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May 4, 2026
Criminal – Claimed sentencing error deemed harmless
The 4th Circuit affirmed sentencing for Xavier Holley in EDVA, ruling any claimed grouping error in his Hobbs Act robbery convictions was harmless.
Jul 7, 2025
SCOTUS wrap-up: class action over unsolicited faxes revived
U.S. Supreme Court rules 6-3 that federal courts may assess FCC final rulings in TCPA fax cases, reversing 9th Circuit on Hobbs Act limits.
Jun 23, 2025
Texas can’t go to court to block nuclear storage site, justices rule
The U.S. Supreme Court rules Texas can’t go to court to challenge a license issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to construct a facility in West Texas to store spent nuclear fuel.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice-Patient received spleen injury during colonoscopy
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers complications from improper cyst removal
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Henrico driver sustained wrist fracture in five-car collision
- Medical Malpractice-Patient dies following blood loss in surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Defense points to plaintiff’s prior collision, stressors
- Medical Malpractice – Ingrown toenail removal leads to CRPS type 2
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Car crash after back surgery causes additional injuries
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with cardiologist over treatment of strokes
- Negligence and Tort- Ice pack use during tattoo removal causes frostbite
- Workers’ Compensation Struck by metal door at workplace, plaintiff sustains subdural hematoma
Opinion Digests
- Prisons – VDOC must respond to discovery requests
- Criminal – Spouses convicted of construction fraud
- Landlord and tenant – Tenant’s challenge to eviction is dismissed
- Tort – Lawsuit by ‘sting’ victim against conservative organization is dismissed
- Criminal – Defendant’s request to withdraw guilty plea is denied
- Employment – Fairfax County prevails on firefighter’s employment claims
- Prisons – Multiple experts precluded in suit over inmate’s death
- Criminal – District court sufficiently explained resentencing decision
- Criminal – Wealth of evidence supports firearm possession conviction
- Criminal – District court wrongly refused to order forfeiture
- Criminal – Man convicted of killing informant
- Negligence – Jury will decide if business was negligent in slip-and-fall case
