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Fiancé lacks standing to pursue wrongful death suit
Where the fiancé of a woman killed in a motor vehicle accident filed a wrongful death suit, but he had not been qualified as the personal representative of her estate […]
Ex-student alleges university discriminated against males
Where the male student alleged the university acted with an anti-male bias by not interviewing his selected witnesses or the other party accused of sexual assault by the accuser, refusing […]
Claims arising from police shooting dismissed
Where police shot and injured appellants after they left the scene of a traffic stop, the trial court correctly dismissed appellant’s claims of gross negligence, willful, wanton, and reckless negligence, […]
Jury to decide driver’s contributory negligence
Where a truck driver and his employer argued a man injured in automobile accident was contributorily negligent, but the parties disputed whether the visibility was limited or the man was […]
Weather-related expert testimony excluded
Where a man injured in a multi-vehicle automobile accident offered an expert to testify about the weather in the area on the date and at the time of the accident, […]
Students allege school employee harassed them
Where five former female high-school students alleged they were sexually harassed and groomed by a school employee, and that the school board and administrators had knowledge of the conduct but […]
Disgruntled customer’s suit against employee dismissed
Where a disgruntled Home Depot customer sued a store employee for failing to respond to his emails, failing to provide information about an advertisement and refusing to allow an exchange […]
No qualified privilege for extra-organizational communications
Where a vendor argued her communications to a government employee’s supervisor were privileged as a matter of law because both parties shared an interest in discussing the employee’s conduct, that […]
Contributory negligence was jury issue in accident case
Where an appellant struck the appellee with her car, the trial court correctly ruled that the appellee was not contributorily negligent as a matter of law, and that the issue […]
Tow truck driver prevails in UM/UIM coverage suit
Where a tow truck driver was connecting a disabled RV to his wrecker at the time it was struck by another vehicle, he was “using” a vehicle within meaning of […]
Lack of expert dooms woman’s injury claim
Where a woman claimed she suffered a pelvic prolapse when she was involved in a traffic accident, but she failed to timely identify an expert on this issue, the court […]
Claims narrowed in former student’s suit
Where a woman sued the Fairfax County School Board and numerous school officials over her alleged rape, sexual assault and harassment when she was a seventh-grade student, but she failed […]
Legal Tech
- How large language models are leveling the personal injury playing field
- Attorney Share, Lawmatics integrate to automate law firm referrals
- How ransomware tactics against law firms are changing
Verdicts & Settlements
- Workers’ Compensation-Vehicle accident paralyzes Brazilian cement worker
- Medical Malpractice – Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Unicycle rider dies after being hit by car
Opinion Digests
- Prisons – No immunity for prison officials who allegedly failed to provide medical care
- Search and seizure – No immunity for guards who intentionally failed to check on injured inmate
- Prisons – Compassionate release denied despite end-stage renal disease
- Criminal – Correctional officer’s civil rights’ violation conviction is vacated
- Constitutional – Board member lacks property interest in zoning board position
- Habeas corpus – District court erred when it granted writ of habeas corpus
- Tort – Salvadoran colonel denied immunity for alleged murder of journalist
