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 ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge John R. Doyle III Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

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. ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Joseph A. Migliozzi Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

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 ...

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

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 ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Everett A. Martin Jr. Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

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 ...

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

A Norfolk Circuit Court says Va. Code § 13.1-1041.1 allows it to enter a charging order against a member of an accounting professional limited liability company on behalf of a creditor who is not a member of the PLLC. Under ...

Tagged with: Corporate Judge John R. Doyle III Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Property owners who are challenging the Norfolk Wetlands Board’s recent demand that they obtain a permit in order to continue mowing vegetated wetlands on their property cannot have the court determine the wetlands boundaries on their property, and the Norfolk ...

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

Plaintiff sustained a mild traumatic brain injury in an automobile collision. Defendant admitted liability and the case was tried on damages only. The plaintiff had irritability and balance problems post-accident, which her expert physician opined was permanent. The defense expert ...

Tagged with: Judge Mary Jane Hall Norfolk Circuit Court Personal Injury

A Norfolk Circuit Court grants a father’s motion for Virginia to assume jurisdiction to hear child custody matters in this litigation in which the children lived in Virginia within six months before the father filed for divorce in Virginia, after ...

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

A plaintiff who described in detail his vehicle being struck by a vehicle towing a trailer that suddenly turned into plaintiff’s lane, but who said he barely felt a second vehicle slide into the rear of his car, cannot sue ...

Tagged with: Judge Junius P. Fulton III Negligence Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts