Chinese drywall maker enters litigation
A Chinese-owned company hit with a $2.6 million default judgment in favor of seven Virginia families has filed a notice of appeal in the federal case. It’s the first known court appearance in the...
View ArticleNo autism link, appellate panel finds
A second panel of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today upheld a special master’s finding that there is no connection between autism and a mercury-based preservative in the measles-mumps...
View ArticleAssembly bans sale of Chinese drywall
While lawyers continue efforts to determine what to do about homes afflicted with Chinese drywall and – more importantly – who must pay for remedial action, the 2011 Virginia legislature passed a pair...
View ArticleNotorious ‘serial filer’ targets Virginia
It may be too late to run for cover. One of America’s most notorious pro se “serial filers” recently hit Richmond federal court, where he did not get a very warm welcome. A self-proclaimed...
View ArticleSupplier of drywall avoids liability in homeowners’ action
A Suffolk circuit judge has tossed out a couple’s Chinese drywall claims against both a wallboard supplier and the real estate company that sold the damaged home. Judge Rodham T. Delk Jr. found that...
View ArticleJury rejects car seat defect claim in brain injury case
An Abingdon federal jury decided a child car seat was not 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...
View ArticleJudge takes away $212M Botox verdict
Richmond U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne said courtroom security video helped him decide that a trial that produced a $212-million verdict against a Botox manufacturer was unfair. Payne has vacated...
View ArticleFirst Virginia meningitis lawsuit filed in Roanoke
A Salem man who claims headaches, neck ache and slurred speech from fungal meningitis caused by a contaminated steroid injection is the first to file suit in Virginia against a Massachusetts pharmacy...
View ArticlePhilip Morris spared huge Florida verdict
A Florida judge said he plans to slash a $300 million verdict against Philip Morris, calling the jury award to a former smoker "excessive" and "shocking." Broward Circuit Judge Jeffrey Streitfeld...
View ArticleState drywall panel formed
Virginia officials are forming a state task force to advise the federal government what to do about defective Chinese drywall that has sickened residents and ruined homes in the Tidewater area. The...
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