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Negligence: Winning party seeks new trial
Where a woman who prevailed on her negligence claim nevertheless sought a new trial based on several alleged errors by the trial court, including striking her claim for punitive damages and during jury instructions, but each of her arguments was rejected, the verdict was affirmed.
Negligence: Defendant twice prevails despite admitting liability for auto accident
Where the defendant admitted liability for a vehicle accident, but two juries nevertheless found in the defendant’s favor during the resulting damages trials, the circuit court did not err in […]
Damages: ‘Fees on fees’ request is denied
Where the circuit court denied a request for attorney’s fees incurred for litigating the issue of attorney’s fees, it did not err. The trial court reasoned that these fees were […]
Freedom of Information: Pro se attorney can recover attorney’s fees
Where an attorney prevailed on his suit under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, the circuit court erred when it held that an attorney acting pro se cannot recover attorney […]
Domestic relations: Man’s polygamous marriage was void under Virginia law
Where the record showed a man married a woman under Syrian law while he was married to a woman in Virginia, his polygamous marriage is contrary to Virginia’s well-established and […]
Jury and Jurors: Juror should have been struck in child porn trial
Where a juror unequivocally answered that his fixed personal beliefs would affect his ability to provide a fair trial to a man charged with multiple counts of possession of child […]
Criminal: Defendant’s assignments of error procedurally barred
Where a man failed to argue in the trial court that it lacked authority to revoke his suspended sentences, but claimed he could make this argument on appeal because the […]
Insurance: Policies didn’t cover hotel’s COVID business losses
Where hotels argued that financial losses they suffered during the Covid-19 pandemic were covered by insurance policies, but they did not allege facts showing any tangible harm to their properties, […]
Criminal: 29-year sentence reimposed after third probation violation
Where a man committed a third technical violation of his probation, his previously suspended 29-year sentence was reimposed. Although the man argued a probationer can only accrue a technical violation […]
Criminal: Multiple conspiracy convictions are affirmed
Where a man did not challenge the evidence establishing a conspiracy, and only questioned the number of people involved in the murder and burglary, his conspiracy convictions were affirmed. This […]
Real Property: Title challenge to real property fails
Where a couple responded to an unlawful detainer action by attempting to challenge whether the plaintiff had valid title to the property in the first place, but their title challenge […]
Criminal: Man convicted for fatally shooting girlfriend
Where the trial judge changed two voir dire questions proposed by a man charged with first-degree murder, but the changes did not deny the man an impartial jury, his conviction […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Unicycle rider dies after being hit by car
- Premises Liability – Delivery driver injured by porch decking collapse
- Premises Liability – Fall down stairs at resort results in injuries, death
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Workers’ Compensation- Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice- Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Struck in face by forklift, woman suffers brain injury
- Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
Opinion Digests
- Negligence – Neighbors ordered to pay $300,000 for boundary wall collapse
- Fraud – Court vacates fraud judgment against home sellers
- Employment – Former employee’s claims against ODU are narrowed
- Civil Rights – Civil rights suit was filed too late
- Criminal – Woman dodges disorderly conduct conviction
- Zoning – Disgruntled resident’s suit against County zoning officials is dismissed
- Criminal – Trial court lost jurisdiction to act on defendant’s motion
- Civil Procedure – Court seals briefs and exhibits
- Freedom of Information – UVA appropriately withheld documents under ‘working papers’ exemption
- Contract – Sprint sued for terminating contract in bad faith
- Bankruptcy – Purchaser of assets dodges bankrupt predecessor’s alleged liability
- Landlord and tenant – Commercial landlord’s suit against tenant is dismissed
