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Food and drink
Couple of stories from the eastern part of the commonwealth this week. Here’s an unhappy thought: If you bought crabmeat at a Hampton Roads grocery store a few years back […]
Headlines, we’ve got headlines
This column has shared numerous “Headlines of the Day” or “Week” over the years – call it a bit of newspaper inside baseball, but a really well-written headline is a […]
The Wrath of Grapes
This is the story of an evil, evil crime. It’s a story about wine and grapes and lost wine. OK, so it’s a sad story. Firefly Hill Vineyards is a […]
Food fight
Free stuff, especially free food, is always good. But when they’re passing out freebies, you follow the same rules you learned in kindergarten: Wait patiently for your turn. Don’t cut […]
Dave’s still not here
Few AP items make me laugh out loud, but there was one this past week. It’s the tale from Fairfax of an alleged stoner who may have engaged in drunk […]
Editorial: An important reminder
If you search the Rules of Professional Conduct, you won’t find any references to the need to take care of yourself and your health. You won’t find any reference to […]
10 for ’18
WILLIAMSBURG – The Virginia Law Foundation added 10 new Fellows to its ranks on Jan. 18, when the VLF held its annual Fellows dinner in conjunction with the kick-off of […]
Snakes…why’d it have to be snakes?
It’s a federal crime to sell wildlife across state lines. Just ask Jonathan Benson, formerly of Greenville, South Carolina, who pleaded guilty to same this month. He got five years […]
Editorial: A sledgehammer or a scalpel?
Students at several of the commonwealth’s public universities got a surprise on their cell phones last fall: A text message urged them to register to vote, and to support the […]
Editorial: Put an end to client-shaming
Election season is stupid season, here and elsewhere. Be glad it ended last month. Here’s a plea to politicians and political types as they get ready for the next inevitable […]
Editorial: Pass the federal shield law bill
When Attorney General Jeff Sessions appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Nov. 14, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, had a direct question. Raskin asked Sessions, “As Attorney General, will you […]
The Virginia Way…on the golf course
Lawyers from the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, used to facing each other in the courtroom or across the table at depositions, met instead […]
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
