A subcontractor on a boiler project at the University of Richmond can pierce the corporate veil of its own subcontractor and win judgment against the sub-subcontractor ’s sole shareholder of its defunct corporation, as the shareholder failed to observe corporate ...

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A Richmond electrical contractor can go after the personal assets of an electrical engineer whose company allegedly botched a job at the University of Richmond. Henrico County Circuit Judge Gary A. Hicks let the contractor pierce the corporate veil of ...

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An injured motor vehicle passenger learned last November that he could get underinsured motorist coverage from his umbrella liability policy in a rare policy interpretation. This month he learned how much he could recover: he gets to tap the full ...

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An endorsement in a policyholder’s Executive Umbrella Insurance Policy is ambiguous, and an Henrico Circuit Court construes the endorsement in favor of the policyholder who was injured in an auto accident, to provide $2 million in underinsured motorist coverage. In ...

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An injured motor vehicle passenger learned last November that he could get underinsured motorist coverage from his umbrella liability policy in a rare policy interpretation. This month he learned how much he could recover: he gets to tap the full ...

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David B. Albo, chairman of the House Courts of Justice Committee, has asked the Virginia State Bar to vet additional candidates to fill two vacancies on the Supreme Court of Virginia. Karen A. Gould, executive director of the VSB, said ...

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Plaintiff was crossing the street at night in a dimly lit area with no traffic controls when he was struck by defendant’s vehicle. There was a better lit and traffic light controlled intersection 200 feet away. Plaintiff was wearing dark ...

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Rookie lawyers begin building their reputations the moment they set foot in the courtroom. A lawyer can reassure his client by looking like he knows his way around. Before you appear in front of a particular judge, talk to a ...

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A man who was injured when his vehicle was struck by another vehicle that failed to yield the right-of-way has UIM coverage under both his auto liability policy and his umbrella policy provided by the same company, says an Henrico ...

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An injured motorist gets the rare benefit of underinsured motorist coverage from his $2-million umbrella policy under a recent opinion from a Henrico County judge. The unusual coverage decision is based on wording in an endorsement to the UIM policy. ...

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