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Recent Articles from Declan C. Leonard
Ledbetter law could spell trouble for employers
When the United States Supreme Court in 2007 denied Lilly Ledbetter’s pay discrimination claim against her employer Goodyear Tire as being untimely, it touched off a rallying cry among women […]
When an employee’s creditors come knocking …
A business owner is going through the day’s mail, and, in addition to normal invoices and business correspondence, receives a garnishment from an employee’s creditors seeking to garnish the employee’s […]
Fairness should guide the firing process
Juries who are called upon to hear wrongful termination cases almost uniformly express confusion about the jury instructions they receive on how to apply the discrimination laws to the facts […]
Federal pleading just got a little tougher
Last month, with relatively limited fanfare, the United States Supreme Court altered the federal pleading standard that has been in effect for the last half century. Those who practice civil […]
Ex parte contacts with employees: Rules not always clear-cut
Your company is sued for sexual harassment and the plaintiff’s attorney wants to interview some of your employees. In addition to in-house counsel, the company has engaged outside counsel to […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Workers’ Compensation- Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice- Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Struck in face by forklift, woman suffers brain injury
- Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
- Medical Malpractice – Nursing facility patient dies after fracturing ankle in fall
- Medical Malpractice- Patient has bladder injury during colostomy reversal
- Premises Liability- Apartment guest burned by gas grill spewing fire
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Physician sustained hand injuries in crash
- Premises Liability- Dog bite injury nets settlement
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Woman suffers injuries after T-bone collision
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Man fails to vacate default judgment forfeiting approximately $21,000
- Negligence – Business not liable for failing to call ambulance
- Search & Seizure – Police lacked reasonable suspicion for stop and frisk
- Criminal – Man convicted of pinching officer during struggle
- Municipal – Heirs claim surplus funds following tax sale of real property
- Contract – Res judicata bars some of breach of contract claim
- Criminal – Circuit court’s probation decision is reversed
- Employment – Virginia court had subject-matter jurisdiction over remote worker’s claims
- Criminal – Record supports sentencing decision
- Insurance – Two carriers disagree over duty-to-defend responsibility
- Criminal – Inmate denied certificate of appealability on § 2254 petition
- Tort – Defamation suit reinstated against employer
