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 ...

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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

A mother can sue a doctor for her son’s medical expenses arising from the doctor’s alleged negli­gence, even though the son has not filed his own suit against the doctor, a Norfolk Circuit Court has ruled. The defendant pe­diatrician said ...

Tagged with: Judge Mary Jane Hall Norfolk Circuit Court

This case involved a rear-end collision in Norfolk. The plain­tiff was transported by ambulance and treated in the emer­gency room. She followed up with an orthopedic surgeon who referred her to physical therapy. Her physical thera­py lasted four weeks. The ...

Tagged with: Judge John R. Doyle III Norfolk Circuit Court Personal Injury

A Norfolk Circuit Court denies a non-Virginia resident wife’s motion to dis­miss husband’s divorce complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper ven­ue; Virginia law does not require the court to have personal jurisdiction over wife to grant husband an ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A woman who alleges she received treat­ment for physical and mental illness, in­cluding bipolar disorder, from the Hamp­ton-Newport News Community Services Board healthcare provider who represented that he was a psychiatrist, but who was a po­diatrist subject to disciplinary action ...

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

Plaintiffs who allege defendant “agents and representatives” of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals came onto their prop­erty, seized their dog, carried her away and killed her have stated claims for trespass and for conversion, including a demand for ...

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