Name Change for Domestic Partner Not ‘Fraudulent’
A Washington Circuit Court grants a petition for name change pursuant to Va. Code § 8.01-217 filed by a man who wishes to have everyone on his household use the same surname, after he entered into a...
View ArticleName Change for Domestic Partner Not ‘Fraudulent’
A Washington Circuit Court grants a petition for name change pursuant to Va. Code 8.01-217 filed by a man who wishes everyone in his household to use the same surname, after he entered into a civil...
View ArticleC-Section was ordered an hour too late, birth injury plaintiff claims –...
Plaintiff contended that the defendant OB/GYN failed to appropriately monitor her mother’s labor, recognize and respond to fetal distress, and timely order a C-section, which resulted in anoxic...
View ArticleSchool counselor injured in tractor-trailer collision – $350,000 Settlement
The plaintiff, a 44-year-old school counselor, was injured on Nov. 13, 2009, in a collision on I-81 in Bristol. She was a passenger in a car driven by her son when it was struck by a tractor-trailer....
View ArticlePlaintiff suffered multiple orthopedic injuries in I-81 head-on crash –...
Plaintiff, a 49-year-old woman, was driving southbound on I-81 for work when the defendant’s decedent left the northbound lanes of I-81, crossed the median, entered the southbound lanes, and collided...
View ArticleImperfect Motion, But Rezoning, Permit Upheld
Although a motion to approve rezoning and a special use permit in support of a proposed land transaction did not perfectly conform to Va. Code § 15.2- 2286(A)(7), the public hearings conducted, the...
View ArticleCreditor’s Lien-Payoff Complaint Too Late
A funeral home that had a 2013 $6,313 judgment against a woman, whose Washington County real estate was partitioned and sold in 2015, with a payment of $3,020 on the funeral home’s lien, had 12 months...
View ArticlePlaintiff claimed delay in surgery exacerbated injury – Defense Verdict
Plaintiff alleged that he was misdiagnosed and received negligent treatment after a left biceps tendon rupture. After an injury at work, the patient was seen in defendant’s urgent care clinic. A...
View ArticleWorker who quit for good cause gets benefits
The Virginia Employment Commission erred by denying plaintiff’s claim for unemployment benefits because the record does not support its finding that he voluntarily left his employment without good...
View ArticleSome claims survive demurrer in easement case
Plaintiffs’ claim of a prescriptive easement to use defendants’ road survives demurrer because the complaint alleges exclusive and continuous use, from which plaintiffs’ use under claim of right is...
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