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No forfeiture if only one joint owner convicted
Where the commonwealth seized property allegedly connected with marijuana distribution, the forfeiture action is dismissed. The property is held by a married couple as tenants by the entirety and only one of the tenants was convicted of a marijuana distribution offense. Undivided interest Norma and Mark Minnix own the subject property as tenants by the […]
Claims move forward in fraternity hazing case
Where a minor plaintiff claims defendant fraternity members required him to consume large amounts of alcohol if he wanted further consideration for membership, most of his claims survive defendants’ demurrers and pleas at bar. Party time Plaintiff alleges that he was pledging for membership in Pi Kappa Phi, a fraternity at Radford University. He did […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Driver fell asleep, causing significant auto accident — $1M settlement
- Defense verdict returned for company in rear-end crash — Defense verdict
- Cauda equina syndrome developed after procedure — $625,000 settlement
- Passenger died months after sustaining multiple injuries — $725,000 settlement
- Plaintiff injured in crash with oncoming vehicle — $235,000 settlement
- Driver killed in rear-end collision with tractor-trailer — $1.5M settlement
- Man died from pancreatic cancer after delayed response — $1.8M settlement
- Worker fell off roof, rendering him a paraplegic — $1.25M settlement
- Driver sustained permanent hearing loss after traffic collision — $240,000 settlement
- Plaintiff suffered concussion in rear-end collision — $81,000 verdict
- Builder misrepresented home status to buyers — $675,000 verdict
- Low potassium led to cardiac arrest, death of patient — $1M settlement
Opinion Digests
- Company owner dodges breach of contract suit
- Employee’s own allegations doom minimum wage claim
- Federal government defeats former employee’s claims
- Principal wasn’t entitled to exclusively remote work
- USPTO properly redacted info in responsive documents
- Untimely lawsuit allowed to proceed
- Engineering consultant dismissed from suit
- Rule 60 motion was filed too late
- Nonprofit directors immune from ex-employees’ claims
- City, employees immune from whistleblower claims
- Experts excluded in condemnation damages suit
- Judgment entered against company for horse’s death
