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The Battle of Lee’s Crossing

By Peter Vieth
Published: October 5, 2011
Tags: Judge Thomas D. Horne, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Real Estate

A century and a half after the guns of the Civil War fell silent, a latter-day skirmish at a Loudoun County community known as Lee’s Crossing is being fought in both state and federal court. The clash between some residents of the pastoral development and the couple that now governs its homeowners’ association has generated [...]

Legislators hear boundary study panel’s report

By Deborah Elkins
Published: September 20, 2011
Tags: General Assembly, Judge Thomas D. Horne, Judicial Boundaries, Justice Cynthia D. Kinser, Supreme Court of Virginia News

Key legislators got a look last week at a court committee’s work on judicial redistricting in Virginia, and it appears the committee is sticking with “new math.” Instead of a wholesale redistricting that would reduce the number of circuits, districts and judges in the commonwealth, as two legislators proposed earlier this year, the committee will [...]

Judicial study group: Use chief judges to balance regional caseloads

By Peter Vieth
Published: September 16, 2011
Tags: General Assembly, Judge Norman A. Thomas, Judge Thomas D. Horne, Judicial Boundaries, Justice Cynthia D. Kinser, Virginia State Bar

Virginia’s existing court districts and circuits are so intertwined with other government services that they should not be changed, at least for now. That’s the conclusion of a court-appointed study panel after a fast but intense study of Virginia’s judicial map, members report. But the Judicial Boundary Realignment Study Committee will suggest a way to [...]

Amended Complaint Filed Too Late

By Deborah Elkins
Published: July 18, 2011
Tags: Civil Procedure, Judge Thomas D. Horne, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts

Although a Loudoun County Circuit Court gave plaintiff leave to amend its complaint after the court sustained one defendant’s demurrer and the parties agreed among themselves that plaintiff could file a global amended complaint against all defendants, plaintiff did not file its amended complaint within the time specified by the court, and the court dismisses [...]

Court’s study panel: Keep judicial map as is

By Alan Cooper
Published: July 12, 2011
Tags: Bar Associations, General Assembly, Judge Thomas D. Horne, Judicial Boundaries, Justice Cynthia D. Kinser

The special committee appointed by Virginia’s chief justice to study judicial boundaries says the state’s existing judicial map should stay the way it is. The reason: A fear of collateral harm to how the commonwealth’s courts operate if wholesale changes are adopted. Legislative redistricting proposals died earlier this year with the understanding that the court [...]

High school seniors have law fun in the summertime

By Alan Cooper
Published: June 27, 2011
Tags: Bar Associations, Judge Gerald Bruce Lee, Judge Jane Marum Roush, Judge Thomas D. Horne

Ahh, summer camp. Arts and crafts, bunk buddies and ghost stories around the campfire. Add to that the sound of a gavel, as a judge rules in a car crash case that involves teens texting and drinking and is, like, totally presented by teen campers. Welcome to the Leadership in the Law camp, known as [...]

Judges asked to keep logs of their time

By Peter Vieth
Published: May 13, 2011
Tags: General Assembly, Judge Thomas D. Horne, Justice Cynthia D. Kinser, Redistricting, Supreme Court of Virginia News

ROANOKE—The Supreme Court of Virginia expects to have plenty of data to back up its proposal for realignment of judicial boundaries when it hands the plan to the General Assembly in November. Legislators proposed a judicial realignment plan in the 2010 General Assembly, but deferred to the Supreme Court for review and advice about the [...]

Husband killed, wife injured in Loudoun County collision – $1,489,495 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 11, 2011
Tags: Judge Thomas D. Horne, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Million-Dollar Settlements, Wrongful Death

At approximately 1:45 p.m. on Sept. 21, 2009, Kenneth Taylor, driver of a 2005 Nissan Murano, and his wife, the passenger, were involved in an automobile accident with defendant, who was driving a 1997 Ford Expedition. The Taylors were traveling north on Evergreen Mills Road near Fleetwood Road in Leesburg. Defendant was traveling south on [...]

Infant settlement procedures get an overhaul in Fairfax

By Peter Vieth
Published: January 31, 2011
Tags: Domestic Relations, Ethics, Fairfax County Circuit Court, Judge Dennis J. Smith, Judge Jane Marum Roush, Judge Thomas D. Horne, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Virginia State Bar

Some Northern Virginia judges and lawyers are taking a fresh look at what had been a routine procedure intended to protect the rights of children when settling their civil claims. In Loudoun and Fairfax Counties, judges have decided that, in many cases where they are called on to approve tort settlements, they want to pick [...]

Traffic Offenses – DUI – ‘Highway’ – Public Access

By Deborah Elkins
Published: December 10, 2010
Tags: Judge Thomas D. Horne, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Traffic Offenses, Virginia Circuit Courts

Based on an aerial photograph and detailed description of the parking lot with through access, open to the public, the area where defendant was operating his motor vehicle was a “highway” under Virginia law, and defendant can be convicted of DUI, says a Loudoun County Circuit Court. Defendant contends the area where he was seen [...]

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