Pentecost v. Old Dominion Univ.

By Judge Charles D. Griffith, Jr.

Factual Background

On August 30, Plaintiffs Lora D. Chapman and Delia Pentecost each filed separate Motions for Judgment,1 in which they moved for judgment against Defendants Old Dominion University (“ODU”), James V. Koch, David Davenport, Meghan Reed, Quinn Beers, Amy Sutter, and Travis W. Becker. In their Motions, Plaintiffs allege that ODU and its employees, Koch, Davenport, Reed, Beers, Sutter, and Becker, were negligent and their negligence caused the death of Plaintiffs’ minor children, La Tonya Drake *271(“La Tonya”) and Darius Pentecost (“Darius”). At the…