Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Cynthia D. Kinser says she will step down from the court this year to enjoy more time with her husband, family and personal endeavors. After 16 years on the high court, and more than three ...

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Although stacks of lumber partially obscured a view of railroad tracks at a private crossing, a dump truck driver was familiar with the tracks and failed to take reasonable care when he slowly approached the tracks, looking straight ahead, and ...

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A circuit court erred when, after determining appellant is a sexually violent predator, it shifted the burden of proof back to appellant to show that he satisfies the criteria for conditional release; because the burden of proof does not shift, ...

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Lawyers looking for signs of progress on criminal discovery reform in Virginia have little to go on now that a Virginia Supreme Court study panel has begun work. Chief Justice Cynthia D. Kinser has admonished the 23 members of a ...

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Defendant developer did not prove on a plea in bar that an employee of a general contractor hired to build a warehouse on the developer’s Leesburg property, who was fatally electrocuted at work, was engaged in the developer’s “trade, business ...

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A transmission shop owner suing for statutory business conspiracy can support that suit by alleging the “unlawful acts” of tortious interference with contract and with business expectancy, the Supreme Court of Virginia says in response to two certified questions, and ...

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DANVILLE – In the wake of two recent Virginia Supreme Court opinions addressing cases where litigants claimed they were not given the opportunity to make timely objections at trial, Virginia appellate jurists offered some advice for trial lawyers this month. ...

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Circuit judges will have a 60-day deadline to decide issues in civil cases under a new requirement approved by the General Assembly. The deadline triggers a call for a written report to the parties stating when a decision can be ...

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In a new decision on a highly charged issue, the Supreme Court of Virginia has taken a broad view of a trial judge’s inherent authority to consider different outcomes for those who plead guilty to criminal charges. The high court ...

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A lawyer cannot be sanctioned under Va. Code § 8.01-271.1 for his argument to defend a rule to show cause for his divorce client ordered to pay her husband’s attorney’s fees, because he did not sign a responsive pleading or ...

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