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Corrections officer fired after positive test for marijuana – $120,000 Verdict
Plaintiff, a former captain at the Indian Creek Correctional Center in Chesapeake, was randomly selected for urinalysis testing in December 2008, his 15th drug test since joining the agency in […]
State employee fired after drug test wins reinstatement, back pay
A Chesapeake judge has reinstated with back pay a Department of Corrections captain who was fired after testing positive for marijuana. The employer ran afoul of its own drug-testing policy, […]
It’s all in the detailing
Phillip Meyer thought he was playing by the rules. Meyer wanted to do things right when he left his job with an auto-detailing business in Chesapeake to start his own […]
Non-Solicitation Clause Struck as ‘Overbroad’
An auto-detailing business cannot recover from its former employer who made plans to start a competing business while still employed by plaintiff; a Chesapeake Circuit Court says plaintiff’s non-solicitation clause […]
Bus passenger suffers fibromyalgia from crash – $180,000 Settlement
On June 5, 2006, plaintiff, a 28-year-old unemployed mother of three young children, was the sole passenger on a bus which was twice struck in the same accident by a […]
Workers’ comp an issue in fall on hospital steps – $112,500 Settlement
On July 22, 2008, plaintiff was employed part-time as a CPR coordinator and health educator at a subdivision of the defendant hospital, located in South Hampton Roads. She completed her […]
Motorist suffers radiculopathy from crash at intersection – $200,000 Verdict
This was intersection accident in which the defendant ran a red light and broadsided the plaintiff’s vehicle. Plaintiff was taken to the emergency room and discharged. The X-rays were negative. […]
Student says paper defamed him with bullying allegation – $5,000,000 Verdict
A newspaper article about an assault case falsely stated that a high school athlete routinely bullied another student at Great Bridge High School. The article reported accurately that the plaintiff […]
Student scores $5M verdict against The Virginian-Pilot
Patrick Bristol, a student at Chesapeake’s Great Bridge High School, told a reporter for The Virginian-Pilot that fellow student Kevin Webb routinely shoved and taunted him at school. The Pilot […]
Contract – Fraud – Hotel Sale
In this dispute alleging defendants were aware of an alleged debt to plaintiff but used proceeds of a hotel sale to purchase membership interests in defendant IBJ Hotels LLC, a […]
Contract – Limitations – Contribution
In this litigation involving two lawsuits – one by a couple suing a design firm for damages and the second a masonry company suing the design firm – a Chesapeake […]
Tort – Nuisance – Products Liability – Coal Ash Byproduct
Chesapeake residents who live near Battlefield Golf Course who claim defendant golf club owner and defendant power companies developed a plan to dispose of coal ash byproduct, mix it with […]
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
- 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
- Criminal – Woman dodges disorderly conduct conviction
- Zoning – Disgruntled resident’s suit against County zoning officials is dismissed
- Criminal – Trial court lost jurisdiction to act on defendant’s motion
- Civil Procedure – Court seals briefs and exhibits
- Freedom of Information – UVA appropriately withheld documents under ‘working papers’ exemption
- Contract – Sprint sued for terminating contract in bad faith
- Bankruptcy – Purchaser of assets dodges bankrupt predecessor’s alleged liability
- Landlord and tenant – Commercial landlord’s suit against tenant is dismissed
