Virginia Lawyers Weekly articles from September 2003

Virginia Lawyers Weekly archives from September 2003

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit Case Summaries: September 1, 2003.
September 1, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Grand Jury - Attorney Subpoena - Green Card Form - Terrorism Investigation A district court did not err in ordering a lawyer to respond to a grand jury subpoena and answer two...

U.S. District Court VA Eastern Case Summaries: Septemer 1, 2003.
September 1, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Voting Rights Act - Boundary Dispute - Vote Dilution A Norfolk federal district court rejects a challenge to the recently redrawn boundaries of Virginia's 4th Congressional...

Custody Change Is Not Justified, Court of Appeals Of Virginia Says.
September 1, 2003... Byline: John D. Tuerck A chancellor's written order shifting custody of two boys from their mother to their father failed to supply the "basis" for the ruling, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals of Virginia has ruled. In his...

Accounting Firms Can Bring Interference Claim, rules Rockingham County Circuit judge.
September 1, 2003... Byline: Paul Fletcher Although a Rockingham County Circuit judge has ruled that the Harrisonburg office of a national accounting firm did not assign the non solicitation agreement of an ex-employee when it sold its assets to a new local...

Verdicts & Settlements September 1, 2003: Medical Malpractice.
September 1, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Type of Action -- Medical malpractice Type of Injuries -- Cerebral hemorrhage due to undiagnosed AVM Name of Case -- Stroud v. United States of America Court / Case No. -- U.S. District...

Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Actions.
September 1, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff The following lawyers are ineligible to practice law in Virginia, because their licenses were revoked by the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board on Aug. 21: * John Kelly Dixon III of Richmond --...

4% Sales Tax On Legal Services In Virginia Is Proposed.
September 1, 2003... Byline: John D. Tuerck As part of a package that would overhaul the state's tax code, a legislative commission has proposed a 4 percent tax on legal services, which are currently exempt from taxes. If passed, law offices presumably...

Virginia Beach Circuit judge to seek juries in DUI cases.
September 1, 2003... Byline: John D. Tuerck Apparently reacting to a spate of well-publicized drunken driving incidents in Hampton Roads, Virginia Beach Circuit Judge H. Thomas Padrick Jr. has announced that he will set aside certain DUI cases to be heard by a...

Virginia Court of Appeals Case Summaries: September 1, 2003.
September 1, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Suspended Sentence Revocation - Alternative Sentencing Program Where a drug defendant's sentence was suspended on condition that he complete an alternative sentencing program under...

Virginia Circuit Court Case Summaries: September 1, 2003.
September 1, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Handgun Permit Application - Residence Evidence An applicant for a concealed handgun permit must show proof of residence within the county where the application is filed in order...

Med-Mal Plaintiff Does Not Testify, Recovers $1.7M.
September 1, 2003... Byline: Matthew Philips Criminal defense lawyers may count on a client's right to remain silent. Plaintiffs personal-injury lawyers, however, usually want a client to take the stand, to narrate in vivid, personal detail, the injuries...

Judge: Pay Sanctions Or Close Your Law Office.
September 1, 2003... Byline: Dawn Chase A Manassas plaintiffs' lawyer ordered in 2001 to pay $22,000 in sanctions to defendants in a medical malpractice case must pay up by the end of this year, or he must close his law office in the 26th Judicial Circuit, a...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: September 1, 2003.
September 1, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Debtor Wife - T By E Property - Sale Proceeds - Marital Home Even though a separated couple had the proceeds from the sale of their marital home in separate escrow accounts, the sale...

U.S. District Court VA Western Case Summaries: September 1, 2003.
September 1, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Negligence - Tortfeasor Insurance - Medicare Reimbursement An injured plaintiff may pursue a declaratory judgment action asserting that the Department of Health & Human Services...

Verdicts & Settlements September 1, 2003: Foreclosure On Note And Deed Of Trust - Attorney Fees.
September 1, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Type of Action -- Contract Other Useful Information -- The defendant initiated foreclosure proceedings against the plaintiff in 2001 on a note and deed of trust in the original principal amount of...

Verdicts & Settlements September 1, 2003: Demo BMW Sold As 'New'.
September 1, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Type of Action -- Consumer protection Other Useful Information -- The jury in June 2002 found Casey Honda/BMW guilty of fraud for selling a $50,000 BMW to a collector as "new" when it knew the...

