Auto-truck collision wherein plaintiff was returning from D.C., and ran into the back of a tractor-trailer stopped on the roadway in a straight lane to make an illegal turn. Liability was contested, contributory negligence of the plaintiff driver and alcohol ...

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The plaintiff, a 58-year-old artist, was permanently blinded in one eye after undergoing an outpatient surgery for a retinal detachment. The defendant retinal surgeon performed a pneumatic retinopexy, which requires an injection of expansile gas into the patient’s eye to ...

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Plaintiff’s decedent was a 28-year-old fe­male reserve soldier in USAF working for a civilian contractor overseas and her em­ployer shared an office building on a NATO base with a defense contractor. Plaintiff’s decedent suffered a gunshot wound to the head ...

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This case involving the drowning death of a 6-year old special needs child. The plaintiffs’ son was a 6-year-old autistic child, suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome. He had significant learning disabilities and required round-the-clock supervision. In the summer of 2014, the ...

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The plaintiffs’ decedent was an 80-year-old woman who was taking her daily morning walk on the Washington/Old Dominion recreational trail in Arlington County. At the junction of Four Mile Run and Columbia Pile, she was hit in the back by ...

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Lawyers disillusioned with mandatory arbitration are writing jury waiver clauses into their commercial contracts. But the lawyer must be careful not to waive the client’s contractual right to a bench trial when the lawyer goes to court for a routine ...

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A widow’s 12-count bill of complaint filed in 2002 and her 2004 motion for judgment alleging conversion and seeking $2.1 million from her husband’s estate, challenging what she called the “will from hell,” triggered the will’s no-contest provision, and a ...

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A mother who waited over six weeks after the high-school graduation of the youngest of three children covered by an undivided child support award did not forfeit her right to seek a continuation of support under Va. Code § 20-124.2(C) ...

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Although a DUI defendant contends the commonwealth failed to comply with Va. Code § 18.2-268.2 by effecting his arrest within three hours of the alleged offense of DUI before requiring his submission to a blood test, a Fairfax Circuit Court ...

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A Fairfax Circuit Court dismisses this couple’s petition to affirm their 2006 marriage, which occurred in a religious ceremony at Medhanialem Church in Virginia, because the couple never obtained a Virginia marriage license. For a marriage to be valid in ...

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