On a Sunday morning in 2009, the 65-year-old decedent presented to the emergency department with symptoms of worsening skin rash, specifically petechiae and purpura (bleeding in the skin) all over his body including his face, scalp and in his mouth. ...

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A Norfolk Circuit Court upholds a commissioner’s decision rejecting certain claimed expenses by a manager of an LLC, reduces the amount the manager owes for utility bills and upholds the commissioner’s decision that defendant manager should be dissociated from the ...

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Although two plaintiffs suing for defects in new homes bought in 2007 presented nonsuit orders dated Aug. 13, 2013, one of the orders was dated “8-14-2013” by the judge who signed it, and the plaintiff’s claim for breach of contract ...

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A Norfolk jury has returned a $5.55 million verdict for a 10-year-old boy who suffers the effects of oxygen deprivation that occurred during his birth. Will Melton’s injury was blamed on a delay in performing a Caesarian section during his ...

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In this dispute over payment of an alleged rent increase, defendant had ample opportunity to raise a defense of partial want of consideration, and the Norfolk Circuit Court says the defense has been waived and enters judgment for plaintiff on ...

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A Norfolk Circuit Court orders wife’s alleged paramour to answer deposition questions about coitus with wife more than one year before resumption of his deposition; although prosecutions for fornication and consensual sodomy are now uncommon, the discretion of an unknown ...

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A series of recent legal ethics charges suggests Virginia lawyers ought to think carefully about what they say when judges demand their version of events. Three lawyers are in trouble with the Virginia State Bar after judges became skeptical about ...

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Although a court-appointed lawyer has an unpaid claim of $25,355 for fees for his services and alleges he has been advised by the Supreme Court Executive Secretary that no funds are available for payment, he cannot sue the Virginia Department ...

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A Norfolk lawyer is out more than $23,000 on his fee for a lengthy, complicated and emotion-wracked court-appointed case because the state ran out of money as his bill came up for payment at the end of the fiscal year. ...

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In 2006, the plaintiff, a 40-year-old female with a family history of breast cancer, was diagnosed positive for carrying the BRCA-II breast cancer gene. She elected to have prophylactic bilateral mastectomies and two-stage breast reconstruction with implants. She also desired ...

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