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Our library contains articles and briefs written by our lawyers and other documents and references we think will be interesting and useful to our visitors.
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- The Deadman's Statute
- The admission of evidence in a wrongful death lawsuit is subject to Virginia's "Deadman's Statute." The statute can apply regardless of whether the plaintiff is filing a medical malpractice action or a general personal injury claim. Attached is an article by Tom Williamson reviewing the history and application of Virginia's Deadman's Statute.
- Admitting Into Evidence Computer Graphics and Simulations
- A paper authored by Tom Williamson for a trial demonstration program of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Williamsburg, Va. October 4, 2002.
- Using Medical Literature To Prove Damages
- A presentation by Tom Williamson, Jr. and Carolyn Lavecchia about how they use the medical literature to effectively represent injured persons.
- Brief in Seeking Sanctions Against a Defendant for Destroying Evidence
- Williamson Petty filed this brief seeking sanctions against a defendant for destroying evidence in a catastrophic automobile accident in Virginia.
- Iqbal: A Watershed Vignette in a Long Saga.
- Tom Williamson shares with the reader his perspective that the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Ashcroft v. Iqbal represents the latest effort to disempower the trial bar from using discovery tools created by the 1938 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to hold corporations and government officials accountable for harmful conduct.
- Impact of Ahlborn on Virginia Medicaid Lien Law
- Tom Williamson discusses the impact of Arkansas Dept. of Health and Human Servs. v. Ahlborn, 547 U.S. 268 (2006) on Virginia Law Governing Medicaid Liens and suggests changes to conform Virginia's statutes to federal Medicaid law.
