Where a judge issued a sequestration order, but did not state that it applied to all witnesses, a discussion between a witness and another woman did not impact the witness’ testimony or prejudice the defendant, and her conviction for submitting ...

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Although initial detention and frisk of defendant were reasonable, the police lacked probable cause to remove a glass tube from the defendant’s pocket because it was not immediately apparent that the item was a weapon or contraband. Background At about ...

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A Title VII gender discrimination case with a tangled procedural history has led to a request for a judgment against the LeClairRyan law firm for more than $1 million in compensation, fees and costs. A three-member arbitration panel found disparate ...

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A mother’s opening brief lacked sufficient principles of law and legal authorities to merit review of the circuit court’s order finding a risk of abuse or neglect and approving the goal of adoption for her child. Background Mother and Father, ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Family Law Judge Rosemarie Annunziata Parental Rights Virginia Court of Appeals

Based on expert testimony that a father of eight is unable to parent independently, that his rights as to the elder seven have been terminated, and that his youngest is doing well in foster care, the circuit court did not ...

Tagged with: Family Law Judge Rosemarie Annunziata Parental Rights Virginia Court of Appeals

The circuit court did not err in its handling of the parties’ divorce, notwithstanding the husband’s 18 assignments of error on appeal. In particular, evidence supported both the court’s jurisdiction over the parties despite their long trips abroad and the ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Family Law Judge Rosemarie Annunziata Virginia Court of Appeals

A “husband” whose nine-year marriage was negated because the couple’s Washington wedding was at odds with their Virginia paperwork cannot save the union by labeling it a common law marriage under D.C. law. The Court of Appeals of Virginia ruled ...

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A couple who got a license to marry in Virginia but held their ceremony in Washington, D.C. was not legally married, despite living together as husband and wife for nine years. Their one-night hotel stay in D.C. after the ceremony ...

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The trial court erred in holding a father in contempt for failing to notify the mother of their child of the date of their son’s first communion. Background Father and Mother, who separated in 2008, are subject to a final ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms the commission’s denial of a Federal Express worker’s Aug. 27, 2015, claim for permanent partial disability benefits for his Jan. 8, 2009, workplace accident; he failed to preserve his claim with benefits claims forms he ...

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