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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A Roanoke City Circuit Court says defendants must produce medical records of a defendant physician who has left the country and whose present whereabouts are unknown, and the court will review in camera certain documents for which defendants claim a ...

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A Roanoke jury has rejected medical negligence claims against an emergency room doctor after considering whether the patient’s own negligence led to his death. It’s apparently the first use of a contributory negligence jury instruction in a Virginia medical malpractice ...

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A counterclaim defendant in this suit against Western Virginia Water Authority missed the deadline for filing a responsive pleading, and the Roanoke City Circuit Court enters default judgment against the counterclaim defendant. Plaintiff Elm View LLC initiated this suit against ...

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The city of Roanoke has sovereign immunity from a suit filed by a woman who injured her shoulder when she tripped and fell as she stepped from the street onto the curb; the Roanoke City Circuit Court grants the city’s ...

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