Where the General Assembly, in SB 1303, has delegated policy determinations regarding COVID mitigation protocols to local school boards, the governor cannot override those determinations by issuing an executive order. Background Seven school boards, which have adopted policies of requiring ...

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Plaintiff was a passenger in December 2017 in a hotel van traveling from National Airport to a hotel in Arlington County. No seat belts were available. Van operator was allegedly reckless and hit a curb or made an abrupt stop. ...

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Where the trial court denied husband’s motion for reduced spousal support because wife acquired a job, the trial court properly determined that this was not a material change in circumstances that warranted modifying husband’s support obligation. But the trial court’s ...

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On June 18, 2015, the defendant general dentist, Joseph Khalil, DDS, performed an unnecessary root canal retreatment procedure on a lower molar tooth of a woman in her mid-50s. After the defendant perforated outside the root of the tooth, he ...

Tagged with: Arlington County Circuit Court Dental Malpractice Judge Louise M. DiMatteo Million-Dollar Verdicts

Decedent was 19 years old and suffered from sickle cell disease. She presented to Virginia Hospital Center-Arlington on May 29, 2011, with signs and symptoms consistent with sickle cell vaso-occlusive pain crisis. On the morning of May 31, she was ...

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A Guatemalan immigrant convicted of drug and DUI charges after a cocaine-fueled police chase in Arlington will spend more time behind bars because of his immigration status. Defense attorneys say the case represents one more potential pitfall for attorneys trying ...

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