Although an agreement between plaintiff lender and defendant settlement company said the settlement company would provide “partial title searches as shown in public records only,” the lender wins its contract and warranty claims against the settlement company after the company’s ...

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Carl Wayne Koegler was suspended from his job as administrator of the Richmond East Moose Lodge in Mechanicsville in June 2008 and word circulated that $500,000 was missing. Koegler insisted he had done nothing wrong. In fact, he said the ...

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The multiple banners flying from nine poles on defendant’s property may bear 13 alternating red and white stripes and 50 stars, but they do not constitute a United States “flag” as defined in federal Executive Order 10834, and a Hanover ...

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The plaintiff, Carl Wayne Koegler, was the administrator for Richmond East Moose Lodge. In May 2008 the lodge installed Keith Williams as the governor. In late June there was a convention held by Moose International in Las Vegas, and plaintiff ...

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The plaintiff suffered an ankle injury to his medial malleolus when he was rear-ended by the defendant. The injury caused the bone to rub against the tendon such that the tendon eventually tore and required surgery. The plaintiff made a ...

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In this case of first impression, a Hanover Circuit Court denies enforcement of a “term sheet” signed by the parties’ lawyers, but not the parties, after negotiations on ED and spousal support. The appellate courts of the commonwealth have not ...

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A Hanover County Circuit Court refuses to enforce a noncompete defendant signed as part of a stock purchase agreement; the noncompete is overbroad, as it forbids defendant’s employment by “any business competitive with” plaintiff employer “in areas where [employer] has ...

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After review of extensive depositions and other evidence in this case, a divorce court concludes husband lacks sufficient evidence to prove adultery by clear and convincing evidence, and wife’s allegation of instances where husband pulled her out of bed by ...

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A Class C-licensed contractor who did not get his Class A license until several months after he submitted a proposal for almost $46,000 for masonry work and one month after he received a $20,000 check from the owner for his ...

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