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 [...]
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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