge Herbert C. Gill
This case was instituted by the attorney general’s office pursuant to the Sexual Violent Predator civil commitment statutes. The respondent had been convicted in 1992 of four counts of statutory rape and one count of oral sodomy of a 13-year-old child. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, but only served about five years [...]
Offer was upped pre-trial by $300, jury gives woman $53K – $53,000 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 5, 2011
Tags: Chesterfield County Circuit Court, Judge Herbert C. Gill, Personal Injury
A 26-year-old former legal secretary and bartender was rear-ended on Sept. 15, 2010. Liability was admitted and there was significant property damage. Plaintiff was transported to the ER at St. Francis Hospital by ambulance. She had two follow-up visits with her primary care physician and eight physical therapy sessions before being discharged to a home [...]
Real Estate – Restrictive Covenant – POAA
By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 1, 2010
Tags: Chesterfield County Circuit Court, Judge Herbert C. Gill, Real Estate, Virginia Circuit Courts
Bexley Association, a subdivision association in Chesterfield County, cannot enforce a restrictive covenant against an owner who had no notice and never agreed to buy into a homeowners association or to incur fees prior to purchasing his property, says a Chesterfield County Circuit Court. The parties went before this court for a hearing to determine [...]
Insurer waives limits to contest liability in collision – $336,000 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: August 16, 2010
Tags: Chesterfield County Circuit Court, Judge Herbert C. Gill, Personal Injury
In this disputed liability case, plaintiff was the middle car in a three-car collision on Harrowgate Road in Chesterfield County. She alleged that the defendant struck the rear of her car catapulting her into car in front of her. Defendant claimed that plaintiff never applied her brakes and struck the rear of the first car [...]
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