A couple who was married by a rabbi without the benefit of a marriage license, which was obtained later and signed by the celebrant one month after the wedding ceremony, was not legally married, and the Court of Appeals upholds ...

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A woman does not have to repay nearly $600,000 in temporary support and attorney’s fees to the man she thought was her husband, even though a court declared their marriage void. The Court of Appeals upheld the trial court’s decision ...

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Plaintiff underwent a colonoscopy to evaluate an undiagnosed condition. Because the plaintiff knew that he would be groggy after the colonoscopy and might not remember the doctor’s findings and instructions, he set his iPhone to record the after-procedure conversation in ...

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In this toll road violation case, a Fairfax Circuit Court will apply the one-year statute of limitations under Va. Code § 19.2-8, instead of the two-year limitations period of Code § 8.01-248; since each summons in this case was filed ...

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The decedent, 63, underwent a five-hour back surgery (laminectomy and fusion) on March 23, 2009, at Inova Fairfax Hospital. Her medical history was significant for obesity, severe obstructive sleep apnea, renal failure, congestive heart failure, hypertension and diabetes. The defendant ...

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A writ of error coram vobis cannot be used to vacate a 1997 petit larceny conviction based on the uncontested fact that the trial court did not obtain a knowing, intelligent and voluntary waiver of defendant’s constitutional rights at the ...

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In most courthouses, there is a friendly and cooperative relationship between law enforcement officers and the prosecutors who put on their evidence in court. After all, the officers and the state’s lawyers share the common goal of bringing the bad ...

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For good cause shown, a Fairfax Circuit Court grants leave for a defendant to file a responsive pleading on the morning after it was due despite counsel’s one-day calculation error. Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on Oct. 14, 2014. Pursuant ...

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In ruling on a motion to compel documents in an investigation of a police shooting of an unarmed man in his home in August 2013, a Fairfax Circuit Court says a “criminal investigative file privilege” survives 2014 changes to the ...

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A Fairfax Circuit Court upholds denial of a special permit to a recreation association and a wireless telecommunications carrier to allow construction of a 128-foot stealth monopole and ancillary equipment on the association’s property. Petitioner argues that the Board of ...

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