A cook who slipped on a wet restroom floor and hit his right shoulder against a sink can collect workers’ comp; the Court of Appeals says the evidence does not show that the cook failed to reveal his past shoulder ...

Tagged with: Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

The Court of Appeals agrees with employer that the commission’s award of temporary partial disability benefits should be reversed and remanded to determine the correct amount. Employee suffered a compensable injury to his lower left leg in October 2007. Before ...

Tagged with: Per Curiam Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

The Court of Appeals affirms termination of temporary total disability benefits but authorizing continuation of medical benefits with a different doctor. In June 2007 while working as a housekeeping supervisor, Hayes tore a tendon in the center of her right ...

Tagged with: Judge Randolph A. Beales Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

A pro se father is not entitled to remove restrictions imposed on his child custody and visitation rights; the Court of Appeals says he is liable to pay mother’s reasonable attorney’s fees and costs on appeal. The parties divorced after ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Per Curiam Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

A 59-year-old wife says she should have gotten more than $1,250 in monthly spousal support, but the Court of Appeals holds the trial court decision adequately detailed its consideration of the statutory support factors. Wife, age 59, was properly awarded ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Per Curiam Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

A wife is not entitled to equitable distribution of an IRA account created from husband’s share of a 401(K) plan withdrawal to which wife consented, the Court of Appeals holds. The parties divorced after 51 years. Eight years before their ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Per Curiam Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

The Court of Appeals says a defendant is not entitled to have his DWI conviction reversed based on keys in the ignition’s auxiliary position with radio running. Police approached defendant who was sitting in the driver’s seat of his truck ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge William G. Petty Virginia Court of Appeals

The Court of Appeals affirms the circuit court’s decision authorizing a biological mother’s father and stepmother to adopt her daughter over the mother’s objection. Hughes, the biological mother, has a history of drug addiction, bipolar psychiatric disorder, and suicide attempts. ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge D. Arthur Kelsey Virginia Court of Appeals

The Court of Appeals affirms the trial court’s dismissal for insufficient evidence of a guardian ad litem’s petition asserting a child needs services under Va. Code § 16.1-228, as the evidence indicates the child is a well-adjusted, academically successful student. ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Randolph A. Beales Virginia Court of Appeals

The Court of Appeals rejects husband’s appeal of the trial court’s decision awarding wife half of husband’s self-funded retirement plan. Less than one month after the parties separated, husband’s counsel prepared a PSA giving wife “fifty percent (50%) of the ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge James W. Haley Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals