A Fairfax jury of five men and two women awarded plaintiff, Bruce McLaughlin, $5.75 million in his legal malpractice case against the law firm of Shevlin Smith. The case is unique in that McLaughlin prevailed in proving his case within ...

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After being convicted of abusing his own children, spending four years in prison before exoneration, and then battling with his lawyers for 10 years, Bruce McLaughlin may finally see compensation for his travails. A Fairfax County jury last month awarded ...

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Although plaintiff Johnson Controls Inc., who provided materials to defendant Norair Engineering for a construction project on which Norair was a subcontractor, named Norair as a defendant in plaintiff’s suit to enforce a mechanic’s lien, plaintiff failed to name Norair ...

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The plaintiff’s decedent was a 49-year-old married father of three adult children who underwent rotator cuff repair surgery at Mary Washington Hospital in March 2007. Dr. Eglevsky was the orthopedic surgeon who performed the surgery and Dr. Dorman was the ...

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Defendant ran a stop sign and broadsided the plaintiff’ s vehicle. Both vehicles were totaled. Plaintiff, who struck his head on the driver’ s side window, alleged multiple injuries, including injuries to his neck and back, post concussive syndrome, post ...

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Although this 44-year-old murder defendant claims he could not make a knowing, intelligent and voluntary waiver of his rights because of his intellectual disabilities and difficulties, as a speaker of Vietnamese, the Fairfax Circuit Court denies defendant’s motion to suppress ...

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A tenant who could not climb the stairs to his apartment after he developed stage IV lung cancer can sue his landlord for violation of the Virginia Fair Housing Act for its refusal to allow his early termination of his ...

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The plaintiff alleged that her attorneys breached the standard of care in handling her divorce and equitable distribution matter. Because of this alleged breach, she claimed she agreed to enter into a property settlement agreement that provided less than she ...

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A Fairfax lawyer has been hit with a malpractice verdict in a claim brought by a divorce client who argued he convinced her to take an unfavorable settlement. And in the same case, her brother-in-law won a fraud verdict, including ...

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Defendant represented plaintiff Whyard in her divorce. He never pursued pendente lite spousal support, failed to designate any experts, was deficient in his discovery efforts and took no depositions. He convinced Whyard to accept a settlement one business day before ...

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