A grandmother lost her expanded visitation with a grandson when the child’s mother – her own daughter – appealed the grandmother’s win. The grandmother, who lived a short walking distance from the mother’s house, complained that she was only allowed ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Hon. David Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court

Plaintiff’s decedent was a 29-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department at DePaul Medical Center with flu-like symptoms. Her oxygen saturation was noted to be 88 percent on admission and 90 percent at the time of discharge. The decedent ...

Tagged with: Judge Junius P. Fulton III Medical Malpractice Norfolk Circuit Court Wrongful Death

A Norfolk Circuit Court says a defen­dant who was persuaded by an under­cover officer to look for crack cocaine, us­ing a story about his girlfriend being too scared to look for the drug, and who had to drive around for ...

Tagged with: Criminal Norfolk Circuit Court

A woman’s stated intent to con­tinue tinkering with her will “on my deathbed” did not prevent a Nor­folk Circuit Court from finding that a handwritten will found in a note­book in her kitchen after her death was in fact her ...

Tagged with: Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Wills & Trusts

On July 14, 2016, a Norfolk jury award­ed $1,000,000.00 to a 32-year-old yoga in­structor who was in­jured in a motor vehicle accident on October 23, 2014. The plaintiff was op­erating a motor vehicle on Granby Street when she was struck ...

Tagged with: Judge Jerrauld C. Jones Million-Dollar Verdicts Norfolk Circuit Court Personal Injury

Although the testator gave her daughter with her surviving husband the remainder interest in real estate in which husband had a life estate, that daughter predeceased testator without children, and the remain­der interest is divided with one third going to ...

Tagged with: Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts Wills & Trusts

In this current personal injury suit filed by a woman’s son, as her guardian after she previously nonsuited her own suit, the Norfolk Circuit Court will allow discovery to determine when the woman became incapacitated; defendants’ cur­rent special plea in ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Police who entered an exterior stair­way to an apartment in order to arrest a man thought to be living there with his girlfriend violated the girlfriend’s Fourth Amendment rights and the Norfolk Cir­cuit Court suppresses evidence discovered during their “protective ...

Tagged with: Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Search & Seizure Virginia Circuit Courts

The plaintiff was rear-ended by a dump truck in Virginia Beach. The initial emer­gency room treated him for head and neck pain, but did not diagnose concussion. Later that week, the plaintiff returned to a differ­ent emergency room complaining of ...

Tagged with: Judge Thomas S. Shadrick Norfolk Circuit Court Personal Injury

Plaintiff Kortney Jack­son is a young adult who is disabled and non-ver­bal due to severe autism and mental retardation. She required around the clock care, and her moth­er and guardian arranged for that care through the home health agency. The ...

Tagged with: Declaratory Judgment Judge Mary Jane Hall Judge Thomas S. Shadrick Norfolk Circuit Court Personal Injury