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Detectives’ Delayed Questioning Was Legal
Police who obtained defendant’s waiver of his rights when they arrested him for first-degree murder in Spotsylvania County, and who then ceased substantive questioning when defendant indicated he wanted to […]
Indefinite Support for Disabled Doctor Wife
Although wife trained and worked as a physician, she suffered an accident in her youth that has resulted in increased disability at this stage in her life, and the Charlottesville […]
Informant Brought Own Stash to Controlled Buy
Although a police informant previously was reliable, he violated his contract with police by surreptitiously possessing cocaine just prior to his controlled buy from defendant, which police did not discover […]
Payment received 4 months victim’s family settled with state – $500,000 Settlement
Plaintiff, a 71-year-old African American man, was a patient at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville in the fall of 2012, where he was being treated for symptoms […]
Petition Claims Faulty Advice on Sentence
A Charlottesville Circuit Court denies a habeas corpus petition based on petitioner’s bare assertion that he pleaded guilty because his trial lawyer guaranteed a sentence no higher than seven years, […]
Firm May Sue Departing Architect
An architectural firm has stated contract and fiduciary duty claims against a member who resigned and allegedly failed to abide by a Memorandum of Understanding that required payment of project […]
Sub could side-step ADR options
A subcontractor seeking payment from a general contractor bypassed multiple ADR options in the parties’ contract and sued the payment sureties and the general contractor, in a new decision from […]
Court Allows Ad Damnum Amendment
A Charlottesville Circuit Court denies defendant real estate company’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, raised for the first time after default judgment was entered against defendant […]
Sub Can Sue Surety for Payment
The parties to this construction contract, a general contractor and a subcontractor, have missed their opportunities for mediation or arbitration under the contract, and the sub may proceed with its […]
‘Patient Complaints’ Support Defamation Claim
A defendant in this suit filed by a prosthetics company may countersue for defamation based on alleged statements that his former patients disliked him, his patients were angry at him […]
Surgeon lacerated small bowel, arteries during hysterectomy – $650,000 Verdict
The plaintiff, 45, was an administrative specialist with a top secret clearance employed at a U.S. defense intelligence center in Charlottesville when she suffered “atypical complex hyperplasia,” a female endometrial […]
Plaintiff Added for Circuit Court Appeal
A party has been properly added as a plaintiff in general district court in this suit, and judgment there was entered in favor of both plaintiffs, despite only one name […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Unicycle rider dies after being hit by car
- Premises Liability – Delivery driver injured by porch decking collapse
- Premises Liability – Fall down stairs at resort results in injuries, death
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Workers’ Compensation- Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice- Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Struck in face by forklift, woman suffers brain injury
- Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Allen charge wasn’t abuse of discretion
- Evidence – Expert’s exclusion from trial deemed harmless
- Parent and child – Mother held in contempt for violating visitation order
- Criminal – Court refuses to continue trial despite missing witness
- Criminal – Meth defendant wasn’t entitled to sentencing safety valve
- Tort – Comments about plaintiff were protected opinions
- Real Property – Condo unit owner challenges expansion plans
- Criminal – Woman convicted of endangering her children’s lives
- Negligence – Neighbors ordered to pay $300,000 for boundary wall collapse
- Fraud – Court vacates fraud judgment against home sellers
- Employment – Former employee’s claims against ODU are narrowed
- Civil Rights – Civil rights suit was filed too late
