Seven Allen & Allen Attorneys Make the Virginia Super Lawyers 2009 List (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:01:00 GMT
Only 5% of lawyers in the state of Virginia are named the 2009 Virginia's Super Lawyers. Among them are seven personal injury attorneys from Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen: George E. Allen, III, W. Coleman Allen, Jr., Douglas A. Barry, P. Christopher Guedri, Jason, W. Konvicka, Malcolm P. McConnell and Matthew B. Murray.

Family Sues MMA For $25.3 Million (Page News and Courier)
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:32:49 GMT
WOODSTOCK — Two years after a Massanutten Military Academy student fell to his death from his dorm room window, the student's parents are suing the school for $25.3 million. Noel Patrick Bailey, better known to his family and friends as “Sandy,” died April 20, 2007, suffering multiple injuries to his lungs, neck and sku

Xe-Blackwater Personnel Shot Iraqi Children, Others in Multiple Incidents, According to Burke O'Neil LLC (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:48:00 GMT
A spate of unprovoked civilian shootings by Xe-Blackwater personnel in Iraq between 2005 and 2008 are detailed in an amended lawsuit filed late Tuesday in Virginia federal court, according to the Washington, D.C. law firm that represents the families of those killed and wounded in the incidents.

Did Suffolk store owner shoot burglar dead to rights? (Daily Press)
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:44:32 GMT
Wherever you stand on gun rights, if some jerk breaks into your home and threatens you or your family, chances are you'd support the right to blow him out of the water.

Matter of Record (June 29) (Wichita Falls Times Record News)
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:04:20 GMT
CACH LLC vs. William A. Summers, 2501 Wenonah, $1,504.00, V3381 P595. Texoma Community CU vs. Allen Hegwer/Ashley Baum, % J. Bruce Harris, 1401 Holliday, Ste. 206, $15,643.47, V3381 P821.

Give Troy Anthony Davis a new trial (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:05:29 GMT
The clock is ticking for death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis. The U.S. Supreme Court is considering his final appeal and could decide any day whether to hear the case.

Court clears James (Mineral Daily News-Tribune)
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:45:05 GMT
By Liz Beavers lbeavers@newstribune.info Tribune Managing Editor KEYSER – Conflict of interest allegations that had been filed against Keyser attorney Daniel R. James have been dropped in a unanimous decision filed June 23 by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Update: Police Intend to Enforce Texting While Driving Ban with Small Fine (WCAV Charlottesville)
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:09:00 GMT
Starting July, texting while driving will no longer be allowed on Virginia's roadways.

For the record: June 24 (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:39:08 GMT
Central Kentucky for the record Records are gathered from the county clerks' offices and from the Fayette County health department and area hospitals. Fayette County records appear weekly. Other counties appear biweekly. Contact Sally Scherer at sschere

Frederick Wrongful Death Suit Settled For $300,000 (ABC 2 Baltimore)
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:48:42 GMT
Public records show that Frederick County has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit stemming from the death of a firefighter trainee felled by heatstroke in 2002.