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Editors' Picks
- Million Dollar Plus Settlements of 2025
- Goochland supervisors OK $250K to fight lawsuit over potential data centers
- Important opinions published in Virginia Lawyers Weekly
- Paid sick leave bill ‘likely’ to pass, attorneys say
- Agency board member shielded by sovereign immunity
- Much-anticipated report issued on legal deserts, drop in lawyers
News in Brief
- Chief Justice John Roberts speaks at two U.Va. Law classes
- Ex-Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and wife found dead in murder-suicide, police say
- Bill creates template for meal programs at state governor’s schools
- VLW wins two Va. Press Association awards
- What Spanberger’s veto means for future of Northern Virginia casino
- Waynesboro officer found guilty of Taser assault on colleague
Opinion Digests
- Employment – City of Virginia Beach must pay fees and costs to prevailing Title VII plaintiff
- Contract – Lack of mutual assent dooms motion to enforce agreement
- Tort – Court refuses to reverse defamation verdict
- Criminal – Second motion for sentence reduction is denied
- Real Property – Commercial use of property violated Declaration of Covenants
- Employment – Professor’s race discrimination and work environment claims are dismissed
- Constitutional – Search of probationer’s house was unlawful
Verdicts & Settlements
- Fraud – Jury sides with couple in home construction case
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Triathlete suffered fractures after being struck by pickup truck
- Medical Malpractice- Nursing facility patient died after falling, suffering head injury
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Sales manager sustained multiple injuires in Virginia Beach collision
- Products Liability – Workplace accident results in amputation at the wrist
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Railroad worker injured in collision with tractor-trailer
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Intersection accident results in bodily injury, stroke
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