Domestic Relations – Joint Legal Custody – Daycare Provider Choice 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 25, 2010
Tags: Domestic Relations, Judge James H. Chamblin, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts
Husband allegedly choosing his girlfriend’s daughter as an after-school daycare provider, and then switching to a friend of the daughter, is not a basis for mom to complain about the provider, says a Loudoun County Circuit Court; there is no evidence any daycare provider hired by husband is harming the children, and the court says [...]
P.i. plaintiffs post win on nonsuit issue 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 14, 2010
Tags: Judge James H. Chamblin, Judge James V. Lane, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Personal Injury, Rockingham County Circuit Court
The latest battle over nonsuit rights may be heating up across Virginia. A new circuit court case clearly rejects a controversial decision last summer that dismissed a p.i. suit because it was refiled with an increased ad damnum. Last August, a Loudoun County judge dismissed with prejudice a suit refiled after nonsuit because the p.i. [...]
Wills & Trusts – Trustee Replacement – Individual Capacity 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 11, 2010
Tags: Judge James H. Chamblin, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Wills & Trusts
In this suit against defendant as an executor of an estate and a trustee of a trust established by the testator in June 2007, a Loudoun County Circuit Court grants defendants’ demurrers to most counts of plaintiffs’ complaint, but will allow plaintiffs to go forward on claims for removal and replacement of trustee and executor, [...]
Civil Procedure – Discovery – General Objections 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 4, 2010
Tags: Civil Procedure, Judge James H. Chamblin, Loudoun County Circuit Court
A Loudoun County Circuit Court grants defendant contractor’s motion to compel discovery responses from plaintiff asphalt company, which has only filed general objections to the discovery requests. I agree with defendant’s argument that the general objections of plaintiff to the subject discovery requests are confusing and not related to any particular discovery request. I am [...]

Refine your search for VLW Verdict & Settlement Reports or send us your case results for publication. Database search feature available to VLW subscribers only - login required.