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Shareholder used company finances for personal expenditures – $1,029,655 Verdict
Defendant Amy Ross was a 50 percent shareholder of Design Works Interiors Inc. and the president of the company. The other fifty percent shareholder was Leslie Sargent. Ross and Sargent were close friends. Over a period of seven years, Ross began an ever increasing pattern of personal spending from Design Works Interiors Inc.’s bank accounts […]
Retainers – Advanced Payment of Fees and Expenses – Property of Client
Allen Corporation of America Inc. v. Zayas; Miles & Stockbridge P.C., Garnishee (VLW No. 017-8-098, 6pp.) (Shannon, J.) Fairfax Cir.Ct. CL-2017-07300 Holding: Where the garnishee-law firm held for the defendant-judgment debtor a retainer fee in trust as security for the payment of future fees, the trust remains the property of the judgment debtor until the […]
Court Dismisses Minors’ Claims Signed by Parents
In plaintiffs’ pro se trespass and nuisance suit against their neighbors, the Fairfax Circuit Court grants defendants’ motion to dismiss claims of the minor children, as the parents’ signatures on the complaint do not comply with Virginia pleading requirements. Plaintiffs allege defendants allowed a fence that borders plaintiffs’ property to fall into disrepair, and the […]
No Jurisdiction Via Virginia Servers
A Fairfax Circuit Court does not have personal jurisdiction over a Tennessee resident who allegedly defamed a Virginia resident on an online game site that uses Amazon Web Services servers located in Northern Virginia; without any indication that defendant knew the game site used a Virginia server, the alleged facts do not show defendant purposefully […]
No Immunity in Suit Alleging Patient Infection
An obstetrical practice sued after its staff member allegedly infected a newmother with a streptococcus infection is not immune from a medical malpractice suit under a statute that grants immunity from claims related to disclosure of confidential information involving an infectious incident, a Fairfax Circuit Court holds in a case of first impression. The Virginia […]
No Immunity in Suit Alleging Patient Infection
An obstetrical practice sued after its staff member allegedly infected a newmother with a streptococcus infection is not immune from a medical malpractice suit under a statute that grants immunity from claims related to disclosure of confidential information involving an infectious incident, a Fairfax Circuit Court holds in a case of first impression. The Virginia […]
Staff infection: Patient claims medical worker spread illness
A new mother can sue an obstetrical practice for allegedly infecting her with streptococcus during treatment by an infected staff member, a Fairfax Circuit Court has ruled. In May 2013, the mother fell ill after her discharge from the hospital. Several days later, she was admitted to a critical care unit suffering from “significant sepsis,” […]
HOA Seeks Fire Code Violation Review
A Fairfax Circuit Court denies a homeowners association’s petition requesting the State Building Code Technical Review Board to review the HOA’s citations for local fire code violations following a final determination by a Local Board of Fire Prevention Code Appeals; although some groups charged with violating local fire code regulations have access to the TRB […]
Patient coded multiple times during placement of catheter – Defense Verdict
Decedent, age 60, was admitted to Inova Fair Oaks Hospital on June 20, 2012, with an infected hemodialysis catheter. Her medical history was significant for two failed kidney transplants, longstanding dialysis use (15 years), coronary artery disease and hypertension. Because of her years of dialysis and diseased and scarred vasculature, the decedent had one remaining […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Woodshop incident leads to amputation of fingers — $1.3M settlement
- Motorcyclist’s foot amputated in collision — $7M settlement
- Contractor rear-ended on interstate on way to wedding — $825,000 settlement
- Man suffers back injury in crash with out-of-state driver — $530,000 settlement
- Driver crossed center line, struck 89-year-old’s vehicle — $1.2M settlement
- Jury returns defense verdict in favor of gastroenterologist
- Teens killed in T-bone collision with officer — $3.1M settlement
- Man sustained subdural hematoma in rear-end collision —$1.15M settlement
- Adequate anesthesia not provided during C-section — $2.5M verdict
- Tenant fell ill from mold in apartment — $588,000 verdict
- Woman suffers nerve injury, pain after dental procedure — $550,000 settlement
- Driver struck child exiting school bus — $750,000 settlement
Opinion Digests
- Suit over historic mansion and estate dismissed
- Former employee’s claims survive motion to dismiss
- Equal Pay Act doesn’t apply to applicant
- Court rejects invocation of attorney-client privilege
- Evidence supported competency determination
- Appellees had power to remove business manager
- No continuance after witnesses failed to appear
- No actual or constructive eviction in warranty case
- Gas distribution pipeline exempt from ZBA regulation
- Improper venue in air pollution regulation matter
- No benefits awarded in unemployment comp case
- No immunity for judge who personally oversaw search
