In this wrongful death suit against a school board for a bus accident that killed a four-year-old child, the trial court erred in in ordering that the separate awards to the child’s two minor brothers be held by the clerk ...

Tagged with: Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Negligence Supreme Court of Virginia

A divorce decree between husband and wife does not judicially estop wife from denying that her interest in property they owned as tenants by the entirety and that husband unilaterally used to secure a loan was subject to the deed ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Supreme Court of Virginia

Police had probable cause to enter defendant’s apartment after observing a strong smell of burning marijuana coming from the apartment, and exigent circumstances justified their entry, when police were twice denied entry after knocking and the mother delayed opening the ...

Tagged with: Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Search & Seizure Supreme Court of Virginia

A terminated employee who failed to comply with a housing authority’s grievance procedure deadline for choosing an arbitrator and instead filed a suit seeking damages for wrongful termination over one year later was not entitled to have her claims arbitrated ...

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A sheriff’s department does not have to turn over a military official’s suicide note contained in a criminal investigative file under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, the Supreme Court of Virginia holds. The sheriff’s department responded to the scene ...

Tagged with: Administrative Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Supreme Court of Virginia

Justice D. Arthur Kelsey was formally invested as the 103rd justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia on March 6, marking the latest milestone for the commonwealth’s high court. Presiding over the ceremony, Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons noted the ...

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