Where appellant claims he did not know he was driving a stolen truck, the trial court correctly discounted his explanation that he paid someone $40 to drive on his birthday. Appellant provided no identifying information for this person other than ...

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Delegates and senators questioned four prospects for a September vacancy on the Supreme Court of Virginia this month, and other candidates could emerge as the General Assembly session continues. Two of the candidates interviewed Feb. 6 professed to being “strict ...

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A lawyer who owns a nationwide tax relief service has agreed to a public admonition from the Virginia State Bar coupled with promises to revise his pitch to taxpayers and to work to resolve complaints from four disgruntled customers. The ...

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On Jan. 19, 2010, at 11 p.m., Paulette Eversole, 43, presented to the Winchester Medical Center emergency department complaining of 10/10 abdominal pain and vomiting since earlier that evening. She reported to the ER physician that the abdominal pain had ...

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Lawyers facing a court ruling on a novel point of law – with appeals certain to follow – managed to re­solve a wrongful death claim with a $700,000 settlement last month. The issue was whether a participant in a sheltered ...

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Plaintiff alleged that the decedent suffered a slow bleed beginning shortly after cardiac bypass surgery, that nurses failed to appreciate same over the course of 10 hours, and that the decedent suffered cardiac arrest and brain injury as a result. ...

Tagged with: Judge Clifford L. Athey Jr. Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Winchester Circuit Court Wrongful Death

The decedent, a 58-year-old male, presented to the emergency department on Sept. 11, 2013, at approximately 8:30 a.m. with a chief complaint of chest pain. He reported sudden onset the day before after wrestling with friends and then attempting to ...

Tagged with: Judge Clifford L. Athey Jr. Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Winchester Circuit Court Wrongful Death

When a member of a private sportsmen’s club in Winchester sought to reform the club’s business practices four years ago, leaders had the member voted out based on a trumped-up safety violation, a lawsuit claimed. But in a final order ...

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The point when lawyers start talking settlement may vary from case to case, but one thing the lawyers want to know is whether those settlement talks will come into court if the case does not settle. A proposed change in ...

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Both the plaintiff and defendant were federal government employees in June 2013. At that time, the defendant had been subject to an internal complaint by his supervisor, the plaintiff, due to aggressive behavior at the workplace. Shortly after the plaintiff’s ...

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