Plaintiff, a 19-year-old at the time of the incident, was driving home from a friend’s house on the Eastern Shore to his home where he lived with his mother at about 11:00 pm on the main shore highway U.S. Route ...

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An officer investigating a citizen com­plaint of suspected drug activity after dark, in a neighborhood known for drug and prostitution activity, who encountered a group of five men standing in the roadway, was entitled to pat down defendant, who refused ...

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Members of Portsmouth city council vio­lated the Virginia Freedom of Information Act by delivering to a council member, with­out a public vote, a letter disciplining him for a public announcement on Facebook that council would meet in closed session to ...

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In this prosecution of a Portsmouth police officer for first-degree murder of a suspect­ed shoplifter, the Portsmouth Circuit Court says the commonwealth must provide de­fendant with the date, time and location of the offense for which he is charged and ...

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Plaintiff, a 50-year-old unemployed male, was an unlicensed driver of a friend’s car, driving home an intoxicated friend who was fighting with a boyfriend. The defendant struck his vehicle in a severe collision, totaling both cars. The week before, plaintiff ...

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Portsmouth officials are trying to deflect blame as a conflict between an elected sheriff and a budget-cutting city council threatens to leave judges in an insecure courthouse. Recurring tension between leaders at city hall and the independent sheriff led to ...

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On March 2, 2012, plaintiff’s decedent, a 41-year-old shipyard worker, presented to defendant hospital’s emergency room at approximately 1:00 a.m. with a history of smoking and a chief complaint of chest pain radiating to his neck/throat with nausea. The pain ...

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Plaintiff was stopped waiting for a vehicle directly in front of her to turn left in a roadway with two lanes in each direction and a median. As the first defendant directly behind plaintiff was slowing, another vehicle passed in ...

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Plaintiff was driving on High Street in Portsmouth when the defendant, who was driving in the scope of his employment, crossed over the center line striking the plaintiff’s vehicle. The defendant contended that he had an unforeseen medical emergency causing ...

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The Supreme Court of Virginia has reinstated a jury verdict against a Portsmouth medical practice for alleged sloppy management in the case of a 24-year-old patient who died of pneumonia. The trial judge ruled the $3.5-million verdict had to be ...

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