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A plaintiff who slipped and fell inside the entrance to a Walgreens store has no evidence to show when an allegedly oily, waxy substance on the floor may have created an unsafe condition of which the store had constructive notice, ...

Tagged with: Judge M. Hannah Lauck Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In plaintiff’s suit for injuries in an incident at a Big Lots store in Fredericksburg, the Richmond U.S. District Court says plaintiff is not entitled to discovery of every complaint or incident at other Big Lots stores, without time or ...

Tagged with: Judge James R. Spencer Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this suit alleging a U.S. Navy employee was negligent in stopping his vehicle to ask highway workers if he could use a closed exit because he was late getting to the airport, and decedent struck the stopped vehicle from ...

Tagged with: Judge Mark Davis Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A hunt club member who allegedly shot at a deer and hit a driver on a nearby public road cannot look to his hunt club’s insurance policy for coverage, says a Richmond U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge; even though hunt ...

Tagged with: Judge David J. Novak Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff’s personal injury complaint alleging negligence per se when defendant’s tractor-trailer truck allegedly struck plaintiff’s vehicle during a sudden lane change on Interstate 81, survives defendant’s motion to dismiss; the Abingdon U.S. District Court also refuses to dismiss plaintiff’s ...

Tagged with: Judge James P. Jones Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

In a restaurant patron’s suit for damages from food poisoning after eating shellfish at a defendant’s restaurant, the Roanoke U.S. District Court rejects third-party defendant Sam Rust Seafood Inc.’s argument that defendant Frankie Rowland’s Steakhouse failed to give it timely ...

Tagged with: Judge Glen E. Conrad Products Liability U.S. District Court - Western District

In this personal injury suit involving a collision with defendant police officer’s vehicle travelling at excessive speed, without emergency lights, to respond to a drunk-in-public complaint involving a person in her own home, the Lee County Circuit Court concludes the ...

Tagged with: Judge Chadwick S. Dotson Lee County Circuit Court Negligence Virginia Circuit Courts

In this personal injury suit involving a collision with defendant police officer’s  vehicle travelling at excessive speed, without emergency lights, to respond to a drunk-in-public complaint involving a person in her own home, the Lee County Circuit Court concludes the ...

Tagged with: Judge Chadwick S. Dotson Lee County Circuit Court Negligence Virginia Circuit Courts

In a woman’s suit for injuries from falling down the stairs at the Franconia-Springfield Metro Station, an Alexandria U.S. District Court grants plaintiff’s motion to exclude from defendant WMATA’s witness list individuals not identified within the discovery deadlines; disclosure of ...

Tagged with: Judge James C. Cacheris Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this medical malpractice case, a Newport News Circuit Court orders pre-service disclosure of medical charts and notes of the hospital’s risk manager regarding the patient and doctor in the case, including party witness statements and the risk manager’s handwritten ...

Tagged with: Judge David F. Pugh Medical Malpractice Newport News Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts