Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

A college student’s allegations that she was sexually assaulted in a dorm room by a fellow student after consuming drugged alcohol at an on-campus party “sponsored” by a college orientation peer advisor, during which college security officers observed underage drinking ...

Tagged with: Judge David W. Lannetti Negligence Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

In this products liability case involving a $2.5 million award for the wrongful death of an 88-year-old man from a fire on his Ryobi lawn tractor, the Norfolk U.S. District Court denies defendants’ post-trial motions and upholds the jury verdict; ...

Tagged with: Judge Raymond A. Jackson Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this auto accident personal injury case, plaintiff has failed to meet his burden to show that defendant John Doe operated his vehicle negligently, causing the collision in question, and the Richmond U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge grants summary judgment ...

Tagged with: Judge Roderick C. Young Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

As the Surface Transportation Board previously determined that claims raised by the current plaintiffs and other property owners near a railroad line operated by defendant Norfolk Southern Railway Company are federally preempted, the Roanoke City Circuit Court incorporates the prior ...

Tagged with: Judge Clifford R. Weckstein Negligence Roanoke Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A plaintiff who alleges she was injured while shopping at a Goodwill store when a bed frame or bed rail propped up against a store wall fell over onto her leg may sue the Goodwill store; the store does not ...

Tagged with: Judge David B. Carson Negligence Roanoke Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A staffing company that assigned a physician to a hospital emergency department may not use a summary judgment motion to escape liability for the physician’s alleged malpractice in failing to diagnose decedent’s pulmonary embolism; an Abingdon U.S. District Court says ...

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

An expert report proffered by defendant Toyota indicates plaintiff’s single-car accident was within the “gray zone” of the 2011 Camry’s front airbag system, so that an airbag deployment would not necessarily be expected and, as plaintiff has failed to present ...

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

A plaintiff injured in a boating accident while training with defendants in a “Tactical Operators Course” has her negligence claim against the instructor dismissed by the Newport News U.S. District Court, as the instructor was acting in his official capacity ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Charlottesville U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to the U.S. in this Federal Tort Claims Act suit against a rural mail carrier who struck an 83-year-old woman with the side mirror of his truck after she first stepped back ...

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

A volunteer fire department does not have charitable immunity from a personal injury action filed by a woman who tripped and fell outside the bingo hall operated by fire department as a fund-raiser, an Abingdon U.S. District Court says. Plaintiff ...

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