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A Tremblay & Smith Win for Clients: Botetourt County Wind Farm Needs Further Review
Tremblay & Smith attorney, Evan D. Mayo, argued and won the case on behalf of a group of residents (plaintiffs) of Boteto...
Tremblay & Smith files Defamation Suit on behalf of Judge Bradley Cavedo against Daniel Gade
The Richmond-Times Dispatch recently reported on a defamation case our firm filed in Albemarle County Circuit Court on behalf of J...
Sanctions for Loss or Destruction of Evidence – SB1619
Under a new Virginia law that will
go into effect July 1, 2019[1],
parties to lawsuits now have a duty by statute to preserve evi...
Prohibition against Excessive Fines by U.S. States
In a unanimous decision
by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued February 20, 2019, the Supreme Court of
the United States ruled in ...
Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
A previous post on the Tremblay & Smith
blog discussed the legal standard for claims of intentional
infliction of emotion...
Qualified Immunity for Police Officer Who Shot Woman in Own Front Yard
In a per curiam opinion dated April 2, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court found that a police officer who shot a woman suspected of no c...
Thomas E. Albro honored by VTLA with the Lifetime Achievement Award
At the Greenbrier on April 1, 2017, Thomas E. Albro received the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association's Lifetime Achievement Award. ...
The Doctrine of Qualified Immunity
Recent well-publicized reports of citizens being injured or killed by police officers have produced public discourse on what civil liability law enforcement officers face for the use of excessive force. Even though police officers can be sued for violating civil rights, victims and their families seeking monetary compensation must still overcome a high hurdle before their cases will be heard: the doctrine of qualified immunity.
Thomas E. Albro awarded the Civility and Professionalism Award by the VADA
This month Thomas E. Albro was awarded the 2016 VADA-VTLA Civility and Professionalism Award by the Virginia Associa...
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress in Virginia
Plaintiffs in defamation, insulting words, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, and other kinds of lawsuits in which no physic...
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