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Nursing home fall results in $6.5 million verdict 

By: Peter Vieth
Published: May 2, 2012

Tags: fall, nursing home, Virginia

A Virginia jury has returned verdicts totaling $6.5 million for an 84-year-old woman injured in a fall at a nursing home.

Railroad employee wins $4.5 million for foot injury 

Published: February 27, 2012

Tags: complex regional pain syndrome, foot injury, railroad, Virginia

A Roanoke, Va. jury has awarded $4.5 million to a 43-year-old former railroad worker who claimed his on-the-job foot injury led to permanent pain and disability.

Contingent fee contract draws discipline from state bar 

Published: February 2, 2012

Tags: attorney fees, contingent fee, lawyer discipline, Rules of Professional Conduct

A Virginia lawyer has been admonished by the state bar for demanding a contingency fee from a client for non-monetary relief.

A three-judge panel imposed the public admonition on Thomas H. Roberts, saying they were concerned the fee agreement presented the possibility of a fee “adverse to the client.”

Va. jury finds for car seat maker in injury case 

By: Peter Vieth
Published: January 3, 2012

Tags: automobile accident, brain damage, defective design, Virginia

A federal jury has rejected claims that a $50 child car seat was defective, closing the door on a $50 million claim for damages for an 8-year-old girl who suffered devastating brain damage in a 2009 auto accident.

The jury deliberated about six hours before returning a defense verdict.

Delayed cancer diagnosis leads to $2.65 million verdict 

Published: December 21, 2011

Tags: breast cancer, cancer, delayed diagnosis, medical malpractice, medical negligence, mental anguish, Virginia

A Virginia jury has returned a $2.65 million verdict against a radiologist whose admitted negligence led to a delay in the diagnosis of breast cancer for a 54-year-old woman.

Blogging lawyer disciplined 

By: Peter Vieth
Published: October 24, 2011

Tags: attorney advertising, attorney misconduct, client confidentiality, First Amendment, Virginia

A Virginia State Bar discipline committee rejected First Amendment defenses last week to find misconduct by a lawyer who wrote about his cases on the Internet without client consent and without a disclaimer saying case results may vary.

Jury overturns father’s will, daughter to receive $2 million 

By: Peter Vieth
Published: July 11, 2011

Tags: probate, trusts and estates, wills

A daughter left out of her father’s will has won a jury verdict in Virginia overturning the will and awarding her the entire $2 million estate.

Proposed ethics opinion would give Medicare lien protection 

Published: May 12, 2011

Tags: ethics, Medicare, Medicare liens

A proposed Virginia legal ethics opinion provides plaintiffs’ lawyers with new ammunition in the battle for protection from Medicare liens in personal injury settlements.

Virginia legislature bans sale of Chinese drywall 

By: Peter Vieth
Published: March 14, 2011

Tags: Chinese drywall, drywall

The Virginia legislature has passed a pair of measures aimed at preventing more homeowners from the dangers of tainted Chinese drywall.

Virginia attorney general might get new powers to investigate nursing homes 

By: Peter Vieth
Published: February 14, 2011

Tags: abuse and neglect, elder care, Freedom of Information Act, malpractice, nursing home investigation, nursing home litigation, nursing homes

A bill sailing through the Virginia legislature would expand the attorney general’s power to investigate nursing home abuse and neglect, even in cases where the patient does not receive government assistance.