In this personal injury suit in which defendant has admitted liability for an auto accident, the Roanoke U.S. District Court will admit plaintiff’s evidence showing that defendant’s medical expert has received $524,045 in fees from defendant’s carrier, State Farm, as ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael F. Urbanski Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

A Petersburg Circuit Court denies defendants’ demurrer and rules that plaintiff administrator may proceed on its second amended complaint under Virginia’s fetal wrongful death statute, Va. Code § 8.01-50(B) and (C), alleging the death of a mother and her eight-week-old ...

Tagged with: Judge Joseph M. Teefey Jr. Negligence Petersburg Circuit Court

In plaintiff’s personal injury action against the driver of a semi-trailer truck that rear-ended her SUV on Interstate 81 in Frederick County, traveling during snow and freezing rain, the Harrisonburg U.S. District Court denies defendant’s motion for summary judgment alleging ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael F. Urbanski Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

Shortly after leaving work on his motor­cycle, plaintiff was struck by defendant’s late model luxury sedan. He suffered se­rious orthopedic injuries but enjoyed a good recovery. Defendant driver carried a liability policy worth less than the cost of his vehicle. ...

Tagged with: Christopher Spinelli Negligence Settlement W. Randolph Robins Jr. William B. Kilduff

A customer who alleges defendant Wal-Mart knew, during roofing work at the store, of three separate instances of material falling from the ceiling and striking customers, but took no action to protect customers prior to plaintiff being struck by a ...

Tagged with: Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District

An employee of a marine repair company who brings a maritime personal injury action against the city of Norfolk and a Norfolk police officer, alleging he was injured when the police officer was test-driving a repaired police boat that capsized, ...

Tagged with: Judge David W. Lannetti Negligence Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A woman hurt when an electrical junction box cover fell from the roof of a Wal-Mart store in Staunton can press forward with her negligence suit against the retailer, a federal judge in Harrisonburg has ruled. The accident allegedly resulted ...

Tagged with: Coogan-Golden Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon Negligence U.S. District Court - Western District Wal-Mart

An employee of a marine repair company who brings a maritime personal injury action against the city of Norfolk and a Norfolk police officer, alleging he was injured when the police officer was test-driving a repaired police boat that capsized, ...

Tagged with: Judge David W. Lannetti Negligence Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A patient who consented to spinal fusion at the C5-C6 level of his spine, only to have the surgeon mistakenly fuse the C6-C7 level, cannot sue the surgeon for battery, but is limited to pursuing a negligence theory of recovery, ...

Tagged with: Justice Stephen R. McCullough Negligence Supreme Court of Virginia

Plaintiffs who used defendant marina owner’s 1999 Jeep to tow a dinghy up from plaintiffs’ rented boat slip, and who allege they were injured when the Jeep, placed in Park, rolled back into plaintiffs as they attempted to secure the ...

Tagged with: Judge David J. Novak Judge M. Hannah Lauck Negligence U.S. District Court - Eastern District