The defendant oral and maxillofacial surgeon extracted two of the plaintiff’s wisdom teeth. Plaintiff alleged that defendant (i) failed to appropriately prescribe antibiotics both before and after the surgery, (ii) failed to detect the signs of an infection during his ...

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Plaintiff was traveling in his car eastbound on Virginia Beach Boulevard when defendant failed to yield at a stop sign on a street from a residential neighborhood. A violent collision occurred and plaintiff suffered extensive orthopedic injuries. He underwent surgeries ...

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A Virginia Beach Circuit Court says homeowners who allege damage to their property and their family’s health from installation of Chinese drywall in their home built in 2005 are not entitled to coverage under their homeowners’ policy, as their losses ...

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Two former employees of the Hampton Roads Sanitation District alleged that they were defamed by statements the general manger of the district made to the media after disclosure that a new computer system had resulted in artificially high bills in ...

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A Virginia Beach Circuit judge has struck a noncompete agreement after a medical company tried to enforce the covenant against a family nurse practitioner who sought to start another medical business. The key phrase that caused the agreement to fail: ...

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A Virginia Beach Circuit Court rejects a written statement of facts proffered by plaintiffs as inadequate to cover a seven-day trial that included testimony of several expert witnesses, all of which was recorded by a court reporter. Given the length ...

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A Virginia Beach lawyer whose advertising made his solo practice look like a multi-lawyer firm has had his license suspended by a three-judge panel in Virginia Beach Circuit Court. The advertising issue was just one of the transgressions charged against ...

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A three-judge panel has revoked the law license of a former associate at Stallings & Bischoff PC who showed up with a Tidewater Tides lunchbox filled with $30,000 in cash and uncashed checks after the firm discovered he was not ...

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After a seven-day trial that included testimony from several expert witnesses, all recorded by a court reporter, a Virginia Beach Circuit Court says plaintiff’s written statement of facts is inadequate, and the court sustains defendant’s objections. The case upon which ...

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Maritess Lopez didn’t seem to be breathing normally when her brother-in-law picked her up after plastic surgery on her breasts and abdomen in July 2008. He asked a nurse about Lopez’s breathing. Not a problem, the nurse responded. “She’s still ...

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