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Supreme Court upholds prosecutor’s suspension
The Supreme Court of Virginia upheld the suspension of prosecutor Joseph Willis Lee III for knowingly withholding exculpatory evidence in a criminal case.
Supreme Court of Virginia clarifies adoption statute
The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled that a stepmother's adoption can proceed without the biological mother's consent under Va. Code § 63.2-1202.
Virginia General Assembly proposes expanding Court of Appeals to 21 judges
Virginia's General Assembly considers Senate Bill 793 to expand the Court of Appeals from 17 to 21 judges to address increased caseload and delays.
Supreme Court of Virginia announces staffing changes
The Supreme Court of Virginia has appointed Alisa Padden and Brandy Singleton to senior staff roles within the judicial system.
Supreme Court of Virginia announces staffing changes
The Supreme Court of Virginia appointed Alisa W. Padden and Brandy S. Singleton to senior judicial system staff roles, according to a Jan. 13 press release.
Supreme Court of Virginia backs judge on failure-to-accept-responsibility factor
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a judge may consider a defendant’s failure to accept responsibility in a probation revocation sentence without punishing a not-guilty plea.
Tort: Alleged sexual-assault victim’s lawsuit was filed too late
Where a woman sued the defendant in 2021, alleging that he began a sexual relationship in 2005 when she was 14 years old and he was 33 years old, but her complaint showed that she knew of her injury and its causal connection to the alleged sexual abuse by the time she reached the age of majority, her suit was barred by the statute of limitations.
Criminal: Circuit court did not punish defendant during sentencing
Where the Court of Appeals held that the circuit court effectively punished the defendant for not pleading guilty to his technical probation violations, it erred. The Court of Appeals misinterpreted the circuit court’s statements about the defendant’s failure to accept responsibility for his probation violations.
Court: evidence supported judicial dissolution of LLC
The Supreme Court of Virginia affirms dissolution of Ticonderoga Farms LLC, ruling minority members’ conduct didn’t make business impracticable under state LLC law.
Supreme Court of Virginia approves ethics opinion on AI billing fees
The Supreme Court of Virginia adopts Legal Ethics Opinion 1901, clarifying how attorneys may bill for generative AI use and confirming fees need not drop with reduced time.
Supreme Court of Virginia won’t intervene in Youngkin-Senate university boards dispute
In a loss for Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the state Attorney General’s Office, the Supreme Court of Virginia will not review a lower court’s ruling that blocked three Virginia universities from seating rejected Youngkin board appointees.
Corporate: Court declines to expel minority members from LLC
Where the circuit court concluded that the conduct of minority members did not make it not reasonably practicable to carry on the business, and this conclusion was neither “plainly wrong” nor was it “without evidence to support” it, the court declined to expel the minority members from the LLC.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Fraud – Jury sides with couple in home construction case
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Triathlete suffered fractures after being struck by pickup truck
- Medical Malpractice- Nursing facility patient died after falling, suffering head injury
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Sales manager sustained multiple injuires in Virginia Beach collision
- Products Liability – Workplace accident results in amputation at the wrist
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Railroad worker injured in collision with tractor-trailer
- Workers’ Compensation – Worker sustains back injuries following fall, seeks PTD
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Intersection accident results in bodily injury, stroke
- Workers’ Compensation – Coal miner reaches deal for black lung disease disability
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Driver dies after intersection accident with another vehicle
- Medical Malpractice – Jury sides with doctor on med/mal allegations
Opinion Digests
- Employment – City of Virginia Beach must pay fees and costs to prevailing Title VII plaintiff
- Contract – Lack of mutual assent dooms motion to enforce agreement
- Tort – Court refuses to reverse defamation verdict
- Criminal – Second motion for sentence reduction is denied
- Real Property – Commercial use of property violated Declaration of Covenants
- Employment – Professor’s race discrimination and work environment claims are dismissed
- Constitutional – Search of probationer’s house was unlawful
- Retirement – Class was wrongly certified in breach of fiduciary duty ERISA suit
- Negligence – Coach defeats student’s claim of gross negligence
- Criminal – Defendant convicted for knowingly submitting false immigration documents
- Prisons – District court did not err when it construed inmate’s pro se complaint
- Fraud – Defendants prevail on qui tam suit
