Latest Virginia Headlines
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Supreme Court Nixes Virginia School Board Appeal of Sex-Assault Case
Nov 23 2022 // FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a Virginia school board that says it shouldn’t be held liable for the alleged sexual assault of a student by a classmate on a band...
West Virginia High Court Issues Slew of Rulings – Some For, Some Against Insurers
Nov 22 2022 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has handed down four decisions that could affect insurers’ payouts in auto, homeowners and worker injury claims. Non-employee Covered In Ball vs. United Financial Casualty Co., the...
Temporary Bridge Planned Over Giant Sinkhole on West Virginia Road
Nov 21 2022 // Highway crews plan to build a temporary bridge over a giant sinkhole in southern West Virginia that has overtaken a road and threatened a nearby police department’s building. The 125-foot (38-meter) temporary bridge...
Virginia Healthcare Firm Ordered to Pay $703K for Overtime Pay, Retaliation, Damages
Oct 12 2022 // The U.S. Department of Labor reported that it has obtained a default judgment to recover $703,609 in back wages and liquidated damages for 38 employees denied overtime pay by a Chesapeake, Virginia home healthcare company...
Discriminatory Policing Suit Against Virginia Town to Go Forward
Oct 11 2022 // A lawsuit against a Virginia town that alleges its police department has operated in a way that led to unlawful racial discrimination and violated individuals’ constitutional rights can move forward, a judge ruled...
Virginia Police Deny Excessive Force Claim by Son of Man Who Died After Traffic Stop
Oct 4 2022 // FRONT ROYAL, