A Richmond lawyer and his firm are on the hook for a $603,409.90 bequest that should have gone to the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, under a judge’s ruling last month in a legal malpractice case. ...

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The three plaintiffs were in a vehicle stopped at a red light at the intersection of Courthouse Road and Smoketree Drive in Chesterfield County. Defendant, traveling at more than 55 mph, rear-ended the plaintiffs’ vehicle without applying his brakes. Plaintiffs ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Judge Herbert C. Gill Personal Injury

Defendant was charged with first-degree murder, felony murder, murder by mob, malicious wounding and malicious wounding by mob. Three other codefendants were charged with some or all of the same charges, all with some form of murder. The defendant, a ...

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Homeowners alleging a subcontractor’s defective workmanship caused damage to otherwise nondefective structures do not have coverage for an “occurrence” under a commercial general liability policy, and a Chesterfield Circuit Court grants summary judgment to defendant insurance carrier on the breach ...

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This case was instituted by the attorney general’s office pursuant to the Sexual Violent Predator civil commitment statutes. The respondent had been convicted in 1992 of four counts of statutory rape and one count of oral sodomy of a 13-year-old ...

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A 26-year-old former legal secretary and bartender was rear-ended on Sept. 15, 2010. Liability was admitted and there was significant property damage. Plaintiff was transported to the ER at St. Francis Hospital by ambulance. She had two follow-up visits with ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Judge Herbert C. Gill Personal Injury

Bexley Association, a subdivision association in Chesterfield County, cannot enforce a restrictive covenant against an owner who had no notice and never agreed to buy into a homeowners association or to incur fees prior to purchasing his property, says a ...

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In this disputed liability case, plaintiff was the middle car in a three-car collision on Harrowgate Road in Chesterfield County. She alleged that the defendant struck the rear of her car catapulting her into car in front of her. Defendant ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Judge Herbert C. Gill Personal Injury