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Morrow Equipment Company v. VDOT Results in $1,209,949 Settlement

April 17, 2022

The key issue was that the taking changed the configuration of the owner's parcel so that its modular high rise crane sections could no longer be stored as efficiently. The settlement...
VEPCO v. Futura LLC Results in $400,000 Settlement

April 16, 2022

Using our expertise and understanding of appraisal practice, we were able to demonstrate a significant flaw in the condemnor's offer appraisal that brought into doubt whether a...
VEPCO v. Superior Investments LLC Results in $265,000 Settlement

April 14, 2022

Through aggressive discovery Kevin obtained information that brought into question the public purpose of the project. Rather than risk an adverse ruling on the issue, VEPCO agreed...
Capitalizing on a Time-Sensitive Commercial Real Estate Opportunity

April 10, 2022

Blankingship & Keith represented two co-owners of a strip mall in an eminent domain condemnation matter. The co-owners received a substantial sum from the government but had a...
Atlantic Coast Pipeline v. Kelk Results in $75,000 Settlement

April 9, 2022

In this matter ACP was seeking to widen, pave and use an existing private gravel road for to gain access to a ridgeline where the pipeline was to eventually be constructed. Kevin was...
Elliott v. Elliott, 2022 WL 598336, Record No. 0754-21-4 (Virginia Court of Appeals 2022)

March 1, 2022

Blankingship & Keith secured an appellate win for our client in a divorce appellate matter, affirming the trial court’s award of $2,000 per month in spousal...
$300,000 Settlement for Hand Crush Injury in Automobile Crash

August 1, 2021

We obtained a $300,000 settlement on behalf of an individual who suffered a hand crush injury in an automobile crash. The resolution provided fair compensation for the significant...
VTLA Amicus, Doe v. Baker, 299 Va. 628, 857 S.E.2d 573 (Virginia Supreme Court 2021)

April 1, 2021

Juli M. Porto authored an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association in support of the appellant in Doe v. Baker, 857 S.E.2d 573 (Va. 2021). The...
Jung v. Park, 2021 WL 1235422, Record No. 191495 (Virginia Supreme Court 2021)

April 1, 2021

Blankingship & Keith successfully overturned a trial court's judgment that had set aside a jury’s fraud verdict. The jury had awarded $124,500 to our client for fraud...
Hampton v. Meyer, 299 Va. 121, 847 S.E.2d 287 (Virginia Supreme Court 2020)

August 27, 2020

Juli Porto secured an appellate victory for her client in Hampton v. Meyer (). The Supreme Court held that the original complaint, though it misnamed the defendant, qualified as a...
Wilson v. Lee, 2018 WL 633522, Record No. 170347 (Virginia Supreme Court 2018)

April 18, 2018

Blankingship & Keith partner Juli Porto secured an appellate victory for its client in James T. Wilson v. Edward B. Lee, III, et al. The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court&...
Toraish v. Lee, 293 Va. 262, 797 S.E.2d 760 (Virginia Supreme Court 2017)

April 13, 2017

Juli Porto, with co-counsel, achieved a significant appellate win where the Court reversed the jury verdict in a medical malpractice suit, finding that the trial court abused...