The trial court correctly ruled that a general contractor was liable under the doctrine of unjust enrichment for construction materials a subcontractor received from a supplier. Overview Davis, the general contractor for a condominium project, hired H&2 as the drywall ...

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A circuit court did not err in dismissing a litigant’s appeal of a board of zoning appeals’ decision because the litigant did not name the local governing body as a necessary party in the petition for appeal within the 30-day ...

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The Supreme Court of Virginia has resolved a long-standing split among Virginia trial judges on what happens when love fades and leaves a property dispute in its wake.

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Under the broad power of attorney a grantor gave to his daughter as succes­sor attorney-in-fact upon the death of his wife, the daughter and her brother were authorized to create inter vivos trusts that disinherited prospective heirs of the wife ...

Tagged with: Judge Stephen R. McCullough Supreme Court of Virginia Wills & Trusts

After his blanket felon-rights res­toration order was struck down by the Supreme Court of Virginia July 22, Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s adminis­tration said it would move quickly to ensure thousands of felons hop­ing to cast ballots in November’s election would be ...

Tagged with: Judge Stephen R. McCullough Justice Cleo E. Powell Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Justice Donald W. Lemons Justice Elizabeth A. McClanahan Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Justice William C. Mims Supreme Court of Virginia

A nurse at the Surgical Trauma Intensive Care Unit at Virginia Commonwealth Uni­versity has sovereign immunity from a med­ical malpractice suit filed by a patient who alleges the nurse failed to properly position his head after complicated surgery to recon­struct ...

Tagged with: Judge Stephen R. McCullough Medical Malpractice Supreme Court of Virginia

A property manager who worked at defen­dant real estate company for 17 years prior to her summary dismissal from her at-will employment cannot sue the company for wrongful discharge; the required “reasonable notice” under Virginia law does not include a ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Stephen R. McCullough Supreme Court of Virginia

An employer in Virginia can fire you on the spot. If that wasn’t clear pre­viously, the Supreme Court of Vir­ginia made it clear on June 2. No advance notice is necessary, as “reasonable notice” for an at-will employee does not ...

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Justice Stephen R. McCullough was invested as the 106th member of the Supreme Court of Virginia on May 23, at a ceremony featuring his family, his colleagues from the Court of Appeals and past co-workers at the Virginia Attorney General’s ...

Tagged with: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli Judge Marla Graff Decker Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Judge Stephen R. McCullough Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Justice Donald W. Lemons Justice Jane Marum Roush Supreme Court of Virginia

A trial court erred in its equitable dis­tribution based on its characterization and classification of two properties sold by hus­band, who had a business “flipping” hous­es in addition to a salaried position with a university; the Court of Appeals also ...

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