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Editors' Picks
- ‘Akin to an asset’: Wrongful death payments not income for child support
- Contingency agreement not basis for fee award
- No private action against bank for failure to prevent elder exploitation
- No witnesses: Plaintiff denied third-party witness, recording of medical exam
- Running the numbers: structuring a commercial real estate investment
- ‘Too stringent’: Court tosses precedent, joins other circuits on attorneys’ fees for injunction wins
News in Brief
- Mother of 6-year-old boy who shot teacher could be jailed for failing drug tests
- Family of man who died while being admitted to psychiatric hospital agrees to $8.5M settlement
- After leaving bipartisan voting information group, Virginia announces new data-sharing agreements
- Virginia is next big battleground for abortion rights, may send signal for 2024
- Some Virginia Democrats say livestreamed sex acts a distraction from election’s real stakes
- US Rep. Wexton, a Democrat, won’t seek reelection to Congress after new medical diagnosis
Opinion Digests
- Debtor fails to show that signatures were forged
- Alleged defect in service of process excused
- Sales reps defeat injunction motion by former employer
- Court refuses to strike damages expert’s report
- Company can’t dismiss securities class action
- Defendants sued for not repaying loan
- No claim for ACA retaliation outside employment arena
- Plaintiffs awarded $33K in damages, $324K in fees
- Bank dodges claim for customer’s in-person transfer
- Jury to decide who is on hook for $207K loss
- Woman claims hospital did not offer appropriate exam
- Board members accused of political patronage
- Appellants waived contract arbitration
- No jurisdiction due to untimely appeal notice
Verdicts & Settlements
- Worker fell off roof, rendering him a paraplegic — $1.25M settlement
- Driver sustained permanent hearing loss after traffic collision — $240,000 settlement
- Plaintiff suffered concussion in rear-end collision — $81,000 verdict
- Builder misrepresented home status to buyers — $675,000 verdict
- Low potassium led to cardiac arrest, death of patient — $1M settlement
- Excessive propofol caused death in dialysis patient — $850,000 settlement
- Pedestrian struck in crosswalk in hit-and-run incident — $300,000 settlement
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February 1st, 2024 | 5:30 PM