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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

At trial of plaintiff’s suit for injuries from an auto accident, including shoulder injuries, defendant’s use of a transcript of plaintiff’s telephone conversation reporting injuries to defendant’s insurance carrier that did not include mention of a shoulder injury, did not ...

Tagged with: Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Supreme Court of Virginia

In a medical malpractice case, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding plaintiff’s expert designations as untimely and invalid without signature of local counsel, and in granting summary judgment for defendant after excluding plaintiff’s expert testimony on ...

Tagged with: Justice Donald W. Lemons Medical Malpractice Supreme Court of Virginia

The Virginia Home in Richmond, a private, state-licensed home for disabled indigents, has charitable immunity from a negligence claim filed by a resident who suffers from cerebral palsy and suffered third-degree burns to her leg in a fire in her ...

Tagged with: Judge T.J. Markow Negligence Richmond Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A Lowe’s customer who alleges she suffered a brain injury when a Lowe’s employee climbed a ladder to retrieve an item and dropped a box on plaintiff customer can sue Lowe’s for negligent training and negligent supervision of its employee, ...

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