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Fired doctor fights noncompete agreement
A Salem physician claims he was terminated by his practice group after the business forced him to sign a noncompete agreement that now bars him from working anywhere near his […]
No Early Injunction for Noncompete
Plaintiff, a board-certified allergist and immunologist who left his practice at Lewis-Gale Medical Center in 2010 to join defendant Allergy & Immunology PLC, and whose employment with defendant terminated May […]
Jury mulled contrib in med-mal case
A Roanoke jury has rejected medical negligence claims against an emergency room doctor after considering whether the patient’s own negligence led to his death. It’s apparently the first use of […]
Patient suffered cardiac arrest during bypass surgery – Defense Verdict
A 54-year-old female patient presented to defendant vascular surgeon in February 2010 with a history of peripheral arterial disease and related claudication, as well as a history of hypertension, arrhythmia, […]
Judge finds officer negligent in police car crash
Two people hurt in a crash with a police car have a head start in their cases against the officer, a Virginia judge has ruled. The officer admitted he had […]
‘Donor’ father wins joint custody
A man who donated sperm to help a friend conceive a child is the child’s legal father, with the right to share joint legal and physical custody with the protesting […]
No UIM for Driver Not ‘Using’ Truck
A dump-truck driver who had left his truck allegedly to check on asphalt spills when two drunken drivers plowed into a highway construction site, fatally injuring the dump-truck driver, was […]
Locomotive engineer suffered spinal injuries in railyard fall – $2,400,000 Verdict
The case involved a 52-year-old Norfolk Southern Railroad locomotive engineer who was injured on May 1, 2011, in the Waynesboro Yard. At approximately 11:00 p.m., he tripped over a metal […]
Meningitis Case Prompts VCPA, Punitives Claims
In plaintiff’s suit for the wrongful death of her husband from fungal meningitis allegedly resulting from an epidural injection of a contaminated steroid produced by a compounding pharmacy and used […]
Court Denies Adoption by Same-Sex Couple
A Roanoke County Circuit Court denies a petition for adoption of two daughters by a same-sex couple who was married in Connecticut, as Virginia constitutional and statutory law does not […]
Birth Parents’ Consent Required for Adoption
A Roanoke County Circuit Court says a notarized letter from a child’s birth mother, who is incarcerated until late 2014, is no substitute for the statutory requirement that a JDR […]
Drunken drivers struck equipment, killing crewman – $5,000,000 Verdict
Two intoxicated drivers entered a work zone and struck a blade implement hanging off the rear of a construction tractor. The impact turned the tractor and pinned the decedent, a […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice- Patient has bladder injury during colostomy reversal
- Premises Liability- Apartment guest burned by gas grill spewing fire
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Physician sustained hand injuries in crash
- Premises Liability- Dog bite injury nets settlement
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Woman suffers injuries after T-bone collision
- Negligence and Tort -Hit by hockey puck, camper sustains TBI
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers stroke from ruptured aneurysm
- Premises Liability- Man suffers paralysis after bench tipped back
- Medical Malpractice – Botched tubal ligation results in childbirth
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pickup truck passenger dies from crash injuries
- Medical Malpractice-Patient received spleen injury during colonoscopy
Opinion Digests
- Zoning – Neighbors’ challenge to 24 new townhouses fails
- Constitutional – Dispute between church and presbytery is reinstated
- Sanctions – Attorney sanctioned for violating multiple Rules of Professional Conduct
- Criminal – Sex offense defendant ineligible for sentence reduction
- Patent and trademark – Patent infringement suits to remain in EDVA
- Civil Procedure – Court finds diversity after ignoring fraudulently joined party
- Criminal – Defendant was wrongly convicted of purchasing lion cubs
- Patent and trademark – News publication enjoined from rebranding itself as “The Star”
- Employment – Government prevails on discrimination and retaliation claims
- Employment – FMLA retaliation claim survives motion to dismiss
- Employment – Physicians’ RICO claims against UVA are dismissed
- Insurance – Carrier prevails in coverage dispute
