A local courthouse can be the pride of a community, or it can depress the spirit when it’s in disrepair. One Roanoke-area lawyer says poor conditions at the Roanoke City courthouse are doing more than dampening spirits – they’re instigating his anger. Ross Hart blogs about a non-functioning “automatic” door at the courthouse entrance that [...]
Lawyer blasts courthouse maintenance
November 12th, 2009 · Comments Off · Virginia Legal News Stories
Tags:Courthouses·Roanoke·Washington County
No nonsuit for unqualified personal representative
February 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · Civil Cases, Supreme Court of Virginia
A wrongful death suit filed by a family member who had not yet qualified as a personal representative of the decedent is a nullity and cannot be nonsuited, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled. Because the wrongful death statute requires that suit be filed by a decedent’s personal representative, a plaintiff who had not yet [...]
Tags:Civil Procedure·Washington County·Wrongful Death
Abingdon’s Moonlite gets landmark designation
June 7th, 2007 · Comments Off · Virginia Legal News Stories
Join me for a drive from Bristol to Abingdon down in Southwest Virginia. We’ll avoid Interstate 81 and choose old Lee Highway instead. Past the building that a guy made into a church by putting a steeple on an old auto-parts store. Past the mom-and-pop motels from the 1950s. Past the Wal-Mart and other big [...]
