The commissioner of accounts properly held a hearing regarding a conservator’s accounting of the decedent’s estate, even though the information prompting the hearing came from a disinterested party. Background Kishna Minor was appointed conservator of Eric Witt Wilder, her incapacitated ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Smith Virginia Circuit Courts Wills & Trusts

Where the parties contested the admissibility of testimony and argument relating to third-party guilt, the court issued its rulings after considering the parties’ arguments and briefs, as well as additional caselaw and statutory authority. Opening argument Defendant cannot delay his ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Gary A. Mills Newport News Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Type of action: Auto accident involving car and bus Injuries alleged: Soft tissue injuries to neck, back and hip; claimed partial rotator cuff tear requiring surgery Name of case: Argichew v. Wilee Court: Fairfax County Circuit Court Case no.: CL-2019-6925 ...

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Type of action: Personal injury; auto accident Injuries alleged: Ureteral tear, nephrectomy Name of case: Jones v. Stroble Court: Richmond Circuit Court Case no.: Cl20-4130 Tried before: Jury Name of judge: Judge Jacqueline S. McClenney Date resolved: 1/20/2022 Special damages: ...

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The General Assembly’s 2019 expansion of summary judgment procedures to allow certain business litigants to use affidavits and depositions to support summary judgment motions does not require opposing parties to file responsive affidavits or contrary deposition testimony to support a ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge David A. Oblon Virginia Circuit Courts

A Virginia circuit court has denied a petition filed by a factoring company seeking to purchase structured settlement payments from a woman with neurocognitive impairments. The present value of the payments is $140, 738. The proposed purchase price? A mere ...

Tagged with: Judge Mary Jane Hall Structured settlement Virginia Circuit Courts

A circuit court has examined the legislative history of Virginia’s protective order statute and concluded that new or additional evidence is not required for an extension. Floyd County Circuit Court Judge K. Mike Fleenor Jr., found that “requiring Petitioner to ...

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The court will grant the prosecution’s motion in limine to exclude opinion testimony from defendant’s expert because it is speculative and therefore is inadmissible. Overview “[T]he alleged facts include [defendant] Shaw having cleaned the body with bleach, cleaned the decedent’s ...

Tagged with: Arlington County Circuit Court Criminal Judge Daniel Fiore II Virginia Circuit Courts

It is not in petitioner’s best interest to approve the sale of her structured settlement payments, which have a present value of $140,738, for $10,000. “The Court cannot determine that Petitioner’s best interests are served by her relinquishing to a ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Mary Jane Hall Virginia Circuit Courts

A protective order may be extended under Code § 19.2-152.10(B) without the petitioner presenting new or additional evidence. Background In January 2020, petitioner obtained a protective order against respondent. Before the order expired, petitioner sought to extend the order. She ...

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