The plaintiff, a 46-year-old construction worker, was injured while eating dinner with a friend at the defendant’s restaurant. A four-pound ornamental clay bell that was attached to a metal display stand on top of the booth above the plaintiff detached ...

Tagged with: Judge T.J. Markow Premises Liability Richmond Circuit Court

On Jan. 20, 2007, the plaintiff injured his left knee when his foot shot out from under him and into an unguarded/uncovered drain hole as he was wheeling a loaded handcart during an early morning delivery to the defendant’s restaurant. ...

Tagged with: ADR Personal Injury Richmond Circuit Court

On the late evening of Nov. 7, 2008, the plaintiffs were attending a party thrown by Virginia Commonwealth University students at a rental house located at 1305 West Cary St. The party took place on the second floor of the ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury Richmond Circuit Court

Decedent was a 27-year-old passenger in a car that had stopped in the left lane on the James River Bridge section of Interstate 95 to fix a flat tire at 1:00 a.m. on July 22, 2009. While standing outside the ...

Tagged with: Judge Melvin R. Hughes Jr. Richmond Circuit Court Wrongful Death

Plaintiff was a tattoo artist who sustained ligament damage to the interphalangeal joint of his thumb when he was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer. Surgery was eventually performed to fuse the joint, and he ended up with some permanent loss of ...

Tagged with: ADR Personal Injury Richmond Circuit Court

A Richmond Circuit Court defers ruling on defendant physician’s plea of the statute of limitations in plaintiff’s suit alleging failure to diagnose, pending production of additional medical evidence. Plaintiff alleges failure to diagnose his cancerous condition during treatment that took ...

Tagged with: Judge Melvin R. Hughes Jr. Medical Malpractice Richmond Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A Richmond Circuit judge has dismissed a second round of indictments against a man accused of robbery and use of a firearm. The commonwealth had nol prossed the charges earlier, based on a belief that a jury panel was biased ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Bradley B. Cavedo Judge Clarence N. Jenkins Jr. Richmond Circuit Court

A Richmond lawyer has won a $5 million settlement after determining a method to quantify the debilitating effects of chronic pain. The method: Use the same neuropsychological tests used to diagnose traumatic brain injury. W. Coleman Allen Jr. provided a ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury Richmond Circuit Court Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

A Richmond Circuit Court enters an order of substitution of counsel for plaintiff, but also orders a fee of 35 percent of the settlement offer for plaintiff’s dismissed lawyer. The court heard argument on Mr. Rutter’s notice for guidance and ...

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A noncompete agreement will not be enforced against a defendant who left BB&T Insurance because the noncompete provision is so broad it would prevent defendant from encouraging any BB&T employee or even, an independent contract janitor, from pursuing higher education, ...

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