Category: Virginia Supreme Court Opinions

391 S.E.2d 283 SEAWARD INTERNATIONAL, INC., ET AL. v. PRICE WATERHOUSE 46269 Record No. 891137Supreme Court of Virginia. April 20, 1990 Present: Carrico, C.J., Compton, Stephenson, Russell, Whiting, and Hassell, JJ., and Cochran, Retired Justice In an action for professional malpractice brought by corporate clients against an accounting firm, the trial court sustained a motion […]

391 S.E.2d 293 PATRICIA WOODBURY v. C.B. COURTNEY, JR., M.D. 46280 Record No. 890994Supreme Court of Virginia. April 20, 1990 Present: All the Justices The trial court committed error in granting summary judgment in favor of a surgeon who was sued on a battery claim for allegedly performing an unauthorized procedure, and that judgment is […]

457 S.E.2d 93 ROBERT J.J. SEOANE, ET AL. v. DRUG EMPORIUM, INC., ETC. 50052 Record No. 941179Supreme Court of Virginia. Decided April 21, 1995 Present: All the Justices Since there was no merit in any of a shopping center tenant’s contentions, the trial court erred in crediting the tenant’s costs of making repairs against its […]

513 S.E.2d 861 LEONARD A. ROSEN, M.D., ET AL. v. DARLENE GREIFENBERGER Record No. 980371Supreme Court of Virginia. February 26, 1999 Present: All the Justices. In a medical malpractice action, the trial court erred in giving a jury instruction on a physician’s duty to continue services as long as they are necessary where the evidence […]

335 S.E.2d 262 FIRST PROTECTION LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SHERMAN L. COMPTON 44854 Record No. 820833Supreme Court of Virginia. October 11, 1985 Present: All the Justices An award of insurance proceeds based on an oral credit accident and health insurance contract or binder is reversed because the oral contract was statutorily unenforceable and the oral […]

5 S.E.2d 473 BESSIE SIRT DUDLEY v. COMMONWEALTH Supreme Court of Virginia. Richmond Record No. 2158 November 20, 1939 Present, All the Justices 1. INTOXICATING LIQUORS — Nuisances — Sufficiency of Evidence — Case at Bar. — In the instant case, a prosecution for maintaining a common nuisance in violation of section 4675(55) of the […]

431 S.E.2d 301 EARL C. MECHTENSIMER v. WESLEY WILSON, ET AL. 48817 Record No. 921296Supreme Court of Virginia. June 11, 1993 Present: All the Justices The trial court properly granted a motion to dismiss because it had no jurisdiction to adjudicate an action in which the defendant filed responsive pleadings to an amended motion for […]

40 S.E.2d 179 ROBERT L. DINGES v. J. B. HANNAH AND NATHANIEL T. WALKER. 38514 Record No. 3123.Supreme Court of Virginia. November 25, 1946. Present, Holt, C.J., and Hudgins, Gregory, Eggleston and Buchanan, JJ. AUTOMOBILES — Action by Guest against Host — Sufficiency of Evidence to Show Gross Negligence — Case at Bar. — In […]

50 S.E.2d 431 IVA RODEFFER DAVIS COFFMAN v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 38782 Record No. 3452.Supreme Court of Virginia. November 22, 1948 Present, All the Justices. 1. ABORTION — Admission of Evidence — Details of Cause and Circumstances of Death of Mother Resulting in Death of Unborn Infant — Case at Bar. — The instant case […]

237 S.E.2d 143 LUCY ANN ROMEO v. SALVATORE JOSEPH ROMEO 43566 Record No. 760647.Supreme Court of Virginia. September 1, 1977 Present: Carrico, Harrison, Cochran, Harman, Poff and Compton, JJ. Full faith and credit given New York judgment res judicata as to validity of marriage. Constitutional Law — Full Faith and Credit — Judgment of Validity […]

221 S.E.2d 127 METRO VAN STORAGE Co., INC. v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 43304 Record No. 750740.Supreme Court of Virginia. January 16, 1976 Present, I’Anson, C.J., Carrico, Harrison, Cochran, Poff and Compton, JJ. (1) Corporations — Merger — Single Surviving Corporation. (2) Household Goods Carrier — Merger — Separate Certificates. (3) Constitutional Law — Revocation of […]

76 S.E.2d 183 BONNIE GRACE HUFFMAN, BY c v. ELLA SORENSON, AND ANOTHER. 39373 Record No. 4065.Supreme Court of Virginia. June 8, 1953 Present, All the Justices. (1) Negligence — Proximate Cause Defined. (2) Negligence — Independent Intervening Act — Effect on Responsibility of Tortfeasor. (3) Automobiles — Defendants’ Negligence Not Proximate Cause of Injury. […]

391 S.E.2d 60 LLEWELLYN KING v. W. H. FORST, STATE TAX COMMISSIONER 46266 Record No. 890562Supreme Court of Virginia. April 20, 1990 Present: All the Justices For the purposes of Code Sec. 58-151.015, the District of Columbia’s unincorporated business tax is an income tax, and the trial court incorrectly determined that a Virginia resident is […]

654 S.E.2d 572 FRED HILTON, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF COURTNEY LEIGHANN HILTON RHOTON, DECEASED v. JOSHUA PHILLIP MARTIN, ET AL. Record No. 070091.Supreme Court of Virginia. January 11, 2008. Present: Hassell, C.J., Keenan, Koontz, Kinser, Lemons, and Agee, JJ., and Russell, S.J. Plaintiff’s decedent was an emergency medical services employee, seated on the passenger […]

58 S.E.2d 312 CARVEL BENSON v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 38969 Record No. 3656.Supreme Court of Virginia. March 13, 1950 Present, All the Justices. (1) Grand Jury — Selecting, Summoning and Impaneling — Impaneling Special Grand Jury from Selected Class. (2) Grand Jury — Necessity of Grand Jury — Indictment in Felony Cases Not Predicated on […]

299 S.E.2d 694 A. CHARLES SACHS v. GERALD HOFFMAN AND CARMAN HOFFMAN 44411 Record No. 800722.Supreme Court of Virginia. January 21, 1983 Present: All the Justices. Expert testimony sufficient to support Jury verdict concerning rental losses attributable to defendant’s removal of equipment attached to building; argument of equitable estoppel rejected; other issues. (1) Pleading and […]

135 S.E.2d 802 TERMINAL CARS, INCORPORATED v. MILDRED E. WAGNER. COLUMBUS MANNING v. MILDRED E. WAGNER. 41532 Record Nos. 5738, 5739.Supreme Court of Virginia. April 27, 1964. Present, Eggleston, C.J., and Buchanan, Whittle, Snead, I’Anson and Carrico, JJ. (1) Automobiles — Passenger Injured by Sudden Stop of Taxicab — Instruction on Speed Proper. (2) Automobiles […]