Where members of the Heritage Fellowship Church allege that the church’s deacons board violated the church’s governing documents when it altered HFC’s membership list, the court finds that the successor members of the board of directors “were never validly selected, ...

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The court denies defendant’s motion to dismiss, based on, among other things, the commonwealth’s delayed identification of experts it consulted who supported defendant’s theory of the case. Defendant has shown no prejudice from the delay as there it is still ...

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Where members of the Heritage Fellowship Church allege that its board of directors manipulated voter rolls after a failed attempt to confirm a senior pastor by lowering the number of votes needed for the necessary two-thirds majority, and accordingly declared ...

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Where plaintiff alleges she was injured in a chain reaction collision caused by defendant deputy’s negligence while driving to serve legal papers, defendant’s plea in bar based on sovereign immunity is denied. Defendant’s driving between locations to serve papers was ...

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Where this court issued a capias after plaintiff Yuri Sasson disobeyed a lawful court order, and also granted defendant’s demurrer without leave to amend, a motion by plaintiff’s son, Ilan, to reconsider the dismissal is denied. Prior proceedings This court ...

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Where respondent Fairfax Human Rights Commission issued a subpoena duces tecum for petitioner Capital Investment Advisors relating to racial discrimination in an apartment complex, the court, on the commission’s motion to reconsider, now concludes that the commission has subpoena power when ...

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A Fairfax County judge says he will enforce a prenuptial agreement that keeps a divorcing husband’s business assets out of the reach of his wife. The wife failed to show her agreement to the prenup was either involuntary or unconscionable, ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Brett A. Kassabian

Where a taxpayer fails to show that county assessments were not arrived at in accordance with generally accepted appraisal practices, the county’s assessments stand and the taxpayer’s request for relief is denied. Background Petitioner alleged Fairfax County erroneously assessed land ...

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Defendant Kearns filed a petition for habeas relief, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. The court held that, while his counsel was deficient, Kearns had not demonstrated prejudice. As such, it dismissed his habeas petition. Background Lee Allen Kearns was guilty ...

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William Johnson, age 51, had longstanding cardiac arrhythmia resulting in cardiomyopathy and a severely reduced ejection fraction (29 percent). In February 2015, he underwent an endocardial ablation procedure in an attempt to cure the arrhythmias. The procedure failed. On March ...

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