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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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In this action filed by the Virginia Department of Human Services, the Norfolk Circuit Court says the lawyer for respondent and her court-appointed guardian ad litem should decide which of them will be permitted to cross-examine the department’s witnesses and ...

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Based on an officer’s seven years of experience, the multiple instances of defendant weaving within and on top of the traffic lane marker and the mistaken but reasonable belief that defendant had driven straight through a right-turn-only lane, the officer ...

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A plaintiff who alleges she was injured while a patron at a Norfolk entertainment venue by a “John Doe” employee of an independent security contractor, cannot sue the venue for negligence for failing to see that “physical force was going ...

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In plaintiff’s contract action against an individual and two corporate defendants, none of whom filed a grounds of defense, but in which the individual defendant appeared on the initial return date, the Norfolk Circuit Court says the individual defendant’s request ...

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The federal Patient Safety Act privilege covers email communications between defendant doctor and the hospital’s designated patient safety officer, even if the emails were never actually sent to a “patient safety organization,” and the Norfolk Circuit Court denies plaintiff’s motion ...

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