A Norfolk Circuit Court grants the com­monwealth’s motion in limine to offer ev­idence at trial of defendant’s prior crimi­nal and sexual conduct toward his minor stepdaughter “T.G.” at his trial for forcible sodomy, indecent liberties, abduction with intent to defile, ...

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In a disabled adult’s suit seeking damages for second-degree burns she suffered in 2011 while in the care of defendant home health agency’s employee/independent contractor, the defendant insurance company may not use a plea in bar to challenge the agency’s ...

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Although the sequence of transfers documented by plaintiff does not show a written instrument transferring the interest in a note and deed of trust on plaintiff’s residence to HSBC, the entity that appointed a substitute trustee to foreclose on the ...

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A Norfolk Circuit Court says plaintiff parties who paid portions of a $4.3 million settlement of a products liability suit against plaintiff Dollar Tree Stores Inc. and a manufacturer on a claim of a small child choking to death on ...

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Officers had probable cause to arrest defendant when he showed up in the same green Dodge Durango that had appeared at three prior cocaine sales to an undercover officer, a Norfolk Circuit Court says; the officers knew of the central ...

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A Norfolk Circuit Court grants defendants’ demurrers to a mortgage borrower’s claims alleging defendants violated New York law by attempting to buy back the mortgage note; plaintiff cannot attack the repurchase of the note and the appointment of the substitute ...

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A Norfolk Circuit Court reopens a suppression hearing to allow defendant to submit additional evidence in order to prove that the October vehicle inspection of defendant’s impounded vehicle did not confirm a police officer’s testimony about marijuana shake in the ...

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A police officer’s consensual encounter with defendant who was walking with a companion near property owned by the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, and who came over to the police car and voluntarily produced identification and agreed to be patted ...

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An injured driver can sue her own auto insurance company for dragging its feet before trial on resolving an underinsured motorist claim, a Norfolk circuit judge has ruled. Insurance companies contend Virginia law imposes no duty whatsoever for handling a ...

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In a case in which three defendants appealed from the general district court to the circuit court and filed a single civil appeal bond, and the circuit court dismissed the appeals of two defendants who had appeared without counsel in ...

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