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The Virginia State Bar is on the lookout for a new office location. The VSB has been advised the lease for its headquarters in a Richmond office building will not be renewed when it expires in August, so the agency ...

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On Sept. 19, 2009, the plaintiffs, E. Wilkes and G. Wilkes (both 18 at the time of the accident), were passengers in a vehicle driven by co-defendant Linder westbound on Route 10 in Chesterfield County.  Linder t-boned a work van ...

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Defendant ran a red light and struck plaintiff’s car in the side. Plaintiff had to be cut out of the vehicle. His injuries included a fractured pelvis, broken ribs and a collapsed lung. Plaintiff made a full recovery. Demand was ...

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On Nov. 16, 2011, the plaintiff, a 30-year-old unemployed male, was injured in a collision on I-81 in Augusta County. He was a passenger in a mid-size automobile which was struck by a tractor-trailer. The host driver lost control of ...

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Wesley Moore, a 20-year veteran Richmond police officer, filed suit against a junior patrol officer arising from events following a traffic stop. While the plaintiff disputed the basis for the traffic stop, the court determined the stop was legitimate – ...

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Virginia Farm Bureau sued its insureds and a tort victim to decide coverage for a $7,000,000 tort judgment naming a farming partnership and one of its partners. The judgment followed a bench trial and resulted from a car accident that ...

This case involved insurance coverage for a June 2010 accident in which Theo Thomas II was hit by a car while on foot. The alleged tortfeasor sought coverage under her parents’ auto policies, including a $1,000,000 umbrella policy. The carrier ...

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The plaintiff, a nurse’s aide, was injured on March 29, 2012, at approximately 8:45 a.m. in the parking lot of a Colonial Heights Wal-Mart. The weather was clear and dry. As the plaintiff was exiting the store, she saw a ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury Petersburg Circuit Court

The plaintiff, a 44-year-old school counselor, was injured on Nov. 13, 2009, in a collision on I-81 in Bristol. She was a passenger in a car driven by her son when it was struck by a tractor-trailer. Her son then ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury Washington County Circuit Court

The Supreme Court of Virginia Thursday overturned the public admonition of an Eastern Shore lawyer who stayed in a divorce case even after the opposing party revealed confidences to the lawyer’s partner. The case turned on whether the lawyer knew ...