http://valawyersweekly.com/2009/08/24/nonsuit-dismissal-questioned-by-plaintiff%e2%80%99s-bar/ VA Lawyers Weekly Fri, 03 May 2013 14:39:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://valawyersweekly.com/2009/08/24/nonsuit-dismissal-questioned-by-plaintiff%e2%80%99s-bar/comment-page-1/#comment-6333 Jim T Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:29:59 +0000 http://valawyersweekly.com/?p=47742#comment-6333 If changing the ad damnum is a new case, then does that not inversely affect the first "nonsuit of right" under VA Code Sec. 8.01-380? By adding counts or changing the addendum, making it a "new suit" within the statute of limitations period, do I not get to nonsuit it each time I change the amount sued for? If changing the ad damnum is a new case, then does that not inversely affect the first “nonsuit of right” under VA Code Sec. 8.01-380? By adding counts or changing the addendum, making it a “new suit” within the statute of limitations period, do I not get to nonsuit it each time I change the amount sued for?

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