Although a habeas petitioner says the law has changed to allow sentencing courts discretion to run sentences on firearms convictions concurrently, a Norfolk Circuit Court says the court nevertheless could have petitioner’s sentences run consecutively, and the court dismisses the ...

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An equipment operator who promptly informed his foreman that his perforated ulcer required emergency surgery, and who, after surgery, continued to inform employer that he was available for light duty, left work voluntarily and with good cause when employer did ...

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In an administratrix’s wrongful death suit against various health care providers, she may allege and present evidence that decedent, her husband, suffered “extreme pain and suffering” due to their negligence, a Norfolk Circuit Court says. Defendants argue that because plaintiff ...

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Plaintiff was riding a bicycle on Sept. 19, 2005, on a sidewalk in Virginia Beach. As she crossed the driveway of a bank parking lot, she claims the decedent (who passed away from unrelated causes) began to exit the parking ...

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A driver’s failure to signal a right-hand turn from a dedicated lane for right-hand turns did not give an officer a reason to stop her car, and the Norfolk Circuit Court suppresses marijuana found inside her vehicle. The issue is ...

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Plaintiff, age 69, suffered a severe stroke, resulting in left-side hemiparesis. She underwent rehabilitation at Sentara Norfolk General for six weeks, and then was discharged and transferred to the defendant nursing home for further rehabilitation. On admission, she was placed ...

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Although a court-appointed lawyer has an unpaid claim of $25,355 for fees for his services and alleges he has been advised by the Supreme Court Executive Secretary that no funds are available for payment, he cannot sue the Virginia Department ...

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A man injured while working aboard a barge was a land-based worker who was not subjected to any special hazards or disadvantages from the “perils of the sea,” and a Norfolk Circuit Court says he was a longshoreman and not ...

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A Norfolk lawyer is out more than $23,000 on his fee for a lengthy, complicated and emotion-wracked court-appointed case because the state ran out of money as his bill came up for payment at the end of the fiscal year. ...

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Crystal A. Burgsteiner, a 27-year-old wife and mother of two young sons, was driving to her recently acquired job as a house cleaner when her car experienced mechanical problems. She proceeded to pull over safely, very close to the guardrail ...

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