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The widows of two Virginia State Police officers who died on Aug. 12, 2017, will be allowed access to contracts between the department and a helicopter manufacturer. In a recent order, Albemarle County Circuit Court Judge Claude Worrell overruled a motion from Dallas Airmotive Inc. that sought to limit the scope of the plaintiffs’ discovery requests.
The Daily Progress
Some people in Newport News say they’ve lost faith in one of their elected leaders, so much so, a petition to remove her from office is quickly gaining traction. Tina Vick is the vice mayor of Newport News. She’s elected to represent South District 3 for the city council, serving Newport News since 2008. David Wilson told 13News Now that 11 years is enough. After launching the Change.org petition with the goal of holding a recall election for Vick, it would appear he’s not alone. As of Monday night, the petition has nearly 200 signatures and a handful of supportive comments.
WTKR
Rep. Devin Nunes of California was angered by a story in his hometown newspaper detailing a claim that investors in a winery he partly owns partied with cocaine and prostitutes. So the Republican decided to sue – in rural Virginia. Likewise, actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for $50 million in a northern Virginia courthouse, claiming he was defamed in an opinion article in The Washington Post in which she called for support for domestic violence victims such as herself. Both Depp and Heard live in California. Heard, who came to at least one hearing in the case, said in court filings that she had never previously set foot in the state. The suits are part of a string of splashy defamation claims by politicians and the A-list star seeking nearly $1 billion in damages in Virginia courts this year, even though many of the cases have only loose connections to the state. California, where Nunes and Depp might have filed their cases, has one of the nation’s strongest protections against lawsuits aimed at silencing critics on topics of public concern, known as Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP).
The Washington Post
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