Virginia Senators back 3 for judgeship.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Paul Fletcher Virginia's two United States Senators have recommended three candidates to President Bush for a pending judgeship in the Eastern District of Virginia. U.S. District Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. announced last...

Virginia Circuit Judge Rules Towing Firm's Garage Policy Doesn't Cover Car Accident.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Matthew Phillips Where the employee of a towing company had an accident while he was driving a car to be delivered to an auto auctioneer, the driver is not covered by the towing company's garage policy, a Richmond Circuit judge has...

'Whistle-blowing' CFO Has Hearing In Roanoke, Va.
September 8, 2003... Byline: John D. Tuerck The first test nationwide of the new federal Sarbanes-Oxley Act is taking place in Roanoke, according to the administrative law judge hearing the case. In the case, the former chief financial officer of a bank...

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit Case Summaries: September 8, 2003.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Habeas Corpus - Capital Murder - Certificate Of Appealability - Voluntary Intoxication A district court did not err in rejecting defendant's federal habeas petition claiming his...

Former Client Of Virginia Law Firm Hit With $769K Judgment.
September 8, 2003... Byline: John Tuerck An arbitrator has awarded $769,124, including $100,000 in punitive damages, to a law firm that sued its former client for unpaid legal fees. The former client hired the firm to defend her in a suit brought by her...

$4M From Norfolk Jury Sets Local Discrimination Record.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Matthew Philips A jury in Norfolk federal district court last week awarded an apparent record verdict in Hampton Roads in an employment discrimination case, awarding a hospital nursing supervisor $4 million on her claim that she...

U.S. District Court For Eastern Virginia Case Summaries: September 8, 2003.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Withdrawal Of Reference - Ch. 11 In this chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding filed by US Airways Group Inc., the district court denies the motion of a class of administrative expense...

Virginia Circuit Court Case Summaries: September 8, 2003.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Domestic Relations Prenuptial Agreement - Unconscionability Where wife, who came from Kyrgyzstan to marry husband, signed a prenuptial agreement two days before the parties' marriage that...

New Family Law Support Guidelines.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Deborah Elkins Domestic relations lawyers are accustomed to steering a course between art and science, using the art of advocacy to make the most of black-letter law. Now family law practitioners in the metropolitan Richmond...

Verdicts & Settlements September 8, 2003: Va. jury awards $11,731.75 for auto negligence.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Other Useful Information -- The plaintiff was sitting on an entrance ramp to I-95 in Fairfax County at a dead stop due to traffic. The defendant fell asleep at the wheel and rear-ended the plaintiff at...

Verdicts & Settlements September 8, 2003: Failure to Perform Prostate Examinations.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Type of Action -- Medical malpractice Other Useful Information -- In November 1996, the plaintiff, a 50-year-old male, underwent a routine physical which included prostate examination and blood...

Verdicts & Settlements September 8, 2003: Fall From Roof - Permanent Brain Injury.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Type of Action -- Negligence Other Useful Information -- The plaintiff fell off of a roof and suffered a permanent closed head injury. Among other defenses, the defendants argued there was no...

Verdicts & Settlements September 8, 2003: Head-On Collision - Bilateral Knee Injuries.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Type of Action -- Negligence Other Useful Information -- This case arose from an automobile accident on Oct. 28, 1999. The plaintiff was traveling north on Route 15 when the southbound defendant...

Law Firm Sues For Unpaid Fees.
September 8, 2003... Byline: John Tuerck An arbitrator has awarded $769,124, including $100,000 in punitive damages, to a law firm that sued its former client for unpaid legal fees. The former client hired the firm to defend her in a suit brought by her...

Richmond Bench-Bar To Discuss New Family Law Support Guidelines.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Deborah Elkins New guidelines for domestic relations litigation in the metropolitan Richmond area are the centerpiece of the Oct. 16 Bench-Bar conference sponsored by the Richmond Metropolitan Area Local & Specialty Bar...

Virginia Court of Appeals Case Summaries: September 8, 2003.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Discovery - Brady Violation - Investigatory Notes Although defendant contends the commonwealth committed a Brady violation because the undisclosed investigatory notes of two detectives...

Verdicts & Settlements September 8, 2003: Rear-End Collision Suit Settles For $275K.
September 8, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Other Useful Information -- The case was a rear-end collision. According to the plaintiff, he was stopped at a red light and was rear-ended. The plaintiff was operating a semi truck with a roll on...

