Defendant rear-ended the vehicle in which plaintiff was a passenger. At the scene he admitted taking his eyes off the road before the collision. During litigation he admitted negligence which was a proximate cause of the collision. The day following ...

Tagged with: Judge Walter W. Stout III Personal Injury Settlement Williamsburg/James City County Circuit Court

A husband could not terminate spousal support payments by refashioning his firing to fit under the parties’ property settlement agreement, the Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled. The PSA signed by William and Elizabeth Strack in 2010 called for the ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Glen A. Huff Judge Walter J. Ford Virginia Court of Appeals News Williamsburg/James City County Circuit Court

A patent lawyer who was licensed in Louisiana but represented she had a Virginia law license and practiced law in Virginia without a license is suspended by a three-judge panel sitting in the Circuit Court for James City County/City of ...

Tagged with: Attorneys Judge Margaret P. Spencer Virginia Circuit Courts Williamsburg/James City County Circuit Court

Plaintiff sued defendant substance abuse treatment facility in a medical malpractice action for the alleged negligent and unauthorized disclosure of plaintiff’s medical records. As a part of plaintiff’s alleged breach of privacy, plaintiff contended that defendant breached certain federal laws ...

Tagged with: Judge Walter J. Ford Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Williamsburg/James City County Circuit Court

This case involved a mandatory arbitration clause in a nursing home contract.  However, the court denied the defendant’s motion to compel arbitration because the person signing the contract had no legal authority to act for or bind the resident. Plaintiff’s decedent was ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Williamsburg/James City County Circuit Court Wrongful Death

Decedent, a 77-year-old female, died in the Williamsburg Community Hospital of a ventricular tachycardiac arrhythmia. Plaintiff alleged that the defendant cardiologist and emergency room group failed to treat her in a timely fashion. Decedent had a prosthetic heart valve installed ...

Tagged with: Judge Samuel T. Powell III Medical Malpractice Williamsburg/James City County Circuit Court Wrongful Death

This case stemmed from a joint venture involving speculation in real estate. A written contract allowed plaintiff to recover his investment if he exercised an option within certain period. An oral agreement extended that option period. Defendant denied the oral ...

Tagged with: Contract Million-Dollar Verdicts Williamsburg/James City County Circuit Court

A Williamsburg-James City County Circuit Court denies defendant nursing home’s motion to compel arbitration, finding that signing of the nursing home contract document by plaintiff decedent’s son, as personal representative, did not legally bind his mother to the contract and ...

Tagged with: Judge Samuel T. Powell III Negligence Virginia Circuit Courts Williamsburg/James City County Circuit Court

On June 11, 2005, the plaintiff filled two prescriptions at the pharmacy at the Ukrop’s grocery store in Williamsburg. The medications were apparently switched and over the summer, while he thought he was taking his thyroid replacement hormone medication, plaintiff ...

Tagged with: Judge Joseph Leafe Personal Injury Williamsburg/James City County Circuit Court

A Williamsburg/James City County jury returned a $456,000 defamation and breach of contract verdict on Jan. 29 against former Newport News Circuit Court Judge Verbena Askew in favor of former Hampton/Newport News Drug Court Administrator Brenda Collins. Eight people (seven ...

Tagged with: Defamation Judge Walter J. Ford Williamsburg/James City County Circuit Court