The wife of a former Greensboro, N.C., lawyer won a $9-million award for alienation of affection against a former college dean who was accused of luring the lawyer-husband away from domestic fidelity.
The verdict might have been inflated by the fact that the defendant, Anne Lundquist, didn’t show up to defend herself at trial. She told [...]
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Woman skips trial, gets hit with $9-million verdict
March 19th, 2010 · Comments Off · adultery
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Sanctions for adultery pleading
March 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Benitez, Fairfax Circuit Court, adultery, sanctions
When it comes to pleading adultery, a lawyer can’t use a claim of smoke to ferret out a fire.
In a Keeler v. Keeler, a new divorce case from Fairfax, the wife suspected adultery. In her divorce complaint, her lawyer cited the husband’s alleged use of Craigslist to solicit sexual partners and a computer forensic report [...]
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Adultery: It’s clear, I’m convinced
January 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Court of Appeals, adultery
A trail of sexy phone messages and an overnight stay with a woman he met at his tennis club, plus the Viagra a husband kept in his truck, added up to adultery for a Madison County Circuit Court. The Court of Appeals upheld that finding yesterday in Davis v. Davis.
The girlfriend said the messages were [...]
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Deshabille dooms divorce defense
March 18th, 2008 · Comments Off · Divorce, adultery
It’s tough to prove adultery as a ground for divorce in Virginia.
It helps to catch the wayward spouse emerging from his girlfriend’s home in his underwear.
In Toth v. Toth (VLW 008-8-071), a Fairfax Circuit Court said a wife proved adultery with evidence from a private investigator who observed the husband grocery shopping with his alleged [...]
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