The VLW Blog

Reston lawyer Robert T. Hall is the author of the two $10 million wrongful death lawsuits filed against Virginia Tech officials on behalf of families of two victims of the shootings there in 2007.  The lawsuits were filed yesterday, the two-year anniversary of the shootings, in Fairfax County Circuit Court.
The lawsuits are posted online by [...]

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A group of legal leaders in Virginia says the state needs to get a handle on what it pays for liability claims against state employees.  Members of the Boyd-Graves Conference, which makes recommendations for improvements in civil practice, renewed a call on Friday for a legislative study of claims paid under the Virginia Tort Claims [...]

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As reported by the AP, Richmond Circuit Judge Theodore J. Markow approved the state’s settlement with most of the families of those killed in the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech. The ruling today gives judicial approval to resolution of 24 of the 32 death claims. Four other such claims will go before the [...]

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Personal injury defendants enjoy the protection of certain caps on damages in Virginia. At times, defendants have been able to invoke that protection sooner, rather than later, by getting trial courts to reduce ad damnum clauses to cap levels before a case ever goes to the jury.
But the Supreme Court of Virginia today rejected one [...]

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