A lumber mill employee who alleges severe hand and arm injuries from his attempts to dislodge a jammed edger cannot sue defendant Mississippi corporation, the alleged current owner of the edger product line, in this Richmond U.S. District Court as ...

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A Florida judge said he plans to slash a $300 million verdict against Philip Morris, calling the jury award to a former smoker "excessive" and "shocking." Broward Circuit Judge Jeffrey Streitfeld indicated Friday that he would reduce the award, according ...

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A Norfolk state court judge hearing 65 Chinese drywall lawsuits has rejected motions to disqualify the plaintiffs’ lawyer and move some of the cases to other courts. Norfolk lawyer Richard Serpe can continue to represent both class action plaintiffs and ...

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Remember the infamous McDonald’s hot coffee case from the 1990s? Virginia has been brewing its own burn case against McDonald’s since 2005, and now the 4th Circuit has ordered a new trial for a man who alleges burns from fast ...

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In a contractor’s suit against a tile subcontractor for installation of allegedly defective kitchen floors in several jails in Southwest Virginia, an Abingdon U.S. District Court says a claim for breach of implied warranty is not time-barred because the UCC’s ...

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Five Virginia homeowners – on behalf of “hundreds” with similar claims – have filed a class action lawsuit against the manufacturer, supplier, and installers of allegedly-tainted Chinese drywall used in their homes. Norfolk attorney Richard J. Serpe filed the suit ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court has determined not to rule on an appeal from Richmond-based cigarette maker Philip Morris USA, which hoped to overturn a $79.5-million verdict in favor of a Oregon widow. The decision leaves in place a ruling of ...

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A Roanoke lawyer has filed four lawsuits against Lynchburg enema-maker C.B. Fleet Co. alleging the company over-promoted the use of its Fleet Phospho-soda laxative (the stuff you might have been told to drink before a colonoscopy). Each of the four ...

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An official with the beleaguered Peanut Corp. of American disclosed today that the company has product liability coverage from two policies totaling $12 million. The information came during a creditors meeting in bankruptcy court in Lynchburg.  As reported by The ...

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Four and a half years after the death of 4-year-old Justin Simmons, the products liability lawsuit over his death finally may have reached closure. The Supreme Court of Virginia on Friday turned aside the last plea for a writ from ...

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