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Editors' Picks
- Supreme Court tosses $1.6M jury verdict after jury instruction wrongly refused
- Friendly competition: Legal Food Frenzy returns for 18th year
- Court must reassess damages on remand
- Brothers’ claims against sheriff will go to jury
- ‘Just show up’: Marston named VSB president-elect
- ‘Fully and fairly informed’: Trial court correctly refused ‘empty chair’ instruction
News in Brief
- Jury sides with school system in suit accusing it of ignoring middle-schooler’s sex assault claims
- Youngkin will visit Europe for his third international trade mission as Virginia governor
- Richmond Mayor Stoney drops Virginia governor bid, will run for lieutenant governor
- Lawmakers criticize CIA’s handling of sexual misconduct but offer few specifics
- Trial opens for former hospital medical director accused of sexual abuse of ex-patients
- Virginia law allows state’s colleges, universities to directly pay athletes through NIL deals
Opinion Digests
- Civil Practice: Court authorizes pre-suit subpoena
- Civil Rights: Inmates’ suit against DoC is narrowed
- Constitutional: Rule disqualifying felons from voting challenged
- Consumer Protection: Suit against loan, mortgage companies is dismissed
- Contract: Court defers ruling on restrictive covenant
- Employment: Lack of causal connection dooms retaliation claim
- Employment: Former flight attendant’s suit transferred to EDVA
- Employment: OT suit against defendants is transferred to EDVA
- Employment: Collective action certified in IT recruiting case
- Employment: Intelligence agency defeats age discrimination claim
- Municipal: US prevails in Arlington National Cemetery takings suit
- Patent and Trademark: Patents deemed ineligible for protection
- Administrative: ALJ did not err in finding woman wasn’t disabled
- Contract: Attorneys’ fees awarded after RICO claim dismissed
Verdicts & Settlements
- Adoption, paternity at issue in multimillion-dollar estate — $1.25M settlement
- Defense verdict reached in suit over wrist fracture
- Nurse sustained concussion in rear-end collision at red light — $2M settlement
- Motorist suffered lower back injuries in rear-end collision — $225,000 settlement
- Driver sustained injury in two rear-end collisions — $77,500 settlement
- Va. attorneys settle exploding pressure cooker case in NJ — $2.85M settlement
- Man injured after being struck in head by bed cover — $2.8M settlement
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October 22nd, 2024 | 12:00 AM