Contract – MOU – Expiration clause amendment
PROVIDENCE, RI - Where a plaintiff has filed a motion for a new trial following a jury verdict in a suit involving a “Memorandum of Understanding” (MOU), the motion should be allowed ...More

Insurance – Auto – Per-person limit
PROVIDENCE, RI - Where an auto insurer requested a judgment declaring that a widow’s recovery in her wrongful death action was limited to a $50,000 per-person amount rather than ...More

Attorneys – Malpractice – Discovery rule
PROVIDENCE, RI - Where summary judgment was awarded to the defendants in a legal malpractice suit, that judgment should be affirmed because the lower court did not err in concluding ...More

Education – Parental opt-out
PROVIDENCE, RI - Where a plaintiff has brought suit under the Protection of Pupils’ Rights Amendment (PPRA), 20 U.S.C. §1232h, after the defendants refused to honor his parental ...More

Spanberger vetoes courthouse security bill
RICHMOND, VA - [box type="shadow"] Summary: Gov. Abigail Spanberger vetoes Senate Bill 83 and House Bill 1392 Exemption for attorneys with Virginia State Bar card opposed ...More

Civil Rights - Man didn’t consent to invasive strip search
RICHMOND, VA - Where an officer sued for conducting an invasive strip search argued the plaintiff consented to the search, but his alleged “consent” occurred after two searches ...More

Criminal - District court sufficiently explained resentencing decision
RICHMOND, VA - Where a defendant argued his motion for a sentence reduction initiated a plenary resentencing, with its concomitant explanatory rigor, this argument failed. The ...More