Getting Medicare its piece
Lawyers say new federal Medicare requirements are causing case handling headaches and even hampering settlements as the government seeks its share of recovery from wrongdoers who cause injuries. While...
View ArticleDrug conviction of mother complicates infant settlement – $350,000 Settlement
Plaintiff was the mother of an 8-year-old boy who was killed instantly by the operator of a Dodge Durango in a residential driveway on private property in broad daylight. After running over the child...
View ArticleWoman Can Take Female Partner’s Name
A Washington County Circuit Court grants a woman’s petition to change her name to that of her female partner, so the whole family may share the same name. The court finds petitioner’s intent in having...
View ArticleDisk, soft-tissue injuries alleged in traffic collision – $55,148 Verdict
Plaintiff was rear-ended while sitting at a red light. Defendant claimed she was traveling no more than 10 mph. There was no significant damage to the defendant’s vehicle. [11-T-035] Type of action:...
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 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 ArticleWoman Can Take Female Partner’s Name
A Washington County Circuit Court grants a woman’s petition to change her name to that of her female partner, so the whole family may share the same name. The court finds petitioner’s intent in having...
View ArticleDisk, soft-tissue injuries alleged in traffic collision – $55,148 Verdict
Plaintiff was rear-ended while sitting at a red light. Defendant claimed she was traveling no more than 10 mph. There was no significant damage to the defendant’s vehicle. [11-T-035] Type of action:...
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 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...
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