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Lee v. Spoden
No. 141541Supreme Court of Virginia
141541 Lee v. Spoden 09/17/2015 In litigation between former spouses, the ex-wife's prior contempt proceeding barred most of the claims in the present contract action under the doctrine of res judicata and the…
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141541 Lee v. Spoden 09/17/2015 In litigation between former spouses, the ex-wife's prior contempt proceeding barred most of the …
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141541 Lee v. Spoden 09/17/2015 In litigation between former spouses, the ex-wife's prior contempt proceeding barred most of the claims in the present contract action under the doctrine of res judicata and the circuit court erred in ruling otherwise. It also erred in excluding evidence of prior rulings in the contempt proceeding relevant to the issue of bad faith in the present contract action. Because leave to amend the plaintiff's ad damnum clause was granted at trial, that ruling not appealed, and the jury's award did not exceed the amount stated in the amended ad damnum, there was no error in the trial court's refusal to set the verdict aside on the grounds that it exceeded the amount s…
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