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Introducing the Virginia Lawyers Wellness blog
We have had numerous stories in the past two years about lawyer wellness, starting in late 2017 when Virginia’s Chief Justice, Donald W. Lemons, was a member of a national […]
A Harry situation
Muggles and the wizarding world are at war. A financial war, that is. The College of William & Mary is suing the company Learn Larp LLC, claiming it owes nearly […]
Whisky Business
An outfit called the Scotch Whisky Association filed a heavy-handed lawsuit in Delaware federal court earlier this month. The target? An independent distillery in Lovingston, Virginia, called the Virginia Distillery […]
A tale of greed and weed
Maybe it sounded like a good idea at the end of an all-night bong party out in California. Maybe it sounded like a way to get a leg up on […]
In search of ‘happy little trees’
Remember Bob Ross? Not the VMI quarterback from Richmond who became an NFL coach and took the San Diego Chargers to the Super Bowl after the 1994 season. That’s Bobby […]
Contempt for the dead
Who says judges don’t have a sense of humor? No one around our office. Usually the good stuff sneaks into wry footnotes in cases. And we’ve got one this week. […]
Overcoming obstables
Longtime readers of this column will know that we enjoy a good headline at Virginia Lawyers Weekly, even when it’s a bad headline. This week, we salute and send a […]
The elements of (AP) Style
Like thousands of newspapers across America, Virginia Lawyers Weekly uses The Associated Press Stylebook as our source for rules regarding punctuation, phrasing, spelling and general usage. Note that, per AP, […]
22 new Fellows added
WILLIAMSBURG – Each year the Virginia Law Foundation holds its annual Fellows dinner in conjunction with the Virginia Bar Association winter meeting, inducting new Fellows and installing new officers. Anderson […]
Certain uncertainty
A guy named Brian Bolar was indicted for two crimes, murder and use of a firearm in commission of a murder. An Alexandria jury acquitted Bolar on the murder charge. […]
A Lobster Tale
The Onion has a running gag involving headlines in which a “Florida Man” does something outrageous and often criminal. Then you find out the headline is for a real story […]
29 VADA presidents walk into a bar…
…meeting. Take a look at the picture above. It’s an impressive group of 29 lawyers who have served as president of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. And that’s got […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers stroke from ruptured aneurysm
- Premises Liability- Man suffers paralysis after bench tipped back
- Medical Malpractice – Botched tubal ligation results in childbirth
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pickup truck passenger dies from crash injuries
- Medical Malpractice-Patient received spleen injury during colonoscopy
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers complications from improper cyst removal
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Henrico driver sustained wrist fracture in five-car collision
- Medical Malpractice-Patient dies following blood loss in surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Defense points to plaintiff’s prior collision, stressors
- Medical Malpractice – Ingrown toenail removal leads to CRPS type 2
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
Opinion Digests
- Arbitration – Court decides whether nonparty to arbitration agreement can enforce it
- Constitutional – Circuit court applied wrong standard in church dispute
- Civil Procedure – Medical malpractice statute of limitations doesn’t apply to claims against hospital
- Bankruptcy – Creditor can’t examine debtor under Bankruptcy Code § 707(b)(1)
- Administrative – Court construes Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
- Taxation – County’s tax assessment was ‘plainly wrong’
- Negligence – Release doesn’t bar rider’s negligence claim against horse owner
- Bankruptcy – Motion to reinstate Chapter 7 petition previously dismissed by court is denied
- Wills and trusts – Court applied incorrect statute of limitations to breach of trust claims
- Administrative – Doctor’s attacks on license suspension order fails
- Habeas Corpus – Petition attacking military court martial is dismissed
- Parent and Child – Stepmother awarded custody of stepchildren over father’s objection
