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The Court of Appeals say police had a reasonable suspicion that the cluster of objects hanging from the rearview mirror of defendant’s vehicle could impair his view of the highway in violation of Va. Code § 46.2-1054, and the appeals ...

Tagged with: Judge William G. Petty Traffic Offenses Virginia Court of Appeals

In a college student’s suit alleging 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, the Norfolk Circuit Court rules on the ...

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

A contract cleaning employee who alleges he fell off his ladder after receiving an electric shock from exposed bare wires has stated claims for negligent supervision and for negligence based on defendant’s internal policies and procedures, but the Norfolk Circuit ...

Tagged with: Judge Michelle J. Atkins Negligence Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

In this wrongful death suit against a school board for a bus accident that killed a four-year-old child, the trial court erred in in ordering that the separate awards to the child’s two minor brothers be held by the clerk ...

Tagged with: Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Negligence Supreme Court of Virginia

Plaintiff table-saw manufacturer states an antitrust claim by alleging defendant manufacturers voted to engage in a group boycott of plaintiff’s safety technology in an effort to reduce their exposure in products liability suits; on rehearing, a split 4th Circuit panel ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge G. Steven Agee Products Liability

In this products liability suit arising from the death of a landscape employee who was killed when a 2007 Hustler Z zero-turn radius riding mower rolled over, a Harrisonburg U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to defendant Excel Industries, manufacturer ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael F. Urbanski Products Liability U.S. District Court - Western District

A woman who alleges she tripped over a white PVC pipe protruding from the ground as she walked from her car to the entrance of defendant volunteer fire department’s bingo game can try her premises liability suit alleging inoperative lights ...

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

In plaintiff’s suit alleging illness from eating contaminated oysters at defendant’s restaurant, the Roanoke U.S. District Court denies plaintiff’s motion to voluntarily dismiss his suit, as litigation has been ongoing for two years, there are multiple third-party complaints up the ...

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

A Lynchburg U.S. District Court denies summary judgment to defendant Kroger store in a shopper’s suit alleging injury when she slipped and fell in a puddle on the floor as she approached a self-serve checkout station. Defendants argue vigorously that ...

Tagged with: Judge Norman K. Moon Premises Liability U.S. District Court - Western District

A physician at a pain center may sue defendant drug store chain for defamation for allegedly telling patients the drug store would no longer fill the physician’s prescriptions because the physician prescribed too many pain pills and was “under investigation”; ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert E. Payne Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District