DUI, Traffic and Criminal Law Defense
- Norfolk Police officer off the streets after DUI arrest
Jul 25, 2008Police in Norfolk face disciplining one of their own after he was charged with DUI.
We're told that 27-year-old Norfolk Police officer Keenan Gilligan was in his personal car at around 2:00 a.m. on July 11th when he was involved in a minor traffic accident in the 8600 block of Tidewater Drive.
A spokesperson told WAVY.com that Gilligan is now on administrative duty pending the outcome of an internal investigation.
- Driver gets 60 days for hitting, dragging two children
May 13, 2008 - High Speed Chase on I-64 Ends in Fire
Apr 23, 2008The high-speed pursuit of a Williamsburg, Va., speeder ended in fire Tuesday when the driver lost control of her car. After police clocked the 25 year old driver at 92 m.p.h. at 5 a.m. in the morning in the Hampton area, they began chasing her east on I-64. The chase continued down I-664 and ended when the driver exited onto Powhatan Parkway and later blew a tire, causing her to lose control of her vehicle and slam headlong into a drain cover.
The sedan flipped end-over-end and caught fire. The driver was admitted to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, but is now in stable condition.
- Norfolk Man Charged with School Parking Lot Abduction, Rape
Feb 13, 2008Brandon Wade, a 22 year old Norfolk, Virginia, man has been arrested and charged with two counts of rape, three counts of forcible sodomy, one count of attempted forcible sodomy, two counts of abduction, two counts of robbery, one count of carjacking, and one count of eluding police. Wade allegedly abducted a woman from the Ruffner Middle School parking lot around 7:45 p.m. on Monday.
According to police, Wade drove off with the victim. He was spotted after the abduction was reported and allegedly stole a car in an effort to avoid the police. Wade crashed the stolen car into a barrier on Virginia Beach Boulevard and then attempted to flee on foot before being subdued by the officers.
- Proposed Virginia Bill to Make Driving with Pets Illegal
Jan 24, 2008 - Virginia Lawmakers Considering Stiffer Penalties for Unlicensed Drivers
Dec 26, 2007 - Virginia Police to Crack Down on Drunk Driving in December
Dec 12, 2007 - Dec 12, 2007
- Christie Brinkley Divorce Case Settled
Aug 11, 2008Christie Brinkley's lurid divorce trial came to an abrupt end Thursday when lawyers for the former supermodel and her fourth husband reached an out-of-court settlement that gives her custody of their two children.
The settlement was reached at 6:15 a.m. after an all-night session that resolved all issues between Brinkley and her estranged husband, architect Peter Cook, Brinkley's lawyer, Robert Stephan Cohen, told the court.
Under the agreement, Brinkley will give Cook $2.1 million but keep 18 properties in the Hamptons that were at dispute. Cook will get parenting time with the children, under an agreement mutually satisfactory to both.- VA House Bill 2229 Changes Reporting Requirements For Physicians In Medical Malpractice Cases
Mar 18, 2011HB 2229 was signed into law by the Virginia legislature on February 20, 2011. The new law changes some of the old rules that Virginia physicians were required to follow in the event that they were sued by one of their patients in a medical malpractice action. One Virginia legal news source has reported its opinion that the change in the law may aid in settling future medical malpractice claims between doctors and patients.
Prior to HB 2229, Virginia physicians and doctors were required to report to the Virginia Board of Medicine if they had three medical malpractice judgments or claims worth $10,000 or more within a ten-year period. Physicians who received the requisite number of claims within the ten-year period were required to undergo an assessment by the Board of Medicine to determine whether the physician was fit to continue on in the practice of medicine. As you could imagine, physicians facing a malpractice claim under these rules would be very hesitant to settle a claim if he or she knew that the settlement would count against one of his three judgments.
Under the new law, a settlement, judgment or claim would not count against the doctors "three judgments" unless the claim was settlement or adjudicated for more than $75,000. This law may help to alleviate some of pressure felt by physicians to pass up a settlement offer in favor of a judicial decision at trial. Essentially, the law may make settlement offers more appealing to physicians, which may benefit plaintiffs in some medical malpractice cases.
- VA House Bill 2229 Changes Reporting Requirements For Physicians In Medical Malpractice Cases
Medical Malpractice
- Christie Brinkley Divorce Case Settled
