A broad spectrum of tort reform measures – many reflecting compromise among stakeholders – is expected to be presented to legislators today for action at the General Assembly. Negotiators say the tort reform package negotiated by business interests, trial lawyers ...

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A plaintiff who refiled a separate defamation action after nonsuit of the first defamation action, which was filed by a group of plaintiffs and suffered from the defect of misjoinder, has the benefit of tolling under Va. Code § 8.02-229 ...

Tagged with: Judge Melvin R. Hughes Jr. Richmond Circuit Court Tort Virginia Circuit Courts

A Loudoun County Circuit Court denies a plea in bar filed by defendants to plaintiff’s defamation suit, based on plaintiff’s allegations that defendants arranged for photographs of plaintiff being arrested for embezzlement and for further dissemination of those photos, even ...

Tagged with: Judge Thomas D. Horne Loudoun County Circuit Court Tort Virginia Circuit Courts

Although a veteran’s widow won payments from the Veterans’ Administration under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 after her husband died from alleged medical negligence, she cannot advance the VA rating that won her benefits to pursue her claim under the Federal ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge G. Steven Agee Tort

After finding that defendant, director of a Moldavan LLC that sold software products in the U.S. and around the world, breached a fiduciary duty of loyalty and committed tortious and statutory violations when he restructured the company and acted to ...

Tagged with: Judge Anthony J. Trenga Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A program assistant for an engineering firm that contracted with the U.S. Navy on a submarine modernization project cannot sue the U.S. for injuries she sustained when, on a golf outing and “team building” exercise with her manager and coworkers, ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert G. Doumar Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The Virginia Chamber of Commerce is out with its legislative wish list for the 2013 General Assembly and tort reform measures loom large on the Chamber agenda. The Chamber will continue efforts to change Virginia’s 40-year practice of barring depositions ...

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A defendant who lives in India, has not visited the U.S. since 2008, and who signed a disputed Share Purchase Agreement as president of two corporations before it was sent to a Charlottesville law office for plaintiff shareholders to sign, ...

Tagged with: Judge Liam O'Grady Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A dog trainer who won his libel claim in Alexandria U.S. District Court against a defendant who disseminated through emails and Facebook allegations of animal cruelty against the trainer wins attorney’s fees of $75,833 and costs of $3,954. A jury ...

Tagged with: Judge James C. Cacheris Tort U.S. District Court - Eastern District

What’s your lawsuit about? It should be easier to tell with the new cover sheet published by the Supreme Court of Virginia. Attorneys filing circuit court civil actions are asked to use the new cover sheet form available at the ...

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