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Virginia’s Largest Verdicts of 2009
Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s survey of the “Largest Jury Verdicts of 2009” found 21 seven-figure judgments in 2009, six more than last year and one more than we found the previous […]
Baby formula maker faced ‘aggressive’ competitor
A Virginia-based maker of store-brand baby formula last month won a $13.5-million false advertising jury verdict against the maker of a leading brand that undertook what the judge termed an […]
$3.2M verdict returned for malicious prosecution
A federal jury in Richmond has returned verdicts totaling $3.2 million against a subsidiary of a national trucking company that accused a night dock supervisor of stealing three computers. The […]
Contract – Severance Pay – Arbitration – Award Confirmation
A terminated employee who sought over $15,000 in severance pay under his employment contract can ask the Norfolk Circuit Court to confirm an arbitration award in his dispute with employer, […]
Longshoreman avoids removal, scores $5 million verdict
An injured longshoreman who managed to keep his case out of federal court has won a $5 million verdict from a Portsmouth jury. The Virginian-Pilot reports Sherman Whitaker was hurt […]
Jury to hear job defamation claim
An executive who said she was defamed during a performance evaluation gets another shot at a jury, in today’s ruling from the Supreme Court of Virginia in Hyland v. Raytheon […]
It’s not me, it’s you
Have you defamed a coworker when you say she faced conflict on the job because she was not always to work on time? Fact versus opinion in the workplace was […]
Executive’s defamation claim tossed
A former executive who said she was defamed by her job performance review has come up empty-handed, after winning one of the largest verdicts in 2005. Cynthia Hyland had been […]
Supreme Court affirms large awards
It was a good day in the Supreme Court of Virginia for the holders of big verdicts. The court affirmed seven-figure judgments in four cases with nothing in common other […]
Earl Washington case settled?
The final chapter in the 25-year saga that began with the rape and murder of a Culpeper woman may be written soon. The Richmond Times Dispatch reports that the state […]
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
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Motorcyclist suffers severe injuries in vehicle accident
- Medical Malpractice – Patient dies after alleged improper medicine admin
- 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
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Defendant convicted based upon Commonwealth witnesses’ testimony
- Zoning – Party failed to show its due process rights were violated
- Tort – Jury’s zero-damages verdict for inmate plaintiff affirmed
- Parent and child – Record supported termination of mother’s parental rights
- Criminal – Man convicted of grand larceny after stealing $26,000
- Parent and child – Brothers dispute who should be their mother’s guardian
- Tort – Allegedly defamatory statements lacked the requisite “sting”
