A Chesapeake nursing home cannot compel arbitration of a comatose patient’s claim that she was sexually molested by a staff member, as a Norfolk Circuit judge sticks by his denial of the nursing home’s motion to compel arbitration. The court ...

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

A limited partnership formed under another state’s laws can’t be dissolved by a Virginia court, a Norfolk Circuit Court held last week in a case of first impression. The Valone family formed a limited partnership under Georgia law, to be ...

Tagged with: Judge Mary Jane Hall Norfolk Circuit Court

After studying six DVD recordings of 10 to 12 hours of questioning of a 17-year-old young woman about a fatal shooting, a Norfolk Circuit Court concludes that defendant made an initial knowing and voluntary waiver of her rights, but the ...

Tagged with: Judge Norman A. Thomas Norfolk Circuit Court Search & Seizure

A plaintiff who fell onto uncapped rebar in a trench at a strip-mall construction site does not state a claim for punitive damages against defendant construction company, and a Norfolk Circuit Court sustains defendant’s demurrer to the punitives claim, with ...

Tagged with: Judge Charles E. Poston Negligence Norfolk Circuit Court

A property owner and business operator on the property state a claim for inverse condemnation under the Virginia Constitution for the city of Norfolk’s four-month closure of Duke Street for construction or repair of public utilities that prevented reasonable access ...

Tagged with: Judge Karen J. Burrell Norfolk Circuit Court Real Estate

Although both the parenting evaluator and guardian ad litem support awarding shared custody to the dad in Virginia after the mom precipitously moved with the parties’ four-year-old son to be near her family in Colorado, a Norfolk Circuit Court awards ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Mary Jane Hall Norfolk Circuit Court

A 62-year-old physician who wants to reduce his work hours because he is being treated for hypertension and osteoarthritis in his hands and feet has his monthly spousal support payment reduced by a Norfolk Circuit Court from $2,900 to $2,000 ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Louis Allen Sherman Norfolk Circuit Court

A Honda owner can sue defendant body shop under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act for selling her 2007 Honda, for towing and storage fees after it towed the car at the request of the Norfolk Police Department after the vehicle ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge Karen J. Burrell Norfolk Circuit Court