Zoning – Special Use Permit – Wal-Mart Store – National Trust Standing
Although plaintiff National Trust for Historic Preservation is appropriately concerned about the potential impact of a Wal-Mart store on the Wilderness Battlefield property, under Virginia Supreme...
View ArticleMotorist alleges back injury in Orange County rear-ender – $450,000 Settlement
On Aug. 7, 2006, the 48-year-old plaintiff was stopped in a line of traffic when he was rear-ended by defendant Kenneth Rauch, who was operating his own pickup truck within the scope of his employment...
View ArticleMurder suspect liable in civil mediation
The suspicion that Donna Somerville poisoned her husband in their Orange County horse country home has lingered for almost nine years, despite her acquittal in a criminal trial. Earlier this month,...
View ArticlePlaintiff’s symptoms stem from sleep apnea, defense argues – $100,000 Verdict
On July 17, 2006, the plaintiff was stopped on Route 20 at Pine State Road, waiting to make a left turn. Another vehicle was stopped behind him. The defendant was traveling at 45 mph when he rear-ended...
View ArticleCourt strikes ‘time-phase’ development rule
A circuit court has struck a “time-phasing” provision of a local law that would have allowed only one subdivision of a parcel every four years. At the rate required by the Orange County ordinance, it...
View Article‘Time-Phasing’ Subdivision Law Violated Dillon Rule
A local ordinance that allowed the county to require “time-phased” development of a subdivision – four lots every four years – as opposed to approval of the entire 65-lot subdivision in one plan,...
View ArticleNurse Has Sovereign Immunity
An Orange County Circuit Court grants a special plea of sovereign immunity to a defendant who provided nursing services at a county nonprofit nursing facility. In the requests for admission, plaintiff...
View ArticlePlaintiff’s vehicle struck head-on on rural highway – $425,000 Settlement
Plaintiff, a 73-year-old woman, was traveling southbound on Route 20 in Orange County when the defendant’s vehicle, traveling in the opposite direction, swerved across the median and struck plaintiff...
View ArticlePassenger in work vehicle was injured when driver failed to stop – $875,000...
On March 12, 2014, the plaintiff was a front seat passenger in his employer’s vehicle, which was struck by a 2009 Honda Element that ran a stop sign. The plaintiff was transported by ambulance to U.Va....
View ArticleCircuit Court Can Enforce Support Order
Although many circuit courts decline to exercise enforcement powers over JDR support orders and refuse to initiate contempt proceedings when support orders are on appeal to the circuit court, an Orange...
View ArticleJDR support order enforced in circuit court
A lawyer seeking to enforce a support order that has been appealed to the circuit court can have the circuit court enforce the order, an Orange Circuit Court judge has ruled. Lawyers typically may seek...
View ArticleMotorist alleges back injury in Orange County rear-ender – $450,000 Settlement
On Aug. 7, 2006, the 48-year-old plaintiff was stopped in a line of traffic when he was rear-ended by defendant Kenneth Rauch, who was operating his own pickup truck within the scope of his employment...
View ArticleMurder suspect liable in civil mediation
The suspicion that Donna Somerville poisoned her husband in their Orange County horse country home has lingered for almost nine years, despite her acquittal in a criminal trial. Earlier this month,...
View ArticlePlaintiff’s symptoms stem from sleep apnea, defense argues – $100,000 Verdict
On July 17, 2006, the plaintiff was stopped on Route 20 at Pine State Road, waiting to make a left turn. Another vehicle was stopped behind him. The defendant was traveling at 45 mph when he rear-ended...
View ArticleCourt strikes ‘time-phase’ development rule
A circuit court has struck a “time-phasing” provision of a local law that would have allowed only one subdivision of a parcel every four years. At the rate required by the Orange County ordinance, it...
View Article‘Time-Phasing’ Subdivision Law Violated Dillon Rule
A local ordinance that allowed the county to require “time-phased” development of a subdivision – four lots every four years – as opposed to approval of the entire 65-lot subdivision in one plan,...
View ArticleNurse Has Sovereign Immunity
An Orange County Circuit Court grants a special plea of sovereign immunity to a defendant who provided nursing services at a county nonprofit nursing facility. In the requests for admission, plaintiff...
View ArticlePlaintiff’s vehicle struck head-on on rural highway – $425,000 Settlement
Plaintiff, a 73-year-old woman, was traveling southbound on Route 20 in Orange County when the defendant’s vehicle, traveling in the opposite direction, swerved across the median and struck plaintiff...
View ArticlePassenger in work vehicle was injured when driver failed to stop – $875,000...
On March 12, 2014, the plaintiff was a front seat passenger in his employer’s vehicle, which was struck by a 2009 Honda Element that ran a stop sign. The plaintiff was transported by ambulance to U.Va....
View ArticleCircuit Court Can Enforce Support Order
Although many circuit courts decline to exercise enforcement powers over JDR support orders and refuse to initiate contempt proceedings when support orders are on appeal to the circuit court, an Orange...
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