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A company’s auto liability policy was a “renewal” policy under Virginia law even though the company lined up its coverage before expiration of its existing policy. William Watlington was driving a vehicle owned by his employer, Terminix of North Carolina, ...

A man serving a 128-year sentence in connection with a violent home invasion has won a new trial with a ruling from the Supreme Court of Virginia. The court decided that an alleged getaway driver for the crime was an ...

A mother’s criminal conviction for failing to get her children to school on time will be on the Supreme Court docket when school gets underway again next fall. A Loudoun County Circuit Court convicted Maureen Anne Blake on three counts ...

Finding that a company accident report was improperly admitted into evidence, the Supreme Court of Virginia has cleared the way for a new trial in the case of two men who perished aboard a single-engine plane when it crashed into ...

Concluding that a dump truck driver’s own negligence contributed to his death in a rail crossing accident, the Supreme Court of Virginia has reversed a $2.5 million jury verdict for the driver’s family. Driver Charles E. Settle Sr. died in ...

Lawyers looking for a landmark ruling on discovery of hospital policies and medical record metadata may be disappointed, judging from Supreme Court arguments on June 5. The court granted a writ in Temple, Adm’r v. Mary Washington Hospital, an estate’s appeal ...

A child who was sexually assaulted by an older boy at a summer youth program will get another chance to make a case against a supervisor blamed for allowing the assault to occur. Greene County Circuit Judge Daniel R. Bouton ...

A motorcyclist who hit an SUV turning across his lane of travel gets another chance to win damages, after a Virginia Supreme Court majority took issue with a jury instruction on contributory negligence. It takes just a little more than a “scintilla” ...

Citing Padilla v. Kentucky, the Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed habeas relief from a drug paraphernalia conviction that led to the petitioner’s detention by immigration officials after he served his state sentence. Marlon Borja Barrera initially was charged with marijuana ...

A seemingly minor procedural change for trial courts setting pretrial schedules in civil cases brought expressions of dissent from two justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia. The rule change approved by the court Friday allows judges to enter the ...