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VLW wins four national awards
Paul Fletcher//June 11, 2013//
Listen to this articleThe results from the 2013 Communications Contest, conducted by the National Federation of Press Women, are in. The staff at Virginia Lawyers Weekly brought home a gold, two silvers and a bronze.
• Executive Editor Deborah Elkins won a first place award for blogging. Her entry consisted of five blog posts for The VLW Blog.
• Web Editor Sarah Rodriguez took a second place for specialty articles on science or technology; she wrote on law firms’ use of mobile marketing and QR codes.
• Art Director Christine Watson gained a second place for newspaper page design, submitting several issues of Virginia Lawyers Weekly; she also received a third place for graphics, for her pen-and-ink illustration of Donald Trump.
The NFPW will present the awards at its annual meeting in Salt Lake City in August.
– Paul Fletcher
Verdicts & Settlements
- Woodshop incident leads to amputation of fingers — $1.3M settlement
- Motorcyclist’s foot amputated in collision — $7M settlement
- Contractor rear-ended on interstate on way to wedding — $825,000 settlement
- Man suffers back injury in crash with out-of-state driver — $530,000 settlement
- Driver crossed center line, struck 89-year-old’s vehicle — $1.2M settlement
- Jury returns defense verdict in favor of gastroenterologist
- Teens killed in T-bone collision with officer — $3.1M settlement
- Man sustained subdural hematoma in rear-end collision —$1.15M settlement
- Adequate anesthesia not provided during C-section — $2.5M verdict
- Tenant fell ill from mold in apartment — $588,000 verdict
- Woman suffers nerve injury, pain after dental procedure — $550,000 settlement
- Driver struck child exiting school bus — $750,000 settlement
Opinion Digests
- Suit over historic mansion and estate dismissed
- Former employee’s claims survive motion to dismiss
- Equal Pay Act doesn’t apply to applicant
- Court rejects invocation of attorney-client privilege
- Evidence supported competency determination
- Appellees had power to remove business manager
- No continuance after witnesses failed to appear
- No actual or constructive eviction in warranty case
- Gas distribution pipeline exempt from ZBA regulation
- Improper venue in air pollution regulation matter
- No benefits awarded in unemployment comp case
- No immunity for judge who personally oversaw search
