Where plaintiff, a Republican candidate in Virginia for the U.S. Senate, alleges that the commonwealth’s guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are unconstitutional as applied to him because they interfered with his ability to obtain the requisite number of ...

Tagged with: Elections Judge William R Marchant Richmond County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

In September 2011, KML was a lonely 13-year-old who went on a chat line for 13-17-year-olds. She agreed to meet a person who said he was 17, but when KML went to the meeting place, it was Donald Hugh Owen ...

Tagged with: Judge R. Michael McKenney Million-Dollar Settlements Richmond County Circuit Court Tort

In this tort suit against officials of Nor­thumberland High School for damages aris­ing from a school resources officer’s repeat­ed sexual abuse of a 10th-grade student, on school grounds, a Richmond County Circuit Court says plaintiff student and her parents may ...

Tagged with: Judge Harry T. Taliaferro III Negligence Richmond County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

This case stemmed from a rear-end impact, with the defendant striking the plaintiff at approximately 30-45 mph. She was treated and released from the emergency room with neck and back complaints. She subsequently complained of shoulder pain. The plaintiff was ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury Richmond County Circuit Court

A plaintiff who paid defendant lawyer a $45,000 flat fee to defend a juvenile on a rape charge through “final verdict” of the juvenile court, has standing to seek an accounting of that fee after the lawyer was discharged before ...

Tagged with: Attorneys Judge J. Overton Harris Richmond County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts