A holdover tenant owes a landlord rent for the period of occupancy after the lease expires. The law implies a contract to pay even if there is no oral or written agreement. Background Tran, the plaintiff, leased property to Lewis ...

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Where a police officer’s testimony amounted to his subjective interpretation of what plaintiff told him while he was investigating an accident, in which defendant rear-ended plaintiff’s car, the trial court should have excluded the testimony. Trouble ahead Grimsley, the plaintiff, ...

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The Virginia State Bar is set to evaluate 18 candidates for an upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court of Virginia. The individual selected will replace Judge William C. Mims, who announced his retirement from the bench on July 28. Mims, ...

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Appellant lacks an enforceable property right to challenge the governor’s order to remove the Robert E. Lee Monument from commonwealth property in Richmond, Virginia. Overview “In this case, we awarded William C. Gregory (Gregory) an appeal from a judgment of ...

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The commonwealth has the authority to remove a state-owned monument from state owned property. The monument is a form of government speech. To the extent that the document conveying the property to the state and a legislative resolution accepting the ...

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A power of attorney is not equivalent to a license to practice law, according to a new Unauthorized Practice of Law Opinion just approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia. Approved by the court on Sept. 13, UPL Opinion 218 ...

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We affirm the Court of Appeals’ determination that claimant was entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, even though the court used an incorrect analysis to reach its conclusion. The appeals court ruled that claimant’s injury occurred during a four-hour period, and ...

Tagged with: Justice Cleo E. Powell Supreme Court of Virginia Workers' Compensation

Where the trial court found appellant guilty of failure to appear, the Court of Appeals erred by affirming the conviction after determining that appellant waived his right under Rule 5A:18 to challenge whether there was sufficient evidence to convict. Prior ...

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Where a client referred to a residential at-risk youth program murdered a counselor, the circuit court correctly ruled that the exclusive remedy for the counselor’s estate was a workers’ compensation claim. The circuit court properly dismissed negligence and wrongful death ...

Tagged with: Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Supreme Court of Virginia Workers’ Comp

“Upon consideration of the record, briefs, and argument of counsel, the Court is of the opinion that there is no reversible error in the judgment of the Court of Appeals. Accordingly, the Court affirms the judgment of the Court of ...

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