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CLE available for work on Election Day
The Virginia Bar Association and the Virginia Board of Elections will offer CLE credits to attorneys who volunteer as election officers in November. Election officers, or individuals who help conduct elections at polling places, are crucial to successful Election Day operations, but there could be a shortage this year. Historically, the vast majority of election […]
Lawyers find improv comedy skills help them think fast
The law is no joking matter. But comedians may have a few lessons that lawyers can learn. On Oct. 2, the Washington Improv Theater in Washington, D.C., will host its first “Improv For Attorneys” event. To be held at the theater’s 14th Street location, lawyers will learn how to take the “core competencies” of improvisational […]
Free forensics courses offered to Va. lawyers
The Virginia Department of Forensic Sciences will host a series of free courses on DNA for law professionals this Fall in four locations across the state. Representatives from the DFS said they are offering the courses in an effort to better train defense attorneys, prosecutors and judges, so that they might better utilize forensic information […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- 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
- Excessive propofol caused death in dialysis patient — $850,000 settlement
- Pedestrian struck in crosswalk in hit-and-run incident — $300,000 settlement
- Navy veteran killed in collision with box truck — $1.85M arbitration award
- Motorcyclist ejected from bike in collision with SUV — $1.5M 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
