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Fifth Amendment assertions to discovery requests rejected
Where this court previously ruled that husband could not assert his Fifth Amendment privilege in response to wife’s interrogatories, requests for documents and requests for admissions related to his alleged […]
Demurrer to fair housing complaint overruled
The commonwealth has pleaded sufficient circumstantial allegations to establish a prima facie case of unfair housing discrimination. Defendant’s demurrer to the complaint is overruled Background Gilliard, who is Black, met […]
Husband’s spousal support obligation eased
Where wife’s income and expense worksheet “exaggerates her need for financial support,” the court will modify its previously issued pendente lite spousal support award. Prior proceedings The parties were married […]
Judge threatens lawyer with contempt
A Loudoun County circuit judge late last year threatened findings of contempt in four actions against an Alexandria attorney. In documents he filed in his court, Judge James P. Fisher […]
Appeal of lawyer who was jailed is dismissed
The Court of Appeals of Virginia has declined to address a divorce lawyer’s appeal of her overnight jail stay on a purported contempt finding. The lawyer says the decision illustrates […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Car crash after back surgery causes additional injuries
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with cardiologist over treatment of strokes
- Negligence and Tort- Ice pack use during tattoo removal causes frostbite
- Workers’ Compensation Struck by metal door at workplace, plaintiff sustains subdural hematoma
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Woman struck by vehicle loses senses of taste, smell
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pedestrian struck by car while in parking lot
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Driver fractures right leg in tractor-trailer collision
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Motorcyclist hit by car suffers two broken wrists
- Medical Malpractice – Young patient commits suicide while on psychoactive drugs
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Art teacher’s hand injured in collision
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Sentence for ‘unusually heinous’ conduct is affirmed
- Criminal – Sentence wasn’t unreasonable despite deportation consequences
- Appeals – Waiver in plea agreement forecloses most arguments on appeal
- Appeals – Appellant’s informal brief forfeited appellate review
- Employment – Failure to exhaust administrative remedies dooms Title VII suit
- Jurors – Dishonest juror didn’t violate defendant’s Sixth Amendment rights
- Criminal – Motion to suppress backpack denied where defendant abandoned item
- Civil Rights – Officer denied immunity in fatal shooting case
- Civil Rights – No qualified immunity on excessive force police K-9 claim
- Criminal – Probable cause includes dog’s positive alert for narcotics
- Criminal – Evidence supports obstruction of justice conviction
- Search & Seizure – Inventory search exception applies to warrantless search
