In the wake of extensive water damage to multiple apartments due to failure of a plumbing valve in a single unit, plaintiff plumbing contractor, a third-party beneficiary of the prime contract between the owner and general contractor, is not entitled ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Phillip L. Hairston Richmond Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

An officer who had an informant, identified by another officer as reliable, arrange a drug buy from a dealer the informant previously had used and had identified to police, could conduct a warrantless search of the red moped the informant ...

Tagged with: Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Search & Seizure Virginia Circuit Courts

Although a data center purchased by plaintiff lost its largest client, Amazon, 13 months after the sale, plaintiff’s suit against defendant seller alleging multiple counts of fraud and breach of contract fails after a three-week trial in Fairfax Circuit Court. ...

Tagged with: Contract Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Thomas P. Mann Virginia Circuit Courts

A Floyd County Circuit Court grants defendant’s motion to suppress statements he made to officers when they continued questioning him after he stated he wanted a lawyer. Defendant was in custody, in a jail cell. Two sheriff’s deputies were standing ...

Tagged with: Criminal Floyd County Circuit Court Judge Marcus H. Long Jr. Virginia Circuit Courts

A homeowner who alleges a water and sewage backup in his home is attributable to a clog in the town’s sewer line beyond the homeowner’s property, in a portion of the sewer line made less visible by a partially paved-over ...

Tagged with: Judge Charles N. Dorsey Municipal Roanoke County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A Norfolk Circuit Court grants defendant’s motion to withdraw his Nov. 17, 2015, guilty plea to second-degree murder and use of a firearm, filed shortly after defendant obtained new counsel; the court finds the motion was filed in good faith, ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A Southampton County Circuit Court dismisses this lawsuit filed by 25 former and current police officers for the city of Franklin, alleging the city breached its contract with plaintiffs by forcing them to work 11 uncompensated hours each 28-day pay ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Charles E. Poston Southampton County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

In plaintiff’s suit for injuries suffered when she tripped and fell over a single step at the entrance to a commercial property, the Richmond Circuit Court excludes expert opinions from a human factors practitioner and a structural engineer as invading ...

Tagged with: Judge Bradley B. Cavedo Negligence Richmond Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Plaintiff homebuyers may not sue the real estate broker whose agents allegedly sold them a house that was condemned weeks after they took possession, based on pre-purchase defects; the Virginia Real Estate Brokers Act allows for regulatory redress by the ...

Tagged with: Judge Glenn R. Croshaw Real Estate Virginia Beach Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A Fairfax Circuit Court sets aside a default judgment in a suit alleging a fraudulent conveyance in violation of Va. Code § 55-80; because plaintiff seeks an award of damages, which is not available under this statute, the complaint fails ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard Gardiner Virginia Circuit Courts