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Guilty plea foreclosed right to evidence
Where the defendant pleaded guilty to distributing cocaine base, he could not later complain that he was not provided with impeachment evidence because when a defendant pleads guilty, he forgoes […]
Propriety of vehicle stop is jury question
Where the parties disputed what led to an off-duty police officer to stop the plaintiffs’ vehicle, a jury will have to decide if the stop was supported by probable cause. […]
No private right of action under Fair Credit Act claim
Where the plaintiffs alleged a bank violated § 1681s-2(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act by supplying information known to be incorrect to a credit reporting agency, the claim was […]
No evidence of retaliation against employee
Where a former case manager claimed her employer retaliated against her for taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA, her claims failed because the healthcare provider’s […]
Breach of contract suit claims failure to pay
IBM unsuccessfully argued that its subcontractors’ breach of contract suit alleging it failed to pay them for options years violated an anti-assignment provision in its terms and conditions, constituted an […]
Inventor alleges company used trade secrets
The inventor of a portable drain cleaning tool has sued its former distribution partner, alleging it breached a nondisclosure agreement and used confidential information to develop a competing product. Background […]
Website alone can be a place of public accommodation
Although the Fourth Circuit has not addressed whether a website can constitute a place of public accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and other circuits have reached differing conclusions, […]
Wage Act won’t back wrongful discharge claim
Although a former sales consultant alleged he was terminated to avoid paying him a significant bonus, the Virginia Wage Payment Act neither protects an employee’s exercise of his right to […]
In camera review doesn’t back deliberate process claim
Although the Council on Environmental Quality, or CEQ, claimed the production of dozens of unredacted documents would chill speech, stifle “frank and open discussions” and confuse the public, an in […]
No First Amendment violation in U.Va. hazing decision
Where a University of Virginia sorority that was told to eliminate its requirement that its student members study for academic courses at least 25 hours per week before it was […]
Termination was not ‘atrocious and utterly intolerable’
Where a longtime bank employee was terminated and marched out the front door in view of employees and customers, she may have suffered distress, but the termination did not rise […]
Plaintiff lacks standing to challenge firearm statute
Where the plaintiff’s argument that a new Virginia statute restricting a person’s access to firearms in certain circumstances was unconstitutional and would inhibit his ability to express himself out of […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- 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
- Medical Malpractice – Nursing facility patient dies after fracturing ankle in fall
- Medical Malpractice- Patient has bladder injury during colostomy reversal
- Premises Liability- Apartment guest burned by gas grill spewing fire
Opinion Digests
- The Most Important Opinions, January-June 2026
- Criminal – Court of Appeals wrongly vacated murder conviction
- Tort – U.Va. prevails on former professor’s claims
- Constitutional – Company’s due process claim against county is dismissed
- Administrative – Plaintiffs’ effort to enjoin ITC proceeding fails
- Patent and trademark – Amazon patent infringement suit transferred to New Jersey
- Tort – Chesterfield County dismissed from wrongful death suit
- Consumer Protection – Lawsuit over kratom survives motion to dismiss
- Criminal – Defendant convicted of attempted sexual exploitation of a child
- Evidence – Motion to exclude transmission expert is rejected
- Damages – Court awards pre-judgment interest following parties’ acquiescence
- Employment – Court approves overtime wage collective action settlement
