News & Publications (15)

Defending Negligence Per Se Claims Under Virginia Law

From The Journal of Civil Litigation, Published Quarterly by the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, VOL. XXX, NO. 4, Winter 2018-2019. It appears here with permission.

March 20, 2019

Tags: Litigation, VADA, Negligence Per Se

Virginia Legislative Alert: SB1486 Allows Depositions to be Used in Support of Summary Judgment - Not Quite

Amendment to Virginia Code §8.01-420.

On February 21, 2019, the Governor signed a Bill amending Virginia Code Section 8.01-420. Virginia Code Section 8.01-420 expressly states that depositions cannot be used in support of a Motion for Summary Judgment. The recently enacted amendment to this statute allows depositions to be used, but only in the limited situation where the

March 14, 2019

Tags: Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Virginia Legislative Alert

Virginia Legislative Alert: Bad Faith Bill SB1117 Stuck in Committee, But Virginia Bill SB1293 Sent to Governor.

Bill SB1117 Stuck in Committee

In reaction to the Supreme Court of Virginia’s 2017 decision in Manu v. GEICO Cas. Co., 293 Va. 371 (2017), a bill was introduced to the General Assembly in 2018, seeking to impose bad faith on UM/UIM insurance carriers. In 2018, the proposed legislation died in a Senate committee. In 2019, another substantively identical UM/UIM bad faith bill was proposed, SB1117.

February 21, 2019

Tags: Insurance Coverage, Virginia Legislative Alert

McCandlish Holton Attorneys Obtain Defense Verdict for Mutual Insurance Company in Jury Trial

Matthew Haynes and Brennan Morrissett obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a mutual insurance company in a Virginia Circuit Court jury trial. The plaintiff/insured filed a 1^st party suit against his homeowner’s insurer alleging breach of contract.

Plaintiff sought to recover more than $250,000 in alleged personal property losses and additional living expenses he claimed resulted from a fire that completely destroyed his residence. Plaintiff sought these amounts eighteen months after the fire, and in addition to

January 29, 2019

Tags: News, Litigation, Local Counsel, Updates, verdicts, Insurance Coverage

Case Analysis: Falling Asleep Behind the Wheel

By: Esther King, Esq.

January 24, 2019

Tags: Employment Law, Workers' Compensation, Updates, Street Risk Doctrine

GDPR Issues in U.S. and International Litigation and Arbitration

On November 30, 2018, I had the privilege of serving as a panel member on an International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) presentation addressing GDPR in International Dispute Resolution. The other panel members were: Robert Bond, of Bristows, in London, England; Alexandra Simotta, of Six-Group, in Vienna, Austria; and Janis Block, of CMS in Cologne, Germany. The panel’s objective was to explore the issues arising under the GDPR in international dispute resolution, whether in arbitration or court litigation. My responsibility was to offer a U.S. trial counsel’s response to the subject. This article shares a few of the ideas raised during the panel, and a few which have occurred to the author in response to hearing from my fellow panel members.

January 24, 2019

Tags: Litigation, Business Law, GDPR, Arbitration

2018 Annual Review of Virginia Workers' Compensation Trends

By: Amanda Tapscott Belliveau, Esq.

December 18, 2018

Tags: Employment Law, Workers' Compensation, Updates

Using Social Media Evidence to Defend Workers' Compensation Claims

By: Eva C. Roffis

November 15, 2018

Tags: Newsletters, Workers' Compensation, Articles

McCandlish Holton Attorneys Obtain Defense Verdict for Global Warehouse Retailer

Matthew Haynes and Brennan Morrissett obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a global warehouse retailer following a two day jury trial in the United States District Court in Baltimore, Maryland.

October 18, 2018

Tags: News, Litigation, Local Counsel, Updates

Beat the Heat: Defending and Preventing Heat Exposure Claims

Landscapers, surveyors, construction workers, groundskeepers, park rangers, farmworkers, and countless others spend their days working outside. But when do weather conditions become an actual risk of employment?

August 17, 2018

Tags: News, Workers' Compensation, Articles, Heat Exposure Claims, Beat the Heat

News & Publications

Defending Negligence Per Se Claims Under Virginia Law

Virginia Legislative Alert: SB1486 Allows Depositions to be Used in Support of Summary Judgment - Not Quite

Virginia Legislative Alert: Bad Faith Bill SB1117 Stuck in Committee, But Virginia Bill SB1293 Sent to Governor.

McCandlish Holton Attorneys Obtain Defense Verdict for Mutual Insurance Company in Jury Trial

Case Analysis: Falling Asleep Behind the Wheel

GDPR Issues in U.S. and International Litigation and Arbitration

2018 Annual Review of Virginia Workers' Compensation Trends

Using Social Media Evidence to Defend Workers' Compensation Claims

McCandlish Holton Attorneys Obtain Defense Verdict for Global Warehouse Retailer

Beat the Heat: Defending and Preventing Heat Exposure Claims

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