Plaintiff, a GEICO agent, was sideswiped and T-boned while driving down a busy road after being released from a red light with traffic. Defendant made a quick right on red from plaintiff’s passenger side at the same intersection, but negligently ...

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A defendant charged with strangling a victim in his bedroom, and who previously recorded and transmitted to the victim video footage of himself and the victim engaging in sexual intercourse in his bedroom, can be compelled to produce his fingerprint ...

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Plaintiffs, a mother and daughter, were being driven to the mother’s janitorial job at the Virginia Beach Convention Center around 5:00 a.m. when the defendant allegedly ran a green light as plaintiffs’ host driver had the green arrow. The case ...

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Plaintiff, a local elementary school teacher, had a long-term disability policy with Prudential. The policy was sponsored by the school board. Plaintiff had applied for and received LTD for 14 months. The benefits for plaintiff’s disability were capped at 24 ...

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Plaintiff was a 59-year-old Vietnam veteran working as an engineer at the Newport News Shipyard. He went to the defendant’s auto dealership for service on his pickup truck three days after the Christmas blizzard of 2010. As he exited the ...

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Guy Gugliotta was “absolutely amazed and extremely upset” when he was told he no longer owned the two Sandbridge lots he wanted to sell last year. A real estate agent said Gugliotta himself had sold the properties the year before. ...

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Plaintiff, a 55-year-old flight attendant trainee, was a guest of the defendant hotel when a 40-pound wood valance and drapes in her room fell upon her. Plaintiff alleged that the heavy wood valance was improperly secured into the drywall only, ...

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Plaintiff was 80 years old when she presented to defendant on Oct. 19, 2010, with cecal cancer detected on a colonoscopy. During her initial visit, defendant discussed staging and treatment for colon cancer, including the need for laparoscopic resection as ...

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The plaintiff was struck by a car on May 16, 2010, around 1:00 a.m. in the driveway of the defendant’s townhouse in Virginia Beach. The plaintiff and other friends and family members of the defendant were standing in front of ...

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The City of Virginia Beach owes nothing to a condominium association for impairing owners’ access to the Chesapeake Bay, a jury decided last week.

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