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SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES VA CASE SUMMARIES Progressive Gulf Ins. Co. v. Reynolds United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia No. 5:21-cv-00056 Decided: April 8, 2022 U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia holds that a passenger lacking legal authority and permission is excluded from driver’s insurance policy coverage. Background Jonathan… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES VA CASE SUMMARY Johnson v. General Dynamics Corp. Virginia Court of Appeals No. 0645-21-3 Decided: March 8, 2022 The first-aid doctrine does not allow a compensable consequence injury when the first injury was non-compensable, nor when the Claim for Benefits did not specifically include the negligent first-aid injury. Background Claimant’s wife brought… read more

TT&H is pleased to announce that Mackenzie A. Payne has joined the firm’s general liability practice group in the Fairfax, Virginia office.  Mackenzie joins the firm after having previously worked in elder law, primarily in trust and estate administration. Mackenzie is a 2020 graduate of the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University.  She… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARY VA CASE SUMMARY California Condo. Ass’n v. Peterson Virginia Supreme Court No. 201349 Decided: March 17, 2022 Virginia Supreme Court clarifies standard for evidence in plea in bar hearing. Background Joel Steely Peterson, Jr. and his former wife owned several condominium units managed by the California Condominium Association (“the Association”). In 2006,… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES VA CASE SUMMARY Kincaid v. State Police Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission VA00001787759 Decided: February 8, 2022 The provisions that bar recovery of pre-notice compensation in accident cases do not equally apply to bar payment of pre-notice compensation in occupational disease cases. Background Claimant is a state trooper who was diagnosed with work-related… read more