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Obituary: Judge Thomas O. Bondurant
Retired Henrico County General District Court Judge Thomas O. Bondurant died July 26. Judge Bondurant grew up in Rice, just outside of Farmville, and attended Prince Edward Academy in Farmville. Upon graduating, he attended the University of Richmond, where he majored in English. As a member of the Spiders’ baseball team, he led the Southern […]
Obituary: Andrew Harry Goodman
Reston attorney Andrew Harry Goodman died May 21. He was 76. Born in Norfolk, Mr. Goodman earned his undergraduate degree in 1968 from Franklin & Marshall College before attending the University of Virginia School of Law, where he earned his law degree in 1971. During his career as an attorney, Mr. Goodman was fiercely committed […]
Obituary: Raymond C. Robertson
Retired Staunton Commonwealth’s Attorney Raymond C. Robertson died April 21. He was 80. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Mr. Robertson’s family moved to Portsmouth in 1951, where he attended St. Paul’s Catholic School. The family moved to Richmond in 1959, where Mr. Robertson attended Midlothian High School. He graduated from Midlothian High School in 1961 […]
Obituary: Donald O. Manning
Arlington attorney Donald Owen Manning died April 20. He was 78. Mr. Manning was a native of Arlington and an alum of Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, class of 1962; Duke University, class of 1966 and the University of Virginia Law School, class of 1969. Following law school, Mr. Manning served as a lieutenant in […]
Obituary: Judge Bernard Waugh Crigler
Retired U.S. Magistrate Judge B. Waugh Crigler died April 26. He was 74. Judge Crigler graduated from Randolph-Macon Academy in 1966 before going on to earn his undergraduate degree from Washington and Lee University in 1970. He earned his law degree in 1973 from the University of Tennessee College of Law, where he was a […]
Obituary: Judge Robert L. Harris Sr.
Retired Richmond Circuit Court Judge Robert L. Harris Sr. died March 2. He was 87. Born in Spring Hope, North Carolina, Judge Harris attended high school in Portsmouth, graduating from Cradock High School in 1954. He used the money he earned as a door-to-door salesman and distributor for the Saladmaster Company to pay his tuition […]
Obituary: Alexander Wayne Bell
Retired Lynchburg attorney and University of Virginia Law Professor Alexander Wayne Bell died Feb. 2. He was 79. Born in Lubbock, Texas, Mr. Bell’s family frequently moved throughout his childhood before moving to Shreveport, Louisiana, in the mid-1950s. Following high school, Mr. Bell attended Duke University, where he earned a history degree in 1966. Mr. […]
Obituary: William T. Mason Jr.
Norfolk attorney William T. Mason Jr. died Feb. 1. He was 96. Born in Norfolk, Mr. Mason spent many of his formative years in New York, graduating from A.B. Davis High School in Mt. Vernon, New York. Mr. Mason spent his first year of college at Virginia Union University in Richmond before the university reduced […]
Obituary: Howard C. McElroy
Abingdon attorney Howard C. McElroy died Jan. 5. He was 76. Born in Louisiana, Mr. McElroy attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, commissioning in the Signal Corps and Military Intelligence after graduation. He served in I-Corps in Vietnam in the early 1970s before spending the remainder of his U.S. Army career in San […]
Obituary: Henry Duncan Garnett Jr.
Newport News attorney Henry Duncan Garnett Jr. died Jan. 13. He was 78. The son of Newport News Circuit Court Judge Henry D. Garnett, Mr. Garnett was born in Norfolk and raised in Newport News. After graduating from Warwick High School, Mr. Garnett enrolled in the College of William and Mary, earning his bachelor’s degree […]
Obituary: Judge John Samuel Johnston Jr.
Retired Campbell Circuit Court Judge John Samuel Johnston Jr. died Dec. 10. He was 76. Born and raised in Alabama, Judge Johnston earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama in 1968, where he was a member of the Chi Phi social fraternity. He went on to attend law school at the University of […]
Obituary: Franklin ‘Lyn’ Swartz
Virginia Beach attorney Franklin Alex “Lyn” Swartz died Dec. 11. He was 84. Born in Norfolk on Dec. 11, 1938, Mr. Swartz graduated from Norfolk’s Granby High School in 1957, where he played both football and basketball, the latter under hall of fame coach Lefty Driesell. Mr. Swartz attended undergrad at the University of Virginia, […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Worker fell off roof, rendering him a paraplegic — $1.25M settlement
- Driver sustained permanent hearing loss after traffic collision — $240,000 settlement
- Plaintiff suffered concussion in rear-end collision — $81,000 verdict
- Builder misrepresented home status to buyers — $675,000 verdict
- Low potassium led to cardiac arrest, death of patient — $1M settlement
- Excessive propofol caused death in dialysis patient — $850,000 settlement
- Pedestrian struck in crosswalk in hit-and-run incident — $300,000 settlement
- Navy veteran killed in collision with box truck — $1.85M arbitration award
- Motorcyclist ejected from bike in collision with SUV — $1.5M settlement
- Jury rules in plaintiff’s favor in defamation suit with city — $300,000 verdict
- Woman missed step on walkway, rupturing Achilles tendon — $160,000 settlement
- Court dismisses suit in hit-and-run death of 2-year-old
Opinion Digests
- Debtor fails to show that signatures were forged
- Alleged defect in service of process excused
- Sales reps defeat injunction motion by former employer
- Court refuses to strike damages expert’s report
- Company can’t dismiss securities class action
- Defendants sued for not repaying loan
- No claim for ACA retaliation outside employment arena
- Plaintiffs awarded $33K in damages, $324K in fees
- Bank dodges claim for customer’s in-person transfer
- Jury to decide who is on hook for $207K loss
- Woman claims hospital did not offer appropriate exam
- Board members accused of political patronage
