Monday leads in bar nods for appeals court 
By Paul Fletcher
Published: February 24, 2012
Tags: Bar Associations, Judge Josiah T. Showalter Jr., Judge Lorraine Nordlund, Judge Teresa M. Chafin, Judge Victor V. Ludwig, Judgeships, Virginia Court of Appeals News
Roanoke attorney Monica Taylor Monday is the leader in support from Virginia’s statewide bar groups for a seat on the Virginia Court of Appeals.
Judge James J. Haley Jr. is retiring in March; leaders of the Senate and House of Delegates sought input from the bar groups on the pending vacancy.
Eight statewide bar groups have [...]
The next dimension: Radford judge, jury see medical evidence in 3-D
By Peter Vieth
Published: October 10, 2011
Tags: Judge Josiah T. Showalter Jr., Personal Injury, Radford Circuit Court, Technology
A technology more commonly found in movie theaters made its way into a Radford courtroom last month.
A judge and jury put on 3-D glasses in court to view in-depth, three-dimensional depictions of the inside of a patient’s spinal canal.
While the technology may not have produced a court victory for the personal injury plaintiff in the [...]
In farm’s way
By Peter Vieth
Published: August 8, 2011
Tags: Judge Josiah T. Showalter Jr., Wythe County Circuit Court
It’s a dramatic moment for southbound drivers on Interstate 77 in Southwest Virginia. As the highway starts downhill in southern Wythe County, the road suddenly crosses a bridge towering high above the countryside.
Far below lies farmland and then the flat water of the New River. Off to the left is Shot Tower State Park.
A few [...]
Inverse Condemnation from Bridge Project
By Deborah Elkins
Published: July 29, 2011
Tags: Judge Josiah T. Showalter Jr., Real Estate, Virginia Circuit Courts, Wythe County Circuit Court
A Wythe County Circuit Court says a VDOT construction project to expand an I-77 bridge damaged petitioners’ farm property because it affected their access easement and directed water onto their property, creating erosion ditches, and the owners are entitled to a condemnation award.
The court must decide if damages arose from the 2002 expansion of [...]
Municipal – Virginia FOIA – ‘Personnel Files’
By Deborah Elkins
Published: December 21, 2009
Tags: Judge Josiah T. Showalter Jr., Municipal, Radford Circuit Court
A Radford Circuit Court orders the city of Radford to produce to the Roanoke Times additional information from a city employee’s FOIA requests, which the city has maintained can be redacted under the statutory exemption for “personnel records.”
The Roanoke Times requested all FOIA requests submitted to the city between June 15, 2008 and Sept. 16, [...]
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