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Apr 22, 2026
Banks and banking – Bank defeats customer’s conversion claim
Peoples Bank's conversion claim dismissal affirmed after debiting accounts linked to judgment debtors in West Virginia execution proceedings.
Jul 28, 2025
4th Circuit upholds W.Va abortion pill sale restriction
A federal appeals court on July 15 upheld a lower court’s decision to restrict abortion pill sales in West Virginia. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of […]
Feb 22, 2021
Airline pilot rear-ended in accident in West Virginia — $3.5 million verdict
Type of action: Motor vehicle crash Injuries alleged: Aggravation of pre-existing cervical and thoracic degenerative disc disease Name of case: Keane v. Ibarra and JS Int’l Inc. Court: Circuit Court […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice-Patient received spleen injury during colonoscopy
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers complications from improper cyst removal
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Henrico driver sustained wrist fracture in five-car collision
- Medical Malpractice-Patient dies following blood loss in surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Defense points to plaintiff’s prior collision, stressors
- Medical Malpractice – Ingrown toenail removal leads to CRPS type 2
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Car crash after back surgery causes additional injuries
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with cardiologist over treatment of strokes
- Negligence and Tort- Ice pack use during tattoo removal causes frostbite
- Workers’ Compensation Struck by metal door at workplace, plaintiff sustains subdural hematoma
Opinion Digests
- Prisons – VDOC must respond to discovery requests
- Criminal – Spouses convicted of construction fraud
- Landlord and tenant – Tenant’s challenge to eviction is dismissed
- Tort – Lawsuit by ‘sting’ victim against conservative organization is dismissed
- Criminal – Defendant’s request to withdraw guilty plea is denied
- Employment – Fairfax County prevails on firefighter’s employment claims
- Prisons – Multiple experts precluded in suit over inmate’s death
- Criminal – District court sufficiently explained resentencing decision
- Criminal – Wealth of evidence supports firearm possession conviction
- Criminal – District court wrongly refused to order forfeiture
- Criminal – Man convicted of killing informant
- Negligence – Jury will decide if business was negligent in slip-and-fall case
