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A Roanoke U.S. District Court says a software corporation may sue a competitor for defamation, trademark violations, false advertising and computer crimes for allegedly attempting to confuse customers into falsely believing plaintiff is a Chinese company instead of an American ...

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

A Pulaski County Circuit Court declines to set aside or remit a $14 million jury award for a plaintiff incapacitated by injuries he suffered after he collided with a tree while driving a 2008 Hyundai Tiburon whose side airbag failed ...

Tagged with: Judge Colin Gibb Negligence Pulaski County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

An anesthesiologist can take his defamation case against a trauma surgeon to a jury, the Supreme Court of Virginia says; although the surgeon may have a qualified privilege to make critical comments about the plaintiff’s alleged poor effort to resuscitate ...

Tagged with: Justice William C. Mims Supreme Court of Virginia Tort

Even assuming the existence of a “special relationship” under Virginia tort law between the commonwealth and Virginia Tech students, the commonwealth had no duty to warn students of harm by a third party who shot multiple students in Norris Hall ...

Tagged with: Justice Cleo E. Powell Negligence Supreme Court of Virginia

In plaintiff’s suit for the wrongful death of her husband from fungal meningitis allegedly resulting from an epidural injection of a contaminated steroid produced by a compounding pharmacy and used by defendant health care providers, a Roanoke City Circuit Court ...

Tagged with: Judge Charles N. Dorsey Roanoke Circuit Court Tort Virginia Circuit Courts

A law firm employee defending a personal injury suit that arose from an auto accident that occurred during his commute from home to work cannot look to the law firm’s insurance policy, even though a jury concluded the employee was ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge Thomas D. Horne Loudoun County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A woman who fell and was injured after she left a church where she attended the funeral of a friend cannot sue the church for negligence; the Westmoreland County Circuit Court says the church has charitable immunity from the suit ...

Tagged with: Judge Harry T. Taliaferro III Negligence Virginia Circuit Courts Westmoreland County Circuit Court

The Norfolk Circuit Court grants the city’s plea of sovereign immunity in this suit filed by plaintiff for injuries sustained when a red oak tree fell on the vehicle occupied by plaintiff while traveling on Northampton Boulevard in the city ...

Tagged with: Judge Junius P. Fulton III Municipal Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A condominium resident may sue the condo association for negligence and premises liability based on her allegations that she was injured when her dog was confronted by dogs owned by the association president, who allowed her dogs to run free ...

Tagged with: Judge Charles E. Poston Negligence Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

In the present case, the alleged defamatory words about defendants’ work on plaintiff’s 1960 Thunderbird are not pled with sufficient specificity and are statements of opinion rather than fact, and plaintiff’s demurrer to defendants’ amended counterclaim for defamation is sustained ...

Tagged with: Judge Charles E. Poston Norfolk Circuit Court Tort Virginia Circuit Courts