Bane v. Bane

By Judge Robert P. Doherty, Jr.

Plaintiff, in a multi-count complaint alleged, among other things, that Defendants engaged in illegal acts in violation of Virginia’s criminal and civil conspiracy statutes, thereby causing damage to her real property. Defendants filed demurrers and supporting memoranda and made oral argument that the conspiracy statutes are not applicable because Plaintiff’s claim is for damage to a personal and not a business interest in real estate. Plaintiff counters by claiming that Virginia case law contains specific language expanding the meaning of the conspiracy…