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Legislature clarifies statute on third-party legal-mal suits
A pair of companion bills addressing limitations for third-party legal malpractice claims in estate planning have passed unanimously through the General Assembly.
Roanoke lawyer faces $742K judgment for botched divorce
A Roanoke lawyer is defending collection actions on a six-figure judgment after alleged lapses in a divorce action and a resulting legal malpractice lawsuit, according to his client’s new lawyer […]
Plaintiff sues firm for malpractice in 1997 workers’ comp case — $500,000 Settlement
Plaintiff was born in 1977 and was a part-time worker for XYZ Corporation in Washington, D.C. On Jan. 31, 1997, plaintiff was seriously injured allegedly because of a defectively designed […]
Lawyer falsely claimed coverage
A lawyer who allowed his client’s personal injury lawsuit to be tossed out of court for failure to serve process – and who falsely claimed to have malpractice coverage – […]
Lawyer hit for malpractice, gets bar suspension
An Ashland lawyer who appeared to compound his initial error in handling a civil business dispute has incurred a nearly $177,000 malpractice judgment and a three-month bar suspension. The suspension […]
SCV: Expert necessary to support legal malpractice claim
A plaintiff needed to produce an expert to prove her former attorneys failed to exercise reasonable care, skill, and dispatch. She said counsel had caused her personal injury claim to […]
No contract means no claim for malpractice
An Alexandria lawyer will not have to face a $500,000 malpractice claim brought by the family of a late Northern Virginia woman whose estate tax return was filed late. Although […]
Under the microscope
A Richmond federal judge has unsealed specifics of legal malpractice claims leveled against Richmond-based law firm of LeClairRyan PC in connection with the federal prosecution and bankruptcy of Health Diagnostic […]
Lawyer’s malpractice win reversed
A recent Supreme Court of Virginia opinion leaves one lawyer facing a malpractice lawsuit while a colleague from the same firm avoided liability exposure. The decision shows that legal malpractice […]
Law firm gave inaccurate advice on FDA-compliant labeling – $200,000 Settlement
The claim was by a start-up food science company on the west coast. The company hired a large D.C. law firm to review its ingredients labels for a proprietary, physician-formulated […]
Lawyers lose bid for higher malpractice coverage
Lawyers facing a $6,975,000 malpractice award for bungling a client’s patent application for an internet game have only $5 million in malpractice coverage, according to an Alexandria federal court The […]
Claim against firm over elective share must be tried
A Northern Virginia circuit judge has allowed a legal malpractice suit over a wife’s elective share claim to go to trial this fall, declining an invitation to cut the case […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice-Patient received spleen injury during colonoscopy
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers complications from improper cyst removal
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Henrico driver sustained wrist fracture in five-car collision
- Medical Malpractice-Patient dies following blood loss in surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Defense points to plaintiff’s prior collision, stressors
- Medical Malpractice – Ingrown toenail removal leads to CRPS type 2
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Car crash after back surgery causes additional injuries
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with cardiologist over treatment of strokes
- Negligence and Tort- Ice pack use during tattoo removal causes frostbite
- Workers’ Compensation Struck by metal door at workplace, plaintiff sustains subdural hematoma
Opinion Digests
- Prisons – VDOC must respond to discovery requests
- Criminal – Spouses convicted of construction fraud
- Landlord and tenant – Tenant’s challenge to eviction is dismissed
- Tort – Lawsuit by ‘sting’ victim against conservative organization is dismissed
- Criminal – Defendant’s request to withdraw guilty plea is denied
- Employment – Fairfax County prevails on firefighter’s employment claims
- Prisons – Multiple experts precluded in suit over inmate’s death
- Criminal – District court sufficiently explained resentencing decision
- Criminal – Wealth of evidence supports firearm possession conviction
- Criminal – District court wrongly refused to order forfeiture
- Criminal – Man convicted of killing informant
- Negligence – Jury will decide if business was negligent in slip-and-fall case
