McGhee v. Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (VLW No. 017-8-109, 7pp.) (Lannetti, J.) Norfolk Cir.Ct. Case No. CL17-5454. Holding: Where the plaintiff-uninsured filed a petition appealing a defendant-department of motor vehicle (DMV) hearing officer’s decision and requested formal service on ...

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Midgett v. O’Brien (VLW No. 017-8-110, 9pp.) (Lannetti, J.) Norfolk Cir.Ct. Case No. CL17-4956. Holding: Where the plaintiff-son and defendant-daughter dispute the terms of their mother’s will regarding a provision allowing the son to purchase his sisters’ shares of a ...

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Pridemore v. Hryniewich (VLW No. 017-8-091, 7 pp.) (Lannetti, J.) Norfolk Cir. Ct. Holding:  Plaintiff employee of third-party defendant boat repair company sued defendant city for injuries sustained as a result of the capsizing of a boat being test-driven by ...

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Glover v. Hryniewich and the City of Norfolk, Virginia v. Willard Marine, Inc. and SAFE Boats International, LLC (VLW No. 017-8-090, 7 pp.) (Lannetti, J.) CL16-3262-00/01/02/03 Holding: Where the complaint against defendant and third-party plaintiff-city was dismissed based on immunity ...

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The city of Norfolk has sovereign immunity in this suit filed by a plaintiff who was injured when a Norfolk police officer was test-driving a repaired police boat that capsized and injured two repair company employees, who are suing the ...

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A family business that operated a miniature golf course in Virginia Beach and whose majority owner died, cannot recoup “excessive compensation” paid to the minority owner, decedent’s son, who operated the business, says a Virginia Beach Circuit Court. The executor ...

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At defendant’s trial for assault against a family member, third or subsequent offense, the Norfolk Circuit Court will admit as “excited utterances” the victim’s 911 call recording and statements captured by a police officer’s body camera when police arrived, as ...

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In this dispute over payments under a construction contract, defendant waited too long to object to admission of a Payment Application listed as one of plaintiff’s trial exhibits and admitted into evidence, and the Norfolk Circuit Court denies defendant’s motion ...

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Although the parties have significant joint assets, there appear to be no liquid joint assets that allow husband to litigate this divorce, and the Norfolk Circuit Court orders wife to advance to husband one-half of a business valuation expert’s fee ...

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In the breakup of a cash-poor but land-rich couple, a Norfolk judge has ordered the wife to advance legal expenses for the husband, with a right of reimbursement on final divorce. Norfolk Circuit Judge David W. Lannetti took the unusual ...

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