Lunchroom punch nets $5M award in Gloucester 
By Alan Cooper
Published: September 13, 2010
Tags: Gloucester County Circuit Court, Judge R. Bruce Long, Million-Dollar Verdicts, Personal Injury
One punch in the Gloucester High School cafeteria has resulted in a $5 million jury verdict against a student, his sister and an assistant principal at the school. That one punch in December 2006 was devastating to senior Greg Gagnon, according to testimony last month in Gloucester Circuit Court. The force of the blow from [...]
Real Estate – Foreclosure Sale – Trustee Commission 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 4, 2010
Tags: Judge R. Bruce Long, Middlesex County Circuit Court, Real Estate
Petitioner’s objection to the commission taken by the trustee in the amount of $16,150 is sustained by a Middlesex County Circuit Court and the trustee is hereby allowed a commission of $10,100 and is ordered to make a check payable to petitioner and her attorney in the sum of $6,050. Petitioner objects to the corporate [...]
Commission for trustee’s foreclosure cut by judge 
By Peter Vieth
Published: December 28, 2009
Tags: Judge R. Bruce Long, Middlesex County Circuit Court, Real Estate
A decision by a Middlesex County judge highlights an open question in the business of foreclosure in Virginia: How much can a foreclosure trustee charge as a commission? For 11 years, the law has required only a “reasonable commission” for handling the sale of foreclosed properties. In practice, apparently, fees in the neighborhood of 5 [...]

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