A Norfolk Circuit Court denies defendant’s motion to suppress cocaine discovered in a container defendant threw from his vehicle as police signaled him to stop when they observed him driving at midnight with no headlights on. When stopped, defendant failed ...

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A Norfolk Circuit Court rejects defendants’ request to hold a separate pretrial evidentiary hearing on whether decedent was of sound mind at the time of his suicide; the court agrees with plaintiffs that determining before trial whether plaintiffs’ suit is ...

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A passenger who placed something in the trunk of a vehicle had a reasonable expectation of privacy to have standing to challenge the search of the vehicle, but the detention of the occupants and the vehicle was not unconstitutional due ...

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A Norfolk Circuit Court grants defendant restaurant owner’s motion in limine to bar plaintiff from making any argument or implication that by serving “free drinks” to a co-defendant and his group, the movant violated Va. Code § 4.1-308. Defendant’s motion ...

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A Norfolk Circuit Court dismisses on forum non conveniens grounds plaintiff administrator’s suit against defendant railroad company under the Federal Employers Liability Act, over a North Carolina employee’s death in North Carolina. Plaintiff chose to bring this FELA action in ...

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A plaintiff who alleges defendant never intended to honor a written Independent Contractor agreement and to employ and pay him for projects listed in the Agreement, has stated a claim for fraud, says a Norfolk Circuit Court. In the complaint ...

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Although a defendant served with process in Hong Kong admitted it made a “mistake” in failing to respond to plaintiff’s lawsuit because it was unfamiliar with the U.S. judicial system, the Norfolk Circuit Court enters a default judgment against defendant. ...

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A Norfolk Circuit Court says a woman who was severely injured when the motorcycle on which she was a passenger went down and collided with the road surface has sufficiently pleaded a negligent repair claim against the contractor hired by ...

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A Norfolk Circuit Court upholds a commissioner’s decision rejecting certain claimed expenses by a manager of an LLC, reduces the amount the manager owes for utility bills and upholds the commissioner’s decision that defendant manager should be dissociated from the ...

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A woman who alleges injuries from following a hotel employee’s directive to jump when a hotel elevator stopped between floors cannot sue the elevator maintenance company on contract claims; the Norfolk Circuit Court says the contract does not specifically intend ...

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