A plaintiff suing for legal malpractice is a third-party beneficiary of the contract between the commonwealth and plaintiff’s court-appointed lawyer, and his claim is governed by the five-year statute of limitations under Va. Code § 8.01-246; the Richmond Circuit Court ...

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The upstairs tenant in a duplex is not liable for his dog biting his landlord who came into the backyard where the dog was present, says a Richmond Circuit Court. The plaintiff landlord testified she was there to show the ...

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A Richmond Circuit Court grants this petition under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and orders the Virginia Department of Education to produce English and Math Student Growth Percentile score results for Loudoun County, by teacher and by school, for ...

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After 16 months of litigation, a 12-year-old boy who was paralyzed in a crash with a dump truck has settled his case for $22 million. The case was resolved last month, within days of being tried before a Richmond jury. ...

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The Richmond-based Williams Mullen law firm is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit accusing the firm of helping one client acquire the State Fair of Virginia at the expense of another client seeking the same prize. The claims ...

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This personal injury action arises out of a commercial vehicle crash that occurred on July 5, 2012. Plaintiff, a 12-year-old boy, was riding as a rear seat passenger in a 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer driven by a family friend. The vehicle ...

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Two mothers – one genetic and one gestational – have won a court order to list both women as parents on their twins’ birth certificates. The two women married in Washington, D.C. in 2012 and currently live in the Richmond ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge T.J. Markow Richmond Circuit Court

Defendants’ truck turned left in front of plaintiff. Plaintiff broadsided defendant. Plaintiff suffered a mild traumatic brain injury and cervical strain. [14-T-172] Type of action: Personal injury – auto accident Injuries alleged: Mild traumatic brain injury, cervical strain Name of ...

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A Richmond jury has awarded $125,000 to a security guard claiming that a man who used a racial epithet then threatened to shoot him. His lawyer, Christopher L. Anderson of Richmond, used a little-known Virginia statute that provides a cause ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge James R. Spencer Richmond Circuit Court

The plaintiff, a retired Virginia State Trooper sergeant, was working as an unarmed security guard in the early morning hours on Feb. 19, 2012, at the parking deck adjacent to what was then known as the BlackFinn Restaurant. The defendant, ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights Judge Margaret P. Spencer Richmond Circuit Court