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Tumor reappeared twice before being diagnosed as malignant – $500,000 Verdict
In July 2008, the 28-year-old plaintiff developed a lump on the left side of her neck, just underneath the ear. The lump was removed by an ENT physician in Manassas […]
Legal malpractice claim untimely, judge rules
A couple on the hook for a faulty easement in a real estate deed will get another chance to sue their lawyer after their first suit was deemed untimely. A […]
Credit reporting company to pay $12M
Virginia consumer lawyers have scored a judgment worth nearly $12 million in a class action against a credit reporting company that deliberately obscured sources of information on credit reports. The […]
Lawyer’s payout forfeiture barred by ethics rule
A law firm cannot enforce a 50-percent penalty clause in its payout contract for departing attorneys who take firm clients with them, an Alexandria federal judge has ruled. The Nov. […]
Widow sues lawyers in debt relief case
With a discredited national debt relief company in bankruptcy, a Virginia widow who claims to be a victim is targeting the company’s lawyers with a federal lawsuit. An Ashland lawyer […]
LeClairRyan accused of gender discrimination
A former partner at the Richmond-based LeClairRyan law firm is accusing the firm of discriminating against her and other female attorneys in pay and promotion decisions. Michele Burke Craddock claims […]
Trademark law: Maybe the Redskins are right
Quick, what do the Washington Redskins and the Asian-American band named The Slants have in common? If you said monikers that some members of certain ethnic groups find offensive, you […]
Discharge claim OK for ‘aiding’ adultery
A woman can use Virginia’s statutes on adultery and aiding and abetting criminal activity to support a wrongful discharge claim against a married man, a federal judge in Newport News […]
Judge rejects privilege claim in foreclosure case
Consumer advocates who claim a Virginia law firm cut corners and overcharged struggling homeowners on high volume foreclosure work won a discovery victory last month. A federal judge swept aside […]
Email was not ‘advice’ on tax deadline
Confusion over who was responsible for filing an estate tax return on a $5 million estate left three siblings paying interest and penalties and contemplating a malpractice action against the […]
Doctor sues pharmacy for defamation
A physician at a Petersburg pain clinic is suing CVS pharmacy for defamation based on pharmacy employees’ alleged comments about the physician being investigated for prescribing too many pain medications. […]
Release may not save dive shop in student drowning
An Alexandria dive shop is testing a release signed by students in a wrongful death suit filed by the family of a woman who drowned during an instructional scuba dive […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- 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
- Medical Malpractice – Nursing facility patient dies after fracturing ankle in fall
- Medical Malpractice- Patient has bladder injury during colostomy reversal
- Premises Liability- Apartment guest burned by gas grill spewing fire
Opinion Digests
- The Most Important Opinions, January-June 2026
- Criminal – Court of Appeals wrongly vacated murder conviction
- Tort – U.Va. prevails on former professor’s claims
- Constitutional – Company’s due process claim against county is dismissed
- Administrative – Plaintiffs’ effort to enjoin ITC proceeding fails
- Patent and trademark – Amazon patent infringement suit transferred to New Jersey
- Tort – Chesterfield County dismissed from wrongful death suit
- Consumer Protection – Lawsuit over kratom survives motion to dismiss
- Criminal – Defendant convicted of attempted sexual exploitation of a child
- Evidence – Motion to exclude transmission expert is rejected
- Damages – Court awards pre-judgment interest following parties’ acquiescence
- Employment – Court approves overtime wage collective action settlement
