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Association expenses and charges properly calculated
Where plaintiff, a commercial owners association, based its assessments on the total square footage of defendant member’s property instead of the developed portion only, this was in accordance with the […]
No injunction to ensure compliance with SCV ruling
Where defendant homeowners ultimately prevailed in the Virginia Supreme Court against plaintiff homeowners association’s enforcement of a holiday lighting policy, defendants are not entitled to an injunction to ensure defendant’s […]
Emancipation immaterial to changing pendente lite order
Where husband seeks to modify a pendente lite order concerning his child support obligation, the fact that the children are now emancipated does not bar modification. A pendente lite order […]
Demurrers sustained in real estate contract case
Defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s suit for specific performance of a contract involving real estate is sustained. The contract cannot be read as giving plaintiff the right to buy the property […]
JDR court’s dismissal on merits was final order
The circuit court has jurisdiction over this matter concerning a minor child because the JDR’s dismissal on the merits was a final order, thus permitting the circuit court to assume […]
Demurrer not proper to allege missing party
Where defendant demurred to plaintiff’s contract claim on the basis that plaintiff did not name a necessary party, the demurrer is overruled. A demurrer tests the legal sufficiency of factual […]
Name remains on sex offender list
Where petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus to compel respondent Settles, the state police superintendent, to remove petitioner’s name from Virginia’s Sex Offenders and Crimes Against Minors Registry, relief is […]
Builder has standing to file counterclaim
Where plaintiff condominium buyer sued the developer and the seller for claims arising from alleged water damage, faulty repairs and construction, the developer has standing to file a counterclaim, which […]
Nonparty’s motion to disqualify counsel granted
Where husband’s attorney sought to depose a nonparty witness who the attorney previously represented in a divorce matter, the court grants the witness’s motion to disqualify the attorney based on […]
Prenup bars elective share of husband’s estate
A prenuptial agreement in which the parties waived any claims to each other’s estate prevents wife from seeking an elective share in her deceased husband’s estate. Wife’s motion to extend […]
Wife awarded attorney’s fee related to custody and support
Where the issue of attorney’s fees related to custody, visitation and child support were bifurcated from the underlying divorce matter, the court concludes that wife is entitled to an attorney’s […]
Lawyer is disqualified in complex divorce case
A Reston lawyer has been sidelined from representing a husband in a contentious and complicated Loudoun County divorce action because of his prior representation of a former friend of the […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice-Patient dies following blood loss in surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Defense points to plaintiff’s prior collision, stressors
- Medical Malpractice – Ingrown toenail removal leads to CRPS type 2
- 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
Opinion Digests
- Freedom of Information – Exemption 5 protects draft PTAB written decision
- Fraud – Homeowners’ RICO claim is dismissed
- Criminal – Sex-offender convicted of providing false information
- Evidence – Defendants must respond to post-judgment discovery
- Patent and trademark – Several claims found to be ineligible for patent protection
- Criminal – Evidence supports robbery conviction
- Administrative – Internal Communications Among Patent Judges – Withheld Materials
- Criminal – Denial of continuance wasn’t abuse of discretion
- Criminal – Felony eluding conviction violated Double Jeopardy clause
- Criminal – Defendant was wrongly convicted of two counts of hit-and-run
- Criminal – Sexually-violent predator denied conditional release
- Constitutional – Redistricting effort violated Virginia Constitution
