The court rejects plaintiffs’ claim that a county sheriff’s cooperation agreement with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement division of the Department of Homeland Security to enforce federal immigration laws is an unauthorized use of local taxpayer funds. Background Defendant Jenkins, ...

Tagged with: Culpeper County Circuit Court Immigration Judge Paul M. Peatross Jr. Virginia Circuit Courts

Plaintiff was stopped at a red light on Main Street in Culpeper when a dump truck rear-ended her. There was no damage to the dump truck and minor damage to the rear of plaintiff’s vehicle. Plaintiff complained of lower back ...

Tagged with: Culpeper County Circuit Court Judge Paul A. Sheridan Personal Injury Settlement

A Culpeper County employee who successfully sued the county commonwealth’s attorney for assault and battery could lose his district court victory because he doesn’t have the money to pursue his appeal in circuit court. In the case involving lame-duck Commonwealth’s ...

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In 2007, long-time jeweler Ralph Brown told his friend, Robert “Buddy” Goodnight, that he was planning to close his jewelry store and retire. Brown told Goodnight a liquidator had given him a value of $483,000 as to what he would ...

Tagged with: Contract Culpeper County Circuit Court Judge Susan L. Whitlock

Plaintiff is a 58-year-old woman with a long history of back and neck pain. On Oct. 13, 2012, plaintiff was rear-ended while driving her grandchildren to a roller skating rink in Culpeper. Two years prior to the collision, she had ...

Tagged with: Culpeper County Circuit Court Judge J. Martin Bass Personal Injury

In most courthouses, there is a friendly and cooperative relationship between law enforcement officers and the prosecutors who put on their evidence in court. After all, the officers and the state’s lawyers share the common goal of bringing the bad ...

Tagged with: Commonwealth's Attorneys Criminal Culpeper County Circuit Court Fairfax County Circuit Court Federal Courts Judge Randy I. Bellows Judge Susan L. Whitlock

This case arose out of the shooting of Patricia Cook by Officer Daniel Harmon-Wright of the Culpeper Police Department. Cook’s husband qualified as administrator of her estate, and sued Harmon-Wright for wrongful death. That case was stayed pending Harmon-Wright’s criminal ...

Tagged with: Culpeper County Circuit Court Judge Susan L. Whitlock Wrongful Death

The sexual abuse victim was 13 to 14 years old at the time of the sexual abuse against him by his 47-year-old “counselor,” James W. Davis, who was posing as a clinical psychologist. On two occasions during the course of ...

Tagged with: Culpeper County Circuit Court Fraud Judge F. Ward Harkrader Million-Dollar Verdicts

A Culpeper County jury has handed down a $15.4 million dollar verdict to a teenage boy who claimed he was sexually abused by a man posing as a clinical psychologist. The alleged abuse occurred in 2005 and 2006, when the ...

Tagged with: Culpeper County Circuit Court Fraud Judge F. Ward Harkrader Million-Dollar Verdicts

In a contractor’s dispute with defendant hospital, the parties clearly agreed to require the contractor to first submit claims to the architect and use informal negotiation, then mediation, prior to filing suit, and a Culpeper County Circuit Court sustains the ...

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