DEPARTMENT OF MED. v. Beverly Healthcare

OPINION BY Justice LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR.

In this appeal, we consider whether Code § 2.2-4030, which provides in subsection (A) that an award of attorneys' fees "shall not exceed $25,000" in a civil case successfully contesting the action of an agency of the Commonwealth, permits parties whose claims are combined in a single action by operation of Rule 2A:3(b) to recover individual awards of attorneys' fees up to the statutory maximum. We also consider whether certain claims in the present case were barred by a regulatory limitations period for challenging an agency action under the…