Virginia Circuit Judge Rules Officer Who Lost Notes May Read DMV Report.
September 15, 2003... Byline: Deborah Elkins An investigating police officer who lost his notes may testify at an auto-accident trial by reading from the accident report filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles, a Norfolk Circuit judge has ruled. But the...

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit Case Summaries: September 15, 2003.
September 15, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Environmental - Surface Mining Control - Attorney's Fees Where two environmental groups filed a complaint with the Office of Surface Mining & Reclamation regarding a mining...

U.S. District Court For Eastern Virginia Case Summaries: Septemer 15, 2003.
September 15, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Personal Jurisdiction - Commercial - Letter Of Credit In this case of first impression in Virginia and in the 4th Circuit, where a Virginia partnership is suing a German bank for...

U.S. District Court VA Western Case Summaries: September 15, 2003.
September 15, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Banks & Banking Overdraft Protection - Breach Of Contract A plaintiff's suit against a bank withstands a motion to dismiss where plaintiff has alleged that defendant bank breached a contract...

Virginia Court of Appeals Case Summaries: September 15, 2003.
September 15, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative ABC License - 'Meeting Place Or Rendezvous' In three of five incidents that prompted the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to revoke a Richmond club's liquor license...

Va. Jury Awards $866,000 In Manassas Rear-Ender.
September 15, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff A Fairfax County jury has awarded a Manassas man $866,000 for injuries he received when a 35-ton tractor-trailer rig hauling contaminated lead waste slammed into the stopped minivan in which he was a...

Virginia Circuit Court Case Summaries: September 15, 2003.
September 15, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Child Abuse Finding - Witness Testimony Although the mother challenges an administrative finding that she had abused her 15-year-old adoptive daughter on the ground that the...

Verdicts & Settlements September 15, 2003: Motorist Suffers Neck And Lower Back Injuries.
September 15, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Type of Action -- Negligence Other Useful Information -- The plaintiff injured her neck and lower back in a motor vehicle accident on May 6, 2001. The defendant, a retired preacher, testified that...

Virginia Lawyer Sues JIRC Over FOIA Dispute.
September 15, 2003... Byline: John D. Tuerck A Norfolk lawyer is suing the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, claiming that the JIRC has violated the Virginia Freedom of Information Act by refusing to provide an advisory opinion the commission may have...

U.S. Magistrate Judge Rules Mine Inspector's Suit Not Barred By 'Fireman's Rule'.
September 15, 2003... Byline: Paul Fletcher A federal mine inspector who was hurt when a slab of rock fell from the roof during his inspection of a Wise County coal mine can sue the mine for negligence, a U.S. magistrate judge in Big Stone Gap has recommended....

Insurance Carriers Settle After Declaratory Actions Fall Short.
September 15, 2003... Byline: John D. Tuerck A car-crash plaintiff settled her case for $3.4 million after beating back two declaratory-judgment actions filed by the defendants' insurance carriers. In the first action, a federal judge ruled that an...

Verdicts and Settlements September 15, 2003: Carriers Settle After Declaratory Actions Fall Short.
September 15, 2003... Byline: John D. Tuerck A car-crash plaintiff settled her case for $3.4 million after beating back two declaratory-judgment actions filed by the defendants' insurance carriers. In the first action, a federal judge ruled that an...

Battle expected in Virginia courts in wake of Massachusetts gay-marriage case.
September 22, 2003... Byline: John D. Tuerck A pending ruling on gay marriage from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is likely to prompt an immediate fight in Virginia's courts, experts say. Several gay couples are challenging the Bay State's...

Virginia State Bar's Reserve Grows To Over 37 Percent.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Dawn Chase Seven years after the Virginia State Bar slashed lawyer dues and launched a spend-down to reduce a huge reserve, the reserve has skyrocketed back up to 37.58 percent of the VSB's operating budget. As of June 30, the...

Computer System For Virginia State Bar Needs Money.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Dawn Chase If the Virginia State Bar is looking for ways to spend down its substantial reserve, one possibility looms - the agency is going to have to inject more money into its computer project to get it off the ground. The...

Verdicts & Settlements September 22, 2003: Woman harmed by unethical relationship with therapist.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiff alleges that she was harmed by an inappropriate romantic and sexual relationship which developed between her and the defendant, from whom she sought treatment for major depression. ...

Verdicts & Settlements September 22, 2003: Woman suffers PTSD after being rear-ended by van.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiff, a middle-age woman working as a cashier in a gas station, was on her way to work on Sept. 11, 2001 and had stopped to make a left hand turn into her place of employment when she was...

Virginia Circuit Court Case Summaries: September 22, 2003.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Juvenile Defendant - Discovery - Document Production A guardian ad litem appointed to represent capital murder defendant Lee Boyd Malvo prior to his 18th birthday is not entitled under...

Verdicts & Settlements September 22, 2003: Man suffers multiple leg fractures in car accident.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiff, a 58-year-old male, was struck head on in his lane when the defendant crossed the double yellow lines. Liability was not contested. In addition to the serious injuries sustained by...

Verdicts & Settlements September 22, 2003: Firm hits former client with $769K judgment.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiff law firm represented Giovanni in complex litigation in the circuit court for Alexandria. The client made various misrepresentations of fact regarding her claims and defenses, as well as...

Plaintiff Is Denied Motion For Nonsuit by Supreme Court of Virginia.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Paul Fletcher Even though her lawyer sought to take a nonsuit before the judge announced his decision, a plaintiff fighting a motion to dismiss should not have been allowed the nonsuit, the Supreme Court of Virginia has ruled. ...

Virginia Supreme Court Case Summaries: September 22, 2003.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Practice Nonsuit - Submitted For Decision - Judge's Ruling In this auto accident case, a plaintiff could not take a nonsuit where a defendant's motion to dismiss had been filed, memoranda...

Verdicts & Settlements September 22, 2003: Physician fails to advise patient properly.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiff presented to her otolaryngologist complaining of mild hearing loss in her left ear. Examinations and audiograms revealed some conductive hearing loss due to a perforation in her tympanic...

Verdicts & Settlements September 22, 2003: Vehicle breaks down before dealer issues tags.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiff purchased a used 1991 Nissan Stanza in June 2002. The dealership did not register the car for her at that time and instead issued temporary tags good for 30 days. The car broke down three...

Virginia Law Foundation announces 2003-04 grant awards.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff The Virginia Law Foundation Board of Directors this summer approved 41 grant awards totaling $417,210 for law-related projects across Virginia. Now in its 20th year of grantmaking, the foundation...

Certification Of Virginia Court Reporters Is Developing.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Matthew Philips Court reporters in Virginia have adopted a new voluntary system of certification. The Virginia Court Reporters Association, a statewide professional group, has been instrumental in setting standards aimed at...

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit Case Summaries: September 22, 2003.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Drug Distribution - Eleven- Person Jury At defendant's trial on multiple counts related to a drug distribution ring operating out of Charlotte, N.C., the trial court erred in...

Virginia Court of Appeals Case Summaries: September 22, 2003.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Probation Violation - Program Refusal Where a trial court order stated the court found defendant's compliance with a probation condition to be "an impossibility" because the detention...

Verdicts & Settlements September 22, 2003: $1.35M settlement in drowning of child.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff The child decedent, 6, went to visit her aunt, who was a tenant in an apartment complex. The complex operated three swimming pools guarded by two lifeguards. No children under 12 were allowed in the...

Verdicts & Settlements September 22, 2003: Jury awards $4.4M in takings case.
September 22, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Type of Action -- Condemnation Type of Injuries -- Taking and damage of real property Name of Case -- Board of County Supervisors of Prince William County v. Horner Road, LC Court / Case...

Help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi...
September 29, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff In a computerized parlor trick meant to show off the benefits of digital technology, Gov. Mark R. Warner last Monday beamed a 3-D image of himself to a conference of government and business leaders in...

Pop-up ads are the computer user's fault.
September 29, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Ever feel like you're playing Whack-A-Mole, the old arcade game, when trying to navigate your way around the Internet? Moving from website to website, or even clicking around within a single...

Virginia Lawyers In The News: September 29, 2003.
September 29, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Patricia Magee Daly has joined Williams Mullen as an associate in the franchising & distribution group. She will practice from the firm's Tysons Corner office. Daly has 20 years of experience in...

Virginia Attorney Douglas W. Conner Dies At 67.
September 29, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Richmond attorney Douglas W. Conner died Aug. 27 after suffering a stroke. He was 67. Mr. Conner was the longtime president of the Historic Monument Avenue and Fan District Foundation, which he...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: September 29, 2003.
September 29, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Lien Avoidance - Homestead Exemption - Ch. 7 Debtors are not entitled to avoid the judicial lien of a distributing company on their Chesapeake, Va. residence, which debtors now...

Verdicts & Settlements September 29, 2003: Failed blood transplant results in death of teenage boy.
September 29, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff This case involved a 16-year-old male who was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in June 1998. CML is a cancer of the myeloid cells in the bone marrow. In CML, unchecked numbers of...

Verdicts & Settlements September 29, 2003: Woman suffers traumatic brain injury in accident.
September 29, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiff, a 52-year-old woman, was a passenger in a car driven by her husband on Aug. 25, 1998, when it was struck from behind by a truck owned by Rack Room Shoes Inc., of North Carolina. She...

Verdicts & Settlements September 29, 2003: Businessman submits claim for partial disability.
September 29, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiff was a 49-year-old Northern Virginia businessman who had a private (non-ERISA) long-term disability insurance policy with Penn Mutual for many years. In 1980 he began to complain of chronic...

Historical Virginia Venues.
September 29, 2003... Byline: Matthew Philips On the surface, Gloucester County shows off much of its distinguished history. It boasts America's oldest courthouse in continuous use and a handful of Revolutionary-era buildings. And it was home to a few of the...

Issue Framed By Judicial Canons, Virginia Case Law.
September 29, 2003... Byline: Deborah Elkins The question developing under Virginia's law on judicial ethics is how big is the umbrella defined by the rule calling for recusal when a judge's impartiality "might reasonably be questioned." That is the...

Virginia Bar Relief Group Faces Biggest Challenge Yet.
September 29, 2003... Byline: Dawn Chase Victims of Hurricane Isabel, like those of other disasters in recent years, will be able to get pro bono legal help through the Virginia Emergency Legal Services Program. The widespread devastation, which has...

Virginia Supreme Court Reverses Record Personal Injury Verdict.
September 29, 2003... Byline: John D. Tuerck and Paul Fletcher The Supreme Court of Virginia earlier this month reversed a Portsmouth jury verdict that tied the statewide record for largest personal injury award - $60 million. In the case, a 40-year-old...

Making A Motion For Recusal Needs To Be Done Tactfully.
September 29, 2003... Byline: John D. Tuerck A motion for recusal -- asking a judge to get off a case -- is like dynamite. It is powerful, and you need to handle it carefully. Judges who have been prosecutors before taking the bench are especially sensitive...

Virginia State Bar's Midyear Legal Seminars Keep Getting Relocated.
September 29, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff The Virginia State Bar's Midyear Legal Seminar has continued its run of unfortunate luck. Last year the attendees went to Rome at the same time as hundreds of thousands of European war protesters....

Virginia Judge Robert T. Vaughan Dies At 83.
September 29, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Retired General District Judge Robert T. Vaughan died Aug. 20. He was 83. Judge Vaughan served from 1978 to 1985 in the General District Court of the 10th Circuit, serving Halifax and Mecklenburg...

Virginia Judge James F. Ingram Dies At 66.
September 29, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Retired Danville Circuit Judge James F. Ingram died Aug. 28 at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. He was 66. Judge Ingram served on the bench in the 22nd Circuit for 23 years,...

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit Case Summaries: September 29, 2003.
September 29, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Capital Murder - Death Penalty Notice The en banc 4th Circuit denies rehearing and rehearing en banc in this capital murder case in which a panel of the court held that where the...

Verdicts & Settlements September 29, 2003: GEICO settles medical payments claim.
September 29, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff This case concerned medical payments coverage under Virginia law and GEICO's interpretation that the clients had only one year for medical payments claims. The client had used GEICO for 30 years....

Virginia Circuit Court Rules Lawyer Must Pay Attorney's Fees For Failure To Nonsuit.
September 29, 2003... Byline: John D. Tuerck A lawyer who neglected to take a nonsuit for more than one year after acknowledging that he had sued the wrong defendant must pay $1,382 in attorneys' fees, a Rockingham circuit judge has ruled. In July 2002, the...

U.S. District Court For Western Virginia Case Summaries: September 29, 2003.
September 29, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Post- Conviction Relief - Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel - Investigation Of Lawyer Although defendant was informed by the trial judge prior to his sentencing on gun and drug...

Virginia Court of Appeals Case Summaries: September 29, 2003.
September 29, 2003... Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Controlled Substance Distribution - Physician Conviction At defendant psychiatrist's trial in the death of his ex-wife from wearing powerful Fentanyl opiate patches that the physician...