Property assessments have fallen slightly in an upscale Roanoke neighborhood because men are staying in a house there while they receive treatment elsewhere to try to stop getting high.
They live in a large home in Oak Hill established as a sober-living residence last year by a national provider of opiate treatment services.
Some of those who were already living in the neighborhood southwest of downtown came to see it as a bad fit soon after it opened. They reported that the home has generated substantial vehicular traffic along two streets that end in cul-de-sacs, including at least three ambulance calls, as well as unfamiliar vehicles arriving late at night and multiple visits by police. In addition, all of the occupants are on short-term stays of a month or two and either arenât available or interested in engaging socially, longer-term residents said.
A Roanoke lawyerâs handling of two legal cases â one on behalf of a client, the other involving her subsequent lawsuit against him â has left him on the hook for monetary damages that stretch into the high six figures.
Following a judgeâs civil award last year, attorney Charles John âC.J.â Covati currently owes just less than $742,300 to former client Stacy Bush Phillips, according to documents filed in Roanoke Circuit Court.
Covati represented Phillips in her divorce in 2016 and negotiated monthly spousal support on her behalf. But in 2019 she sued him for malpractice, arguing that he had mismanaged her case. Her suit, which sought $1 million in damages, claimed he rushed the proceedings, had not fully consulted with her on several details, and failed to pursue assets that might have been available to her, including her ex-husbandâs retirement benefits.
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