Real Estate – Inverse Condemnation – Storm Water Retention – School Property 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: December 3, 2010
Tags: Judge John C. Morrison, Norfolk Circuit Court, Real Estate, Virginia Circuit Courts
Property owners who allege damage to their property from a county school board’s construction of a “storm water retention basin” that allowed polluted storm water to be discharged onto plaintiffs’ property and into their pond, are entitled to damages for the “taking” of their property and an injunction, says a Norfolk Circuit Court. There can [...]
Woman with osteoporosis alleges therapist let her fall – Defense Verdict 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: August 9, 2010
Tags: Gloucester County Circuit Court, Judge John C. Morrison, Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts
The case involved allegations of negligence against a physical therapist. Plaintiff alleged she suffered a fractured femur when the therapist allowed her to fall. The defense maintained that the physical therapist complied, at all times, with the standard of care. The defendant’s causation expert testified that the patient’s femur injury was not caused by a [...]

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