1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.E.2d
  4. 492 S.E.2d
  5. 492 S.E.2d 138 (1997)
 

AFIFY v. SIMMONS

Record No. 961781.

492 S.E.2d 138 (1997)

Mohamad A. AFIFY v. Linda J. SIMMONS, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 12, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. McIlwaine, III, Petersburg (James M. Boyd; James D. Crutchfield; Boyd & Boyd, Norfolk, on briefs), for appellant.

Conrad M. Shumadine, Norfolk (Gary A. Bryant; Peter V. Chiusano; Willcox & Savage, on brief), for appellees.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, LACY, KEENAN and KOONTZ, JJ., and WHITING, Senior Justice.

KOONTZ, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether prior to July 1, 1997, a plaintiff who initially filed a claim in the general district court was permitted to amend the ad damnum clause of his claim to seek damages in excess of the civil jurisdictional limits of that court, Code § 16.1-77,2 where the defendant has elected to remove the case to circuit court under Code § 16.1-92.

On September 30, 1993, Michael...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases