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Any error excluding expert’s testimony was harmless
Where the trial court excluded an expert’s testimony at appellant’s trial for computer solicitation of a minor, any error was harmless given other overwhelming evidence of his guilt. The trial […]
Freelance writer gets tax payment refund
A city’s tax ordinance does not apply to a freelance writer because he does not provide a service and his business is not covered by the ordinance’s catchall provision. Overview […]
Reinstatement and back pay ordered
Where a grievance panel decided that appellant was entitled to reinstatement and back pay, the circuit court erred by declining to implement the decision after considering additional evidence. The circuit […]
Medical evidence excluded in fatal tractor-trailer crash
Where the parties disputed who was driving a tractor-trailer that left the road and crashed, killing both occupants, the trial court correctly excluded experts’ identity evidence and certain medical evidence […]
$250,000 racial harassment verdict upheld
With an explicit declaration that money losses are not a mandatory basis for mental anguish damages, the Supreme Court of Virginia has affirmed a $250,000 racial harassment verdict against a […]
Restaurant fraud conviction reversed
Appellant’s conviction for defrauding a restaurant is reversed because the applicable statute requires that a person have the intent to defraud when the “food is obtained,” and there is no […]
Forged check is basis for identity theft charge
Where appellant made a stolen check payable to herself, forged the check owner’s signature, used her own driver’s license as identification but left the bank before completing the transaction, she […]
Cocaine found during ‘Terry’ stop admissible
Defendant’s actions while seated in his car – digging between and beneath the seats and behind him with his hands – gave police a reasonable suspicion that he was reaching […]
Obese man suffered brain damage after elective surgery – $2,150,000 Settlement
John Doe, 24, was scheduled for elective gall bladder removal. Due to morbid obesity, a sleep study had been ordered to check for sleep apnea. Surgery was scheduled without the […]
Sentencing safety valve disclosure was timely
A defendant who filed a motion to avoid a mandatory minimum sentence shortly before his sentencing hearing began was entitled to have the circuit court consider it on the merits. […]
Duty to protect extended to employees’ families
A woman who washed her father’s asbestos-laden clothes after he returned home after working in a shipyard may sue the shipyard for asbestos exposure. Background Plaintiff alleges that from approximately […]
Take-home asbestos exposure claim OK
A divided Supreme Court says Virginia will allow a lawsuit against a shipyard over the cancer death of a woman allegedly exposed to asbestos brought home by her shipworker father. […]
Legal Tech
- How large language models are leveling the personal injury playing field
- Attorney Share, Lawmatics integrate to automate law firm referrals
- How ransomware tactics against law firms are changing
Verdicts & Settlements
- Workers’ Compensation-Vehicle accident paralyzes Brazilian cement worker
- Medical Malpractice – Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Unicycle rider dies after being hit by car
Opinion Digests
- Prisons – No immunity for prison officials who allegedly failed to provide medical care
- Search and seizure – No immunity for guards who intentionally failed to check on injured inmate
- Prisons – Compassionate release denied despite end-stage renal disease
- Criminal – Correctional officer’s civil rights’ violation conviction is vacated
- Constitutional – Board member lacks property interest in zoning board position
- Habeas corpus – District court erred when it granted writ of habeas corpus
- Tort – Salvadoran colonel denied immunity for alleged murder of journalist
