January 31, 2018
Comments Off on Benefits Claimant Presented No Evidence Mitigating Misconduct
The court denied Plaintiff Gifford Whitehurst’s petition for judicial review of a decision by the Virginia Unemployment Commission that he was disqualified from receiving unemployment compensation. Whitehurst worked at the Chrysler Museum as a security officer. The Museum’s HR manager ...
Tagged with: Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Unemployment Comp Virginia Circuit Courts
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January 31, 2018
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Alleging negligence claims against Defendants Tracey Finley and American Airlines Inc., Plaintiff John W. Parrish III ran out of time to add Finley’s actual employer – not American Airlines, but Envoy Air Inc. – as a defendant to the suit. ...
Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Michelle J. Atkins Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts
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January 31, 2018
Comments Off on Judge orders grand jury for ‘Love Locks’ case
A group of Norfolk jurors may decide whether rusty locks on a pedestrian bridge would justify a court-ordered remedy. A Norfolk circuit judge says under a 1919 law, he will impanel a special grand jury to determine whether so-called “love ...
Tagged with: Judge Everett A. Martin Jr. Norfolk Circuit Court
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January 23, 2018
Comments Off on Va. Cir. Ct.: Nonparent Seeking Custody Must Show Harm to Child if Not Granted
R.H., a 9-year-old girl, had lived her entire life with her mother and maternal grandmother, in her grandmother’s spacious home. R.H. was in good health and well-adjusted, with no developmental delays. R.H.’s father, who currently lives in a one-bedroom home ...
Tagged with: Constitutional Due Process Family Law Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Parental Rights Virginia Circuit Courts
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January 12, 2018
Comments Off on Father is entitled to custody, not grandmother
A Norfolk Circuit judge has denied a grandmother’s petition for physical custody of a 9-year-old girl who had lived with her for her entire life. Instead, the judge granted custody to the girl’s father, over the objections of the girl’s ...
Tagged with: Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court
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January 8, 2018
Comments Off on Va. Cir. Ct.: Court Retains Jurisdiction of Child-Custody Dispute
Despite the mother’s relocation to North Carolina, jurisdiction over divorcing parties’ child-custody dispute will remain in Virginia. After Plaintiff Devin Lipps (husband) and Defendant Amanda Lipps (wife) separated, wife moved to North Carolina with the couple’s minor child. In June ...
Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Michelle J. Atkins Norfolk Circuit Court Parental Rights Virginia Circuit Courts
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December 18, 2017
Comments Off on Picking ‘love locks’
Armed with a nearly century-old statute and pressing for a special grand jury, a Hampton Roads lawyer hopes to get the city of Norfolk to remove dozens of so-called “love locks” clamped onto a historic pedestrian bridge. It’s the latest ...
Tagged with: Judge Everett A. Martin Jr. Norfolk Circuit Court
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December 18, 2017
Comments Off on Motion for Default Judgment – Filing of a Late Answer – Good Cause
Henson v. DDG II, Inc. (VLW No. 017-8-107, 10pp.) (Lannetti, J.) Norfolk Cir.Ct. Case No. CL17007123-00. Holding: Where the defendant-owner filed a notice of hearing the day before a scheduled default judgment hearing but failed to file a related motion ...
Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts
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December 18, 2017
Comments Off on Freedom of Information Act – Affidavit of Good Cause – Violations – Declaratory Relief – Recovery of Costs
Hurst v. City of Norfolk (VLW No. 017-8-108, 17pp.) (Lannetti, J.) Norfolk Cir.Ct. Case No. CL17-11119. Holding: Where the plaintiff-petitioner failed to submit an affidavit of good cause supporting his petition for relief regarding his two requests under the Freedom ...
Tagged with: Administrative Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts
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December 18, 2017
Comments Off on Jurisdiction – Waiver of Sovereign Immunity – Court-Issued Process
McGhee v. Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (VLW No. 017-8-109, 7pp.) (Lannetti, J.) Norfolk Cir.Ct. Case No. CL17-5454. Holding: Where the plaintiff-uninsured filed a petition appealing a defendant-department of motor vehicle (DMV) hearing officer’s decision and requested formal service on ...
Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts
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