Defendant hit with discovery sanctions 
By Peter Vieth
Published: October 24, 2011
Tags: Federal Courts, Judge Pamela Meade Sargent, Personal Injury, Sanctions
Trial is set to start Oct. 31 in Musick v. Dorel Juvenile Group Inc. The parents of a five-year-old girl are suing for damages – including lost earning capacity – for their daughter’s traumatic brain injury in a 2009 car accident when her Dorel car seat allegedly failed to protect her. The two sides are [...]
Defense seeks $900K sanctions in death case
By Peter Vieth
Published: September 27, 2011
Tags: Charlottesville Circuit Court, Judge Edward Hogshire, Sanctions, Wrongful Death
With more than $900,000 in requested sanctions at stake, the Richmond-based law firm of Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen hopes to draw the line on its exposure for the misdeeds of former partner Matthew B. Murray. A Charlottesville judge is considering how much to penalize Murray and his former client for hiding evidence of Facebook [...]
Verdict slashed, lawyer referred for discipline
By Peter Vieth
Published: September 12, 2011
Tags: Charlottesville Circuit Court, Judge Edward Hogshire, Law Firms, Lawyer Discipline, Million-Dollar Verdicts, Sanctions, Wrongful Death
A Charlottesville judge slashed a record wrongful death verdict by two-thirds and ordered sanctions against the plaintiff and his lawyer in the aftermath of a hotly contested trial. Circuit Court Judge Edward L. Hogshire also referred Charlottesville lawyer Matthew B. Murray to the Virginia State Bar on three separate findings of wrongdoing, and referred Murray’s [...]
Judge grants default for discovery ‘misdeeds’
By Peter Vieth
Published: May 2, 2011
Tags: Federal Courts, Judge B. Waugh Crigler, Judge Norman K. Moon, Real Estate, Sanctions
Default judgment. The death penalty for a civil defendant. The ultimate sanction for bad conduct in litigation. Used only when a judge is really fed up with “egregious misconduct” or when a judge is really hot about how litigants – or lawyers – have handled themselves. A Charlottesville federal judge last month found a defendant [...]
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