Police who responded to a report that defendant was asleep behind the wheel of his Suburban parked at a gas pump with loud music blaring, and who observed two firearms in close proximity to defendant, who could not be roused ...

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A critical-care nurse at U.Va. Medical Center who allegedly left a cardiac patient sedated after surgery unattended on a bed pan, so that he fell and suffered a brain injury, does not have sovereign immunity from a med-mal suit, as ...

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A Charlottesville Circuit Court dismisses requests by plaintiff against defendant unit owners’ association, as he does not qualify for relief under any of the Code sections cited. Plaintiff’s first document is the Tenant’s Assertion and Complaint form designed for use ...

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Two defendant nurses accused of causing permanent nerve damage to plaintiff from negligent insertion of an IV into her hand do not qualify for sovereign immunity from suit, says a Charlottesville Circuit Court. At the time of the alleged injury, ...

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A couple who is divorcing after a “tumultuous” 21-year marriage will split their marital property 60-40 in favor of wife, and wife receives no current spousal support, but a 10-year reservation of a right to support; the Charlottesville Circuit Court ...

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Matthew B. Murray of Charlottesville has accepted a five-year suspension of his law license to resolve discipline charges arising from a contentious trial and a record-breaking verdict in 2010, according to the Virginia State Bar. The misconduct charges focused on ...

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After paying a sanction award of nearly $600,000 for what a judge called an “extensive pattern of deceptive and obstructionist conduct,” former Charlottesville attorney Matthew B. Murray now faces Virginia State Bar disciplinary charges for his actions in the wrongful ...

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The Supreme Court of Virginia has agreed to look at whether judges have an unfettered right to reject news cameras in their courtrooms, or whether they need a good reason to block access. The issue comes in the appeal arising ...

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The Supreme Court of Virginia has reinstated the full jury verdict of $6,227,000 on Isaiah Lester’s wrongful death claim based on the loss of his wife in a car accident in 2007. The court’s ruling closes the book on a ...

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A man should not keep a jury award for his wife’s death when he and his lawyer conspired to remove photos from his Facebook page and then lied about it to the court, a defense lawyer told the Supreme Court ...

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