Type of action: Personal injury Injuries alleged: Fractured left hip Name of case: Grubb v. R.S. Link Inc. Court: Hanover County Circuit Court Case no.: CL20-2414 Tried before: Jury Name of judge or mediator: Judge J. Overton Harris Date resolved: ...

Tagged with: Defense Verdict Hanover County Circuit Court Judge J. Overton Harris Personal Injury Verdict

Where plaintiffs seek to enjoin construction of a distribution center located near their homes, they lack standing to do so because they have not alleged particularized injuries arising from the construction.  Plaintiffs are granted leave to amend their complaint to ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Hanover County Circuit Court Judge J. Overton Harris Virginia Circuit Courts

A plaintiff in a malicious prosecution case with a demand for punitive damages is entitled to discovery of the defendant’s net worth, a Virginia circuit judge has ruled. A defendant’s assets can be used as both a sword and shield ...

Tagged with: Discovery Hanover County Circuit Court Judge Clarence N. Jenkins Jr. Judge Patricia Kelly Punitive damages Richmond Circuit Court

A Hanover County judge imposed a $4,000 sanction against the seller of a small business and the seller’s lawyer who settled with the buyer over delinquent payments and then sued again. The dispute involved the current and former owners of ...

Tagged with: Hanover County Circuit Court Judge J. Overton Harris Sanctions

The court will award defendant the sanction of a $4,000 attorney’s fee pursuant to Code § 8.01-271 after granting plaintiff’s motion to nonsuit. “Defendant’s motion for attorney’s fees … is granted. Defendant is awarded her reasonable attorney’s fees in the ...

Tagged with: Attorneys Fees Hanover County Circuit Court Judge J. Overton Harris Virginia Circuit Courts

A Virginia Supreme Court ruling this year that attorney fees do not necessarily have to be proportionate to recovery has been given a bold underline by a new circuit court decision in Hanover County. Guided by a springtime opinion from ...

Tagged with: Bass Pro Shops Hanover County Circuit Court Judge J. Overton Harris Thomlyn LLC Winding Brook

This was a personal injury case aris­ing from a motor vehicle collision in Hanover County on March 15, 2015. The plaintiff, 22 at the time, was driving home from the grocery store when the defendant ran a stop-sign and T-boned ...

Tagged with: Hanover County Circuit Court Judge Michael C. Allen Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury Settlement

On May 4, 2013, the plain­tiff was driving his 2009 Ford F-150 southbound on US Route 1 (aka Washington Highway), and was stopped at the intersection with Kos­mo Village Drive waiting for oncoming traffic to clear so he could turn ...

Tagged with: Hanover County Circuit Court Personal Injury

This was a minor rear-end collision with only scratches to the plaintiff’s bumper. The damage to plaintiff’s car was worth about $750. The plaintiff claimed $59,804.42 in medical bills over a two-year period. Most of the bills were for diagnostic ...

Tagged with: Hanover County Circuit Court Judge T.J. Markow Personal Injury

The plaintiff mother, 39 weeks pregnant, presented to the hospital for an elective induction of labor on the evening of Aug. 9, 2011. Electronic fetal monitoring was initiated upon admission and continued throughout labor. The defendant OB/GYN treated the mother. ...

Tagged with: Hanover County Circuit Court Judge J. Overton Harris Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts