The Docket: Local court roundup for 4.3.25

Chesterfield Circuit Court

Megan Harris v. Premier Heating & Cooling, Inc.
Plaintiff says defendant designed and installed a new HVAC system as part of a new home in Chesdin Landing that was grossly oversized, due in part to defendant’s failure to perform load/manual J calculations, and that fact they were not properly synced resulted in mold and microbial growth at the home, forcing her to remove the entire system and spend 18 months to make repairs due to the defects and unworkmanlike product. Plaintiff seeks judgment of $1.5 million.
Attorneys: Jonathan M. Arthur and Thomas H. Roberts of Thomas H. Roberts & Associates
Filed: 3/19/2025
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Jeremy Harris v. Premier Heating & Cooling, Inc.
Plaintiff says defendant designed and installed a new HVAC system as part of a new home in Chesdin Landing that was grossly oversized, due in part to defendant’s failure to perform load/manual J calculations, and that fact they were not properly synced resulted in mold and microbial growth at the home, forcing him to remove the entire system and spend 18 months to make repairs due to the defects and unworkmanlike product. Plaintiff seeks judgment of $1.5 million.
Attorneys: Jonathan M. Arthur and Thomas H. Roberts of Thomas H. Roberts & Associates
Filed: 3/19/2025
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Mark S. Gunlicks v. Stratton Landscaping LLC; Samual Haskins; and Olivia Haskins
Plaintiff says defendants were hired to do extensive landscaping and construction services, and misrepresented that they were licensed contractors and capable of doing the work, failed to complete the work and abandoned the project, failed to pay subcontractors and otherwise violated terms of the contract. Plaintiff alleges fraud and seeks judgment of $100,000, and punitive, $350,000.
Attorneys: Patrick C. Henry II of Marrs & Henry
Filed: 3/19/2025
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Timmons Group, Inc. v. Virginia Development Consortium, LLC
Plaintiff says it provided engineering services for the Sycamore Square project in Petersburg, services completed in November 2023, and defendant has failed to pay $47,910.81 due.
Attorneys: John J. Trexler of Hairfield Morton
Filed: 3/20/2025
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Henrico Circuit Court

Kapitus Servicing, Inc. v. Malvern Furusa Electrician LLC d/b/a Malvern Furusa Electrician; and Malvern Furusa
Plaintiff says the Massachusetts business is in default of a forward purchase agreement and seeks judgment in the principal amount of $125,119.50.
Attorneys: Nhon H. Nguyen of Nguyen|Ballato
Filed: 3/17/2025
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LiveRamp, Inc. v. Fishbowl, Inc.
Plaintiff says it provided data collection services to defendant, and defendant has failed to pay $96,000 due.
Attorneys: Matthew D. Huebschman of Shenandoah Law Group
Filed: 3/17/2025
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Shelby Johnson v. Milestone Construction Company, LLC and J & M Unlimited, LLC
Plaintiff says in the process of carrying out renovation work at the Henrico
County Human Services Building, defendants placed cardboard or Masonite panels on the floor, causing her to trip and injure herself. Plaintiff seeks judgment of $1.5 million.
Attorneys: Bradford E. Goodwin and Brody H. Reid of Reid Goodwin
Filed: 3/17/2025
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Tracey Jones, as administrator of the estate of Marynia Daniels v. Roderick E. Haithcock, MD and Bon Secours-St. Mary’s Hospital of Richmond, LLC d/b/a Bon Secours Sports Medicine & Primary Care
Plaintiff says for years Haithcock was Daniels’ primary care physician, and despite her continuing claims of left lower quadrant and left flank pain beginning in 2016, which he incorrectly attributed to irritable bowel syndrome, failed to order any additional diagnostic tests to determine the cause of the pain for the next eight years. Plaintiff says she accompanied her mother on May 30, 2024, to the emergency room after seeing Haithcock for an appointment, and a CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis revealed metastatic lesions in her liver that were highly suggestive of metastatic cancer. Plaintiff says Daniels died July 4, 2024, from metastatic cancer that could have been diagnosed earlier except for defendant’s negligence. Plaintiff seeks judgment of $15 million.
Attorneys: Peter T. Anderson and Brewster S. Rawls of Rawls Law Group
Filed: 3/18/2024
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Joshua C. Garcia v. Wave Church; Stephen G. Kelly; Justin Paraiso a/k/a Keyno Paraiso; and Timothy P. Kaufman
Plaintiff says he attended the Wave Church in Richmond since 2017 and has served in multiple volunteer functions including youth leader, Sunday morning driver for Paraiso, and security. Plaintiff says he developed a close relationship with Paraiso as his pastor and friend, and also was close with Paraiso’s family. In early 2022, he says he stepped away from Wave for several months to travel for work, and upon returning Aug. 14, 2022, Paraiso asked him to resume his activities, and he told Paraiso he intended to apply for a law enforcement job with the City of Baltimore, and Paraiso commented he should apply closer to Richmond so he could still volunteer. Plaintiff says Paraiso was interviewed as a character reference for the Baltimore police department, and during the interview knowingly published false and defamatory statements regarding plaintiff’s character, which were saved and published in the National Crime Information Center’s database, knowing that the false statements would be used in background checks for any and all jobs in law enforcement. Plaintiff says a few weeks after he was disqualified, Paraiso admitted to him that he knowingly published false statements to prevent plaintiff’s being hired as a policeman. Plaintiff says around January 2023, Wave and its leadership assured him that they would do whatever was needed to correct the false and defamatory statements, which to date has not been done, and he has lost the opportunity for law enforcement jobs in Norfolk and Virginia Beach as well. Plaintiff alleges defamation and negligence and seeks compensatory damages of $1 million, and punitive, $350,000.
Attorneys: Jared A. Warren and D. Bradon Childs of Byrne, Warren & Childs
Filed: 3/21/2025
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Richmond Circuit Court

Paige Collie v. Walgreen Co., a/k/a Walgreens; Tiffany Jones Francisco; and Jane/John Doe
Plaintiff says the South Boston store incorrectly dispensed her prescription for Ozempic, with an incorrect dosage amount and instructions, and with the first injection she suffered such severe reactions that she had to be driven to the emergency room. Plaintiff alleges negligence and seeks judgment of $495,000.
Attorneys: Colleen Marea Quinn and Francesca J Babetski of Quinn Law Centers
Filed: 3/17/2025
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Clarence C. Brockwell, administrator of the estate of Sherri Renee Brockwell, deceased v. Lindsay Taylor, M.D. and MCV Associated Physicians
Plaintiff says on/about April 8, 2022, decedent presented to VCU Emergency Room in New Kent with pain in the middle of her back and difficulty breathing. Plaintiff says Taylor ordered a CTA with contrast and a chest X-ray, which indicated a possible “early malignancy” and worrisome nodule in her lung, but did not talk with her about the findings or the need to follow up. Plaintiff says Brockwell returned to the emergency room on Jan. 9 and Feb. 1, 2023, and by that time she was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer that had spread all over her body. Plaintiff says but not for defendants’ negligence, decedent could have had successful treatment, but she died March 27, 2024. Plaintiff seeks judgment of $12,487,537.97.
Attorneys: Robert J. Haddad of Ruloff, Swain, Haddad, Morecock, Talbert & Woodward
Filed: 3/18/2025
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Grayson W. Kirby v. Christina S. Perronie, in her individual capacity and separately, as Trustee in the Liquidation for Yoga Six Richmond, LLC; Yoga Six Richmond, LLC; and Y6 Scotts, LLC d/b/a YogaSix Scotts Addition
Plaintiff says defendant has failed to abide by the terms of a settlement agreement and seeks judgment of no less than $72,210.40.
Attorneys: Vernon W. Inge Jr. of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
Filed: 3/18/2025
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John Small Jr. v. William Vaughan Bowden and Jonathan Henry Bowden, co-executors of the estate of Edward Lanier Bowden Jr., deceased; Jonathan Henry Bowden; Elizabeth Christine Bowden; J&L Property Group, LLC; and W.C. Hutchinson Real Estate, Inc.
Plaintiff says he was delivering requested goods to a multifamily property at 603 Chimborazo Blvd. on/about June 4, 2023, and as he stepped onto the front porch, the internally rotted and worn wood collapsed, causing injuries that required surgery. Plaintiff alleges negligence and seeks judgment of $4.3 million.
Attorneys: J. Penn Crawford of The Johnson Injury Firm
Filed: 3/20/2025
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Christina Holleman v. Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center, LLC and Monae Dabney, R.N.
Plaintiff says while intubated and sedated/paralyzed due to acute hypoxemic respiratory failure for two weeks, and after being extubated and fully cognizant, she complained of shooting pain in her left leg on multiple occasions, which was diagnosed as a compressed nerve injury because defendants had failed to reposition her regularly or assure that hospital/medical items weren’t pressed tightly against her, impeding her circulation. Plaintiff alleges negligence and says she has sustained permanent injuries, and seeks damages of $8 million.
Attorneys: Erik K. Washburn and Richard N. Shapiro of Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp
Filed: 3/21/2025
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