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The conviction of a Southwest Virginia man who hung a black-faced dummy by a noose in his yard has been upheld by a ruling from the Virginia Supreme Court. Jack Eugene Turner of Franklin County was convicted in 2015 of ...

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The 2018 Virginia General Assembly regular session ended March 10 with two major issues still unresolved. No compromise was reached on Medicaid expansion and, as a result, no state budget was passed. Now, the GA will reconvene at the governor’s ...

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A Richmond federal jury awarded $37.8 million dollars to a former truck driver injured in a devastating crash of a concrete mixer truck, one of the highest personal injury jury verdicts ever in Virginia. There was no punitive damages component ...

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A Roanoke jury recently awarded $1.5 million to a Virginia man who suffered a series of injuries as a result of a radiologist’s negligence. The plaintiff was seen at LewisGale Medical Center’s emergency room complaining of abdominal pains, nausea and ...

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A divorcing father’s unilateral decision to use a marital investment account to pay for his adult son’s master’s program was properly considered waste of the marital assets, the Court of Appeals of Virginia has ruled. A Fairfax County circuit judge ...

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Legislators selected 16 new Virginia trial court judges March 9 before adjourning the next day to await a special session that could produce funding for additional judicial seats. The General Assembly elected five circuit judges, five general district judges and ...

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A promotion presents a public reward and affirmation for the person promoted, of course—and it’s a powerful opportunity to promote workplace values and culture. When done right and granted to deserving team members, promotions can motivate your entire team and ...

One expert should have been heard; another was heard but fell short on linking negligence to damages. Those were the rulings from the Supreme Court of Virginia last month in two medical malpractice cases that help define standards for expert ...

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Virginia is close to passing a bill that prevents out-of-state court reporting services from making multi-case deals with insurance companies, circumventing lawyers. The House of Delegates and Senate both approved a House-Senate conference report March 5, sending Senate Bill 545 to ...

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Family members’ speculation about a patient’s reluctance to have surgery was not enough to support an informed consent case after the patient died following gallbladder surgery, the Supreme Court of Virginia ruled last month. The case focused on the admissibility ...

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