Newspaper defamed school principal and his son, jury finds – $3,000,000 Verdict 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: June 11, 2012
Tags: Chesapeake Circuit Court, Defamation, Judge Randall D. Smith, Million-Dollar Verdicts
On Dec. 18, 2009, The Virginian-Pilot published a news article, authored by Louis Hansen, about Phillip Webb, a public school assistant principal, and his son, a student in the same school system. Plaintiff alleged the defendant newspaper falsely implied that he had improperly used his position to obtain preferential treatment for his student son. In [...]
Recount Petition Came Too Late
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 11, 2012
Tags: Civil Rights, Goochland County Circuit Court, Judge H. Vincent Conway, Judge John G. Berry, Judge Randall D. Smith, Virginia Circuit Courts
A Goochland County Circuit Court dismisses a petition for recount as petitioner did not cause the petition to be served on respondent within 10 days after certification of the election results as required by Va. Code § 24.2-801. The court grants the Special Appearance Motion to Dismiss. It is ordered that the petition filed herein [...]
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 [...]
Student scores $5M verdict against The Virginian-Pilot
By Alan Cooper
Published: February 16, 2011
Tags: Chesapeake Circuit Court, Judge Randall D. Smith, Libel, Million-Dollar Verdicts
Patrick Bristol, a student at Chesapeake’s Great Bridge High School, told a reporter for The Virginian-Pilot that fellow student Kevin Webb routinely shoved and taunted him at school. The Pilot reported that allegation as fact, an assertion that Webb denied before a Chesapeake Circuit Court jury. The jury believed Webb and returned a $5 million [...]
Tort – Nuisance – Products Liability – Coal Ash Byproduct
By Deborah Elkins
Published: September 14, 2010
Tags: Chesapeake Circuit Court, Judge Randall D. Smith, Tort, Virginia Circuit Courts
Chesapeake residents who live near Battlefield Golf Course who claim defendant golf club owner and defendant power companies developed a plan to dispose of coal ash byproduct, mix it with a binding agent and use it in the golf course construction, cannot sue defendants on a products liability theory, says a Chesapeake Circuit Court, but [...]
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