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Lineman suffered back pain following auto accident — $125,000 verdict
Type of action: Personal injury Injuries alleged: Back injury Court: Richmond Circuit Court Tried before: Jury Name of judge or mediator: Judge W. Reilly Marchant Date resolved: 6/2/2022 Verdict or settlement: Verdict Amount: $125,000 Attorney for plaintiff (and city): Gray B. Broughton, Richmond Description of case: On June 20, 2019, the plaintiff, a 58-year-old network […]
Amended traffic statutes are not retroactive
Where police stopped defendant for a defective tail light before statutory amendments prohibiting such stops became effective, a motion to exclude evidence based on retroactive application of the amendments is denied. Background “The Defense argues, and the Commonwealth concedes, that the car in which the Defendant was a passenger was pulled over on August 16, […]
Legal at the time: Another judge holds traffic stop changes not retroactive
New laws limiting police traffic stops for minor offenses should not restrict prosecution of cases that arose from stops before those laws took effect, a Virginia trial judge has ruled. In Commonwealth v. Eberhardt (VLW 021-8-129), Richmond Circuit Judge W. Reilly Marchant said to hold otherwise would defy common sense and punish police for what […]
Injunction barring Lee statue removal dissolved
Where plaintiffs seek to permanently enjoin the governor’s decision to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee from Monument Avenue in the city of Richmond, the temporary injunction blocking the removal is dissolved but the court will stay the order “pending the resolution of a properly perfected appeal.” Overview In 1887, landowners granted a deed […]
Some demurrers sustained in Lee statue removal case
Where defendants have demurred to plaintiffs’ claims arising from the governor’s decision to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee from Monument Avenue in the city of Richmond, the demurrers are overruled in part. Overview In 1887, landowners granted a deed to the Lee Monument Association. The association prepared the property or “circle” and acquired […]
Landowners granted injunction to block Lee statue removal
Where plaintiffs, who own property near a statue of Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in the city of Richmond, seek an injunction to bar the governor’s decision to remove the statue, a temporary injunction is issued. Plaintiffs have established a likelihood of success based on their claim that under the common law doctrine of […]
Court will not enjoin Lee statue removal
Where plaintiff seeks to permanently enjoin the governor’s decision to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee from Monument Avenue in the city of Richmond, a permanent injunction will not issue, and the temporary injunction blocking the removal is dissolved because plaintiff has not stated a legally cognizable cause of action. Overview In 1887, landowners […]
Judge: Lee statue plaintiffs may have meritorious case
A Richmond circuit judge says a group of Richmond landowners is likely to succeed on a claim that property law bars removal of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Judge W. Reilly Marchant concluded that property owners in the Monument Avenue Historic District have shown a likelihood of success on the merits of […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Driver fell asleep, causing significant auto accident — $1M settlement
- Defense verdict returned for company in rear-end crash — Defense verdict
- Cauda equina syndrome developed after procedure — $625,000 settlement
- Passenger died months after sustaining multiple injuries — $725,000 settlement
- Plaintiff injured in crash with oncoming vehicle — $235,000 settlement
- Driver killed in rear-end collision with tractor-trailer — $1.5M settlement
- Man died from pancreatic cancer after delayed response — $1.8M settlement
- Worker fell off roof, rendering him a paraplegic — $1.25M settlement
- Driver sustained permanent hearing loss after traffic collision — $240,000 settlement
- Plaintiff suffered concussion in rear-end collision — $81,000 verdict
- Builder misrepresented home status to buyers — $675,000 verdict
- Low potassium led to cardiac arrest, death of patient — $1M settlement
Opinion Digests
- Company owner dodges breach of contract suit
- Employee’s own allegations doom minimum wage claim
- Federal government defeats former employee’s claims
- Principal wasn’t entitled to exclusively remote work
- USPTO properly redacted info in responsive documents
- Untimely lawsuit allowed to proceed
- Engineering consultant dismissed from suit
- Rule 60 motion was filed too late
- Nonprofit directors immune from ex-employees’ claims
- City, employees immune from whistleblower claims
- Experts excluded in condemnation damages suit
- Judgment entered against company for horse’s death
