A Roanoke judge may have advanced the cause of judicial efficiency with a rare use of a three-person jury in a civil dispute this month. As Virginia officials look for ways to make the court system more useable for unrepresented ...

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A Salem physician claims he was terminated by his practice group after the business forced him to sign a noncompete agreement that now bars him from working anywhere near his home. Allergist Thomas Fame is asking a judge to release ...

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Plaintiff, a board-certified allergist and immunologist who left his practice at Lewis-Gale Medical Center in 2010 to join defendant Allergy & Immunology PLC, and whose employment with defendant terminated May 1, 2015, has not shown that he is likely to ...

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A Roanoke Circuit Court says a deputy sheriff/courtroom bailiff who was rehired after her 400-day deployment to Afghanistan with her U.S. Army Reserve unit, and who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, cannot sue under Sections 4312 and 4313 of USERRA, ...

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As the Surface Transportation Board previously determined that claims raised by the current plaintiffs and other property owners near a railroad line operated by defendant Norfolk Southern Railway Company are federally preempted, the Roanoke City Circuit Court incorporates the prior ...

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A plaintiff who alleges she was injured while shopping at a Goodwill store when a bed frame or bed rail propped up against a store wall fell over onto her leg may sue the Goodwill store; the store does not ...

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In 2002, plaintiff was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, likely viral, and ventricular tachycardia. Echocardiography showed an ejection fraction of 25 percent or less, indicating severe disease. An AICD was placed, and plaintiff was prescribed medications including an ace inhibitor and beta ...

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A tenant’s assertion that landlord failed to comply with Va. Code § 55-248.15:1 by itemizing alleged damages and repair costs resulting in non-refund of a security deposit does not relieve the tenant of paying her last month’s rent under the ...

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A surgeon who practiced for only one year in Virginia was sued for malpractice four times, with three of the cases settling well short of trial. One of the cases settled for $1 million paid on behalf of the doctor ...

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A trucking company that has less than 11 percent of its work force in the city of Roanoke, where it has only one client and in 2014 generated only 2 percent of its total revenue, does not conduct “substantial” business ...

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