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A former bank executive lost over $800,000 in severance pay and attorney’s fees in a Jan. 14 decision by the Supreme Court of Virginia. That court reversed a Norfolk trial judge’s 2014 award as a “golden parachute” payment that was ...

An emergency room physician who said he consulted with a cardiologist prior to discharging a woman with chest pain faces retrial of a wrongful death suit filed after the woman died a week later. Sloan Bailey came to Sentara CarePlex ...

A company president’s letter promising a retention bonus to employees who stayed on after a stock sale could not support a $200,000 punitive damage award against the company, the Supreme Court of Virginia said on Dec. 30. S.W. Rawls Inc., ...

A Fairfax special education teacher has lost her challenge to her 2014 dismissal for a felony conviction she disclosed prior to her hire in 2006, in a decision issued on Dec. 17 by the Supreme Court of Virginia. In 1992, ...

A man whose house needed repair for fire damage was not bound by an agreement he signed two days after the fire when representatives from the insurance company and the contractor showed up to assess the damage. The agreement Michael ...

A federal contractor was not entitled to liquidated damages from a subcontractor it hired for grounds maintenance, the Supreme Court of Virginia said on Oct. 22. The contractor, Baistar Mechanical Inc., was hired by the federal government to care for ...

A dispute between a dissident homeowners’ group called “Kingsmill United” and the Kingsmill Community Services Association is headed back to court. On Dec. 10, the Supreme Court of Virginia reversed dismissal of a suit filed by KCSA to deal with ...

Prosecutors proved that police dog Falco Two was reliable in alerting to drugs in a case decided Dec. 10 by the Supreme Court of Virginia. The dog’s handler detailed the dog’s training and experience, and the K-9 officer had the ...

Twenty-five Virginia trial judges have received their report cards. The Virginia General Assembly has released the 2015 Judicial Performance Evaluation Reports, delivered by the Supreme Court of Virginia on Dec. 1, pursuant to statute. Reports were prepared for 25 judges ...

A round of finger-pointing after a rush-hour car crash should be sorted out by a jury, the Supreme Court of Virginia said in a Dec. 3 ruling on contributory negligence. The middle car in the three-car pileup was squeezed from ...