An ALJ’s denial of social security benefits is not supported by substantial evidence that claimant did not meet or equal the impairment listing for lupus under federal social security regulations, reports the Abingdon U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge, and she ...

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A Russell County medical center must give copies of its internal practices and procedures for fall prevention to the family of a man who died from a fall at the center. A federal magistrate judge in Abingdon ruled that the ...

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An occupational therapist fired by the Southwest Virginia Mental Health Institute may pursue her claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to the extent she has alleged that defendants deprived her of her liberty interest in her state job without due ...

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A natural gas company defending potential class-action suits for royalty payments cannot claim privilege as to the bulk of documents it has identified as protected, except for a memorandum concerning advice of counsel about potential litigation against a surface owner, ...

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Recognizing a split among Virginia circuit courts, an Abingdon U.S. District Court magistrate judge grants plaintiff’s motion to compel production of hospital training materials and incident reports in a lawsuit involving decedent’s fatal fall after his bed sensor was turned ...

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A magistrate judge for the Big Stone Gap U.S. District Court recommends denying defendants’ motion to suppress evidence of drugs found in their van stopped within the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, as testimony from a park ranger and the ...

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A magistrate judge for the Abingdon U.S. District Court recommends remand to state court of this suit by plaintiff descendants and heirs of Richard Deakins, who claim they own the coal and coalbed methane rights to certain parcels totaling 392 ...

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A Big Stone Gap U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge recommends denial of summary judgment to claimant and the SSA on claimant’s application for disability insurance benefits, and recommends the commissioner’s denial of DIB be vacated and the case remanded for ...

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An Abingdon federal jury last week rejected claims that a $50 child car seat was defective, closing the door on a $50-million claim for damages for an 8-year-old girl who suffered devastating brain damage in a 2009 auto accident. The ...

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Trial is set to start Oct. 31 in Musick v. Dorel Juvenile Group Inc. The parents of a five-year-old girl are suing for damages – including lost earning capacity – for their daughter’s traumatic brain injury in a 2009 car ...

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