Even though jurors heard about earlier legal problems for a Leb­anon doctor defending a medical malpractice case, the jury’s $2.75 million verdict will be allowed to stand, a federal judge in Abingdon has ruled. The trial against Dr. Dwight L. ...

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Retail stores in two separate cases in federal court, one in Richmond and the other in Norfolk, have failed in their efforts to keep personal injury claims against them in federal court.   It’s textbook civil procedure that to sue in ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Federal Courts Judge Robert E. Payne Personal Injury

Plaintiff claimed boxed artificial Christmas trees were improperly stacked, fell from a shelf and struck her in the head at the Big Lots store in Fredericksburg on Dec. 8, 2012. Plaintiff, who was 25 years old and five months pregnant ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Judge James R. Spencer Personal Injury Premises Liability

A former employee who claimed she was fired after requesting medical leave for psychological distress has won double damages under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. U.S. District Judge Glen E. Conrad also awarded attorney’s fees and costs of ...

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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has put police officers on notice when it comes to using Taser stun guns as a compliance tool on a resisting subject. Unless officers can demonstrate that the subject poses an “immediate danger,” ...

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Plaintiffs, both Afghani nationals who lived in Kabul, along with the defendant, who lived in Fairfax County, formed Rosta Construction Company. Rosta bid on and won a subcontract to build out seven buildings and the surrounding area at the Kabul ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Federal Courts Judge Robert G. Mayer Million-Dollar Verdicts

A federal lawsuit paints an unflattering picture of male-dominated leadership at the Richmond-based LeClairRyan law firm, but the firm contends the criticism is misplaced. Former LeClairRyan partner Michele Burke Craddock claims in her lawsuit that she was a victim of ...

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A pair of police officers might have lacked reasonable suspicion to stop behind a parked pickup and activate the lights on their cruiser. But the gun that the driver tossed during the encounter was abandoned and could come into evidence, ...

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The seller of a cell phone business could not enforce a default clause that called for the buyer to return the property in the event of a default. But that clause saved the sellers’ suit to collect on the contract ...

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RALEIGH, NC — The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has said it is time to turn common practice into precedence for cases in which district courts have dismissed claims for failure to plead sufficient facts. On Dec. 9, a ...

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