eBay seller not liable on foreign judgment 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: February 15, 2013
Tags: Goochland County Circuit Court, Judge Timothy K. Sanner
An Oregon man who won his eBay bid to buy a car from a Virginia seller won’t be able to collect on a judgment he won in Oregon state court when he sued, saying the car was defective. Goochland-based Bavarian Auto Sales offered the 2000 Jeep Cherokee for sale on eBay, and Oregon resident Alajmi [...]
Two veterinary managers sold practice to themselves – $400,000 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 7, 2013
Tags: Goochland County Circuit Court, Judge Timothy K. Sanner
The defendants, two veterinary doctors and managers of a high-end equine veterinary medicine practice in Goochland County, engaged in a self-dealing transaction in which they purported to “sell” the medical practice to a new practice they formed without the plaintiff. Plaintiff was a one-third owner of the first business, but was not a manager. As [...]
Recount Petition Came Too Late
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 11, 2012
Tags: Civil Rights, Goochland County Circuit Court, Judge H. Vincent Conway, Judge John G. Berry, Judge Randall D. Smith, Virginia Circuit Courts
A Goochland County Circuit Court dismisses a petition for recount as petitioner did not cause the petition to be served on respondent within 10 days after certification of the election results as required by Va. Code § 24.2-801. The court grants the Special Appearance Motion to Dismiss. It is ordered that the petition filed herein [...]
$10M suit for assault on boat fails
By Alan Cooper
Published: November 30, 2010
Tags: Goochland County Circuit Court, Judge Timothy K. Sanner, Personal Injury
“Boundless” was the name of the boat that took a Richmond lawyer sailing around the Caribbean with her boyfriend. But Sherry Netherland, who interrupted her mid-life legal career to take the trip, returned to Virginia and sued her sailor, Jeff Staples, who allegedly bound her with rope and assaulted her. Last month, a Goochland jury [...]
Admiralty – Jones Act – Piercing Corporate Veil
By Deborah Elkins
Published: March 30, 2010
Tags: Admiralty, Goochland County Circuit Court, Judge Timothy K. Sanner, Virginia Circuit Courts
An admiralty case washes ashore in Goochland County, and the Goochland County Circuit Court sustains defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s claim seeking relief on a theory of piercing the corporate veil, overrules defendant’s special plea of the Jones Act, and says it would have to hold a separate evidentiary hearing to rule on defendant’s claim that [...]
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