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AG’s Office: Cold case victim tied to Colonial Parkway murders suspect
Virginia State Police have connected a suspected serial killer to the 1988 cold case of Laurie Ann Powell, the office of Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Nov. 17.
Virginia files antitrust suit against online rental sites
Virginia has joined four other states in filing an antitrust suit alleging online rental marketplace sites Zillow and Redfin entered an unlawful agreement to decrease competition.
AG nominee faces calls to exit race over 2022 texts
Former Del. Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, is facing backlash over 2022 text messages where he described a scenario where then-Del. Todd Gilbert “gets two bullets to the head.”
Democratic AG hopefuls vow to fight feds
The state’s two Democratic candidates for attorney general say they are focused on — and frustrated by — incumbent Republican Jason Miyares’ failure to respond to the wave of executive orders being issued by the Trump administration.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Car crash after back surgery causes additional injuries
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with cardiologist over treatment of strokes
- Negligence and Tort- Ice pack use during tattoo removal causes frostbite
- Workers’ Compensation Struck by metal door at workplace, plaintiff sustains subdural hematoma
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Woman struck by vehicle loses senses of taste, smell
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pedestrian struck by car while in parking lot
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Driver fractures right leg in tractor-trailer collision
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Motorcyclist hit by car suffers two broken wrists
- Medical Malpractice – Young patient commits suicide while on psychoactive drugs
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Art teacher’s hand injured in collision
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Unlawful wounding by mob conviction is affirmed
- Patent and trademark – Amazon largely prevails on patent claims
- Criminal – Sentence for ‘unusually heinous’ conduct is affirmed
- Criminal – Sentence wasn’t unreasonable despite deportation consequences
- Appeals – Waiver in plea agreement forecloses most arguments on appeal
- Appeals – Appellant’s informal brief forfeited appellate review
- Employment – Failure to exhaust administrative remedies dooms Title VII suit
- Jurors – Dishonest juror didn’t violate defendant’s Sixth Amendment rights
- Criminal – Motion to suppress backpack denied where defendant abandoned item
- Civil Rights – Officer denied immunity in fatal shooting case
- Civil Rights – No qualified immunity on excessive force police K-9 claim
- Criminal – Probable cause includes dog’s positive alert for narcotics
