Contract – Lease – Coal Operation – Wastewater
A Buchanan County Circuit Court grants partial summary judgment to plaintiff coal company and holds that Island Creek does not have authority under the subject lease to allow Consol to store wastewater...
View ArticlePhysician blamed for failing to detect ruptured diaphragm – Defense Verdict
The 76-year-old decedent was involved in a motor vehicle accident on April 1 and was admitted to the hospital under the care of the defendant family care physician. Among other things, studies revealed...
View ArticleCourt Denies ‘Private Prosecutor’ Request
A Russell County Circuit Court will appoint a special prosecutor from a different jurisdiction, in order to avoid requesting approval of private prosecutors from the Executive Secretary of the Supreme...
View Article‘Other Crime’ Evidence Admitted in Abduction Trial
At defendant’s trial for abduction with intent to defile, the Charlottesville Circuit Court will admit evidence of abduction/sexual assault charges at issue in Albemarle County; the defendant allegedly...
View ArticleCommission Fight Goes to Trial
A Charlottesville Circuit Court identifies multiple outstanding issues of material fact in this dispute over whether, under an oral contract, plaintiff continued to be entitled to commissions after...
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