Virginia Lawyers Weekly

The Eastern District of Virginia has dismissed most claims against a university asserted by a law professor who resigned amid competing Title IX complaints involving a former student and romantic partner who accused him of sexual assault and retaliation. https://lnkd.in/g7z7b-AD

Virginia Lawyers Weekly is pleased to announce the “Go To Lawyers” for negligence law for plaintiffs’ and defense side, including medical malpractice, personal injury, premises liability and products liability. https://lnkd.in/ggWqM4Z8

The Virginia State Bar is accepting applications to fill a pair of unexpired terms on VSB Council. The deadline for applying to vacancies in the Fifth and 19th Judicial Circuits is Nov. 1. https://lnkd.in/gkicjg24

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The Court of Appeals of Virginia has affirmed a judgment finding that subsequent deeds didn’t clearly release an adjacent parcel’s right of way over a private road or the owner’s right to improve the road to facilitate logging endeavors. https://lnkd.in/g5X-pqKW

A woman’s lawsuit stemming from a collision between her car and a city garbage truck will proceed, according to a ruling from the Court of Appeals of Virginia. https://lnkd.in/g8vqdFyK

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected arguments that COVID protocols for criminal trials in a federal court violated the constitution because public health and safety were overriding interests and the protocols weren’t broader than necessary. https://lnkd.in/guMn9-qE

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A circuit court improperly considered a property settlement agreement when it found that one of two insured parties substantially complied with the requirements to cancel an insurance policy despite plain language to the contrary, the Court of Appeals of Virginia has held. https://lnkd.in/gsDvGpWy

The Western District of Virginia won’t reconsider its ruling that a treating physician wasn’t permitted to testify about a woman’s need for emotional support animals due to her disabilities because she failed to provide a summary of the doctor’s opinions or the basis for them. https://lnkd.in/gacEjKuE