On Jan. 22, 2013, the plaintiff was operating his 2004 pick-up truck home from a meeting in Surry County. As he was driving westbound on James River Drive, a 2012 Ford traveling eastbound on James River Drive suddenly came across ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury

A Chesterfield Circuit Court denies a company’s motion for a temporary injunction against its former employee who has gone to work for a competitor in plaintiff’s suit alleging misappropriation of “trade secret” customer lists and tortious interference with contract. Plaintiff ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Employment Judge Edward A. Robbins Jr. Virginia Circuit Courts

A federal law designed to protect the civilian jobs of service members may be of little help to employees who work for the state of Virginia or its agencies. A Virginia State Police sergeant who claimed he was denied promotions ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Employment Federal Courts Judge Glen E. Conrad Judge Lynn S. Brice

The 78-year-old plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle making a left turn at a controlled intersection. The defendant was making an opposing right turn. Both drivers claimed to have had a green turn arrow. The defendant’s vehicle struck the ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Personal Injury

This case involved a 39-year-old married police officer with two young sons. For a few weeks, the decedent had been struggling with headaches that had caused him to come home from work early on several occasions. The headaches were accompanied ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Judge Steven C. McCallum Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death

The Spanish-speaking plaintiff was injured in a single-vehicle accident that occurred in Arizona. Both parties live in Chesterfield County. Plaintiff was taken by ambulance to the emergency room. He received no follow-up treatment. [15-T-050]   Type of action: Personal injury ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Judge Steven C. McCallum Personal Injury

A Richmond lawyer and his firm are on the hook for a $603,409.90 bequest that should have gone to the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, under a judge’s ruling last month in a legal malpractice case. ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Judge Herbert C. Gill Legal Malpractice Wills & Trusts

Plaintiff, a 64-year-old female, was walking in a parking lot to her car when she was struck by a vehicle. Plaintiff claimed she was in the marked crosswalk and defendant claimed she was not. Defendant talked to his insurance company ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Personal Injury

Plaintiff was employed as a supply clerk in Chesterfield. In August 2011, the defendant driver was in the course of his employment as a truck driver for a major national and international intermodal freight transport company, making a pick-up of ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Negligence

The plaintiff, a 52-year-old female, was exiting a private driveway onto Hull Street Road in Richmond when she claims the defendant ran a red light, thereby striking her vehicle. The defendant denied running the red light. The plaintiff was transported ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Judge Steven C. McCallum Personal Injury