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Although defendant restaurant owner says plaintiff, who alleges he cracked a porcelain crown while eating at defendant’s restaurant, will wind up with better teeth than he had before the incident, a Norfolk Circuit Court says that’s not a reason to ...

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

Although an OB-GYN did not have an active practice in nursing, he performed postpartum monitoring of high-risk patients with preeclampsia and could testify as an expert in a med-mal suit alleging a nurse’s failure to monitor plaintiff led to her ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge James A. Wynn Jr. Medical Malpractice

In a lawsuit against a long-term care facility that allegedly lost track of a resident who fell down a flight of stairs during a “field trip” to the Homestead Hotel and died 10 days later, a Staunton Circuit Court says ...

Tagged with: Judge Humes J. Franklin Jr. Negligence Roanoke Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

In this lawsuit against an anesthesiology group, a nonparty hospital risk manager who responded to contact from a lawyer engaged four days after a death, and who contacted outside counsel, investigated the incident and collected information to share with outside ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Jonathan C. Thacher Medical Malpractice Virginia Circuit Courts

In this “troubling and tragic case,” an Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses a claim filed by a former CIA employee who suffered permanently disabling lead poisoning after exposure to toxic levels of lead in connection with his employment conducting weapons ...

Tagged with: Judge Anthony J. Trenga Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court denies summary judgment to defendant supermarket on plaintiff shopper’s claim for injuries alleging defendant Kroger store negligently failed to secure a carpet at the store entrance, allowing the carpet to “cock up, wrinkle, fold, bunch ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert G. Doumar Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk U.S. District Court dismisses claims for punitive damages filed by a plaintiff who was severely injured when a motorboat operated by the second defendant, Cox, crossed the towline of the inner tube plaintiff was riding on in Currituck ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert G. Doumar Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In this suit seeking damages for injuries from a family’s alleged mold exposure in the home in which they were house-sitting, a Charlottesville U.S. District Court issues rulings on the parties’ pretrial motions challenging the parties’ experts and their reports. ...

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

The Richmond U.S. District Court grants summary judgment for grocery store against a customer who allegedly slipped on a smashed grape on Saturday morning; customer could not prove actual or constructive knowledge of an unsafe condition when the employee responsible ...

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

Adopting the recommendation of the magistrate judge, the Richmond U.S. District Court grants summary to defendant fast-food restaurant because customer failed to allege facts sufficient to find defendant had actual notice of the sticky spot customer claims caused her fall. ...

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