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In this suit by the parents of a 16-year-old boy who drowned in the Maury River below a low-head dam in a city-owned riverside park, the Supreme Court of Virginia reverses the trial court decision holding that the city of ...

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

A Portsmouth Circuit Court sets aside a $3.5 million med-mal award because the verdict form showed the jury did not find the doctor liable, but found the doctor’s practice group liable, and there was no evidence that the practice group ...

Tagged with: Judge Johnny E. Morrison Medical Malpractice Portsmouth Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Although the jury award of $1,000 was for a sum less than the $1,172 price of plaintiff’s emergency room visit and follow-up appointment with a primary care physician after an auto accident, a Charlottesville Circuit Court declines to set aside ...

Tagged with: Charlottesville Circuit Court Judge Edward Hogshire Negligence Virginia Circuit Courts

A restaurant patron stabbed by a cook who was standing at the bar drinking while on duty can sue the restaurant for assault and battery, negligence in failing to protect an invitee, emotional distress and punitive damages, but not for ...

Tagged with: Charlottesville Circuit Court Judge Edward Hogshire Negligence Virginia Circuit Courts

A photographer for Trader Publishing who regularly worked at defendant Danville Toyota, taking and posting online photos of defendant’s cars for sale, can sue the car dealership for her injuries from allegedly stepping into a grass-covered drainpipe hole; a Danville ...

Tagged with: Judge Jackson L. Kiser Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

A plaintiff administrator who alleges decedent died of blood loss and anoxic encephalopathy as a result of a dialysis nurse’s negligence cannot persuade the Richmond U.S. District Court to change its decision that her one-page expert designation did not meet ...

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

An endorsement in a policyholder’s Executive Umbrella Insurance Policy is ambiguous, and an Henrico Circuit Court construes the endorsement in favor of the policyholder who was injured in an auto accident, to provide $2 million in underinsured motorist coverage. In ...

Tagged with: Henrico County Circuit Court Insurance Judge Gary Hicks Virginia Circuit Courts

A plaintiff already sanctioned for nondisclosures during discovery receives additional sanctions after defendant learned of additional undisclosed medical treatment, and a Norfolk Circuit Court says plaintiff can’t avoid sanctions by nonsuiting his personal injury suit. The records show plaintiff was ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Everett A. Martin Jr. Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A Norfolk Circuit Court sanctions a plaintiff suing after his car collided with a locomotive for failure to disclose a past ambulance trip and complaint that he was paralyzed, as well as his prior employment from which he was dismissed ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Everett A. Martin Jr. Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

In this suit in which a contractor alleges injuries from the explosion of a ship’s propane tank as he refilled it on land for a commercial fishing operation, a magistrate judge for the Richmond U.S. District Court recommends dismissing third-party ...

Tagged with: Admiralty Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District