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Tag Archives: Judge Thomas P. Mann

Guidance provided about ‘personnel information’

Where appellant sought records under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act relating to municipal employment disputes, the matter is remanded because, in making its rulings whether the requested records were exempt or nonexempt from disclosure, the trial court used “definitions ...

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Court will give jury instruction to cure ‘Brady’ violation

Where defendant moved to quash a murder indictment because of the commonwealth’s untimely disclosure of exculpatory evidence, the court will deny the motion but will give the jury an adverse inference instruction regarding the evidence. Overview Defendant Gonzalez was indicted ...

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Complaint’s statement excluded in sexual battery case

Where defendant is charged with sexual battery, the court denies his motion to admit the complaint’s statement made during sexual intimacy with defendant’s son that “she … would do anything to help her get ahead at work.’” Overview The trial ...

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Demurrers to investors’ claims sustained

Where plaintiff investors in a failed maternity clothing company sued the company and its two founders, the individual defendants’ demurrers to plaintiffs’ claims are sustained. Plaintiffs are granted leave to amend their complaint. Background Evans and Wilson were co-founders of ...

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Nursing aide died of deep vein thrombosis after no tests – $12,000,000 Verdict

Isatu Sheriff, 39, emigrated to the U.S. from Sierra Leone. For many years, she worked long hours in a nursing home as a certified nursing aide. As a result, she developed a bunion on her foot. A Kaiser podiatrist scheduled ...

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Doctor injury spinal nerve during biopsy – $1.85 Million Verdict

The case involved a 33-year-old woman who underwent a lymph node biopsy in August 2011. During the procedure, the defendant ENT doctor transected the plaintiff’s spinal accessory nerve, causing permanent atrophy and paralysis of the trapezius muscle with significant pain, ...

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Woman’s use of eyelids damaged in surgery – $800,000 Verdict

Patient, a 70-year-old Taiwanese woman, sought cosmetic surgery to remove the “puffiness” in her eyelids. She went to defendant (plastic surgeon) who recommended a blepharoplasty (a procedure to remove fat from her eyelids). During the blepharoplasty, defendant severed the tendon ...

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