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In this personal injury litigation after a 2005 auto accident, with multiple complaints filed by plaintiff passenger and the intervening death of defendant driver, a Fairfax Circuit Court says plaintiff’s complaint filed in 2010 is time-barred. On Oct. 23, 2005, ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Jonathan C. Thacher Virginia Circuit Courts

Plaintiff trusts who are suing defendant CPA for $25 million for allegedly providing “negligent tax advice, preparation of tax returns and relating accounting services” over a 12-year period are claiming accounting malpractice, and a Martinsville Circuit Court says accounting malpractice, ...

Tagged with: Judge G. Carter Greer Martinsville Circuit Court Tort Virginia Circuit Courts

A Richmond Circuit Court says defendant doctor should not have terminated a deposition because he objected to a med-mal plaintiff’s questions about information contained in a medical periodical related to the subject surgical procedure, but the court will hold off ...

Tagged with: Judge Melvin R. Hughes Jr. Medical Malpractice Richmond Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A woman who alleges injury from falling on snow and ice in the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel restaurant cannot get her slip-and-fall case remanded to state court by a Richmond U.S. District Court, after the court dismissed the ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although a pro se plaintiff sued the owner, not the driver, of the vehicle involved in an auto accident that allegedly caused his injuries, a Fairfax Circuit Court overrules the owner’s plea in bar arguing plaintiff sued the wrong defendant, ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Stanford Schell Negligence Virginia Circuit Courts

A Roanoke U.S. District Court says a man suing for injuries he received as a teenager when he exited a school bus and was struck by a driver who failed to heed the bus driver’s signals to stop, can sue ...

Tagged with: Judge Samuel G. Wilson Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

A drugstore cashier’s alleged admission that she had not finished cleaning an aisle of the store earlier that day does not support plaintiff’s claim that the store had notice of an unsafe condition that led to her slipping on a ...

Tagged with: Judge M. Hannah Lauck Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Roanoke City Circuit Court denies plaintiff’s motion for additur in this case in which liability was admitted but plaintiff pleaded no special damages and the jury awarded $0.00. In Bowers v. Sprouse, 254 Va. 428 (1997), the Supreme Court ...

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

A Danville Circuit Court says Danville Regional Medical Center must turn over to plaintiff an incident report that has factual information not protected by Va. Code § 8.01-581.17; the document here falls under iiiRiverside Hospital v. Johnson,iii and even viewing ...

Tagged with: Danville Circuit Court Judge David A. Melesco Negligence Virginia Circuit Courts

A Fairfax Circuit Court dismisses claims in two unrelated automobile accident personal injury suits that allege “recklessness” without the necessary foundation. The court recognizes that alleging reckless conduct is sufficient to state a tort claim in Virginia. However, in Virginia, ...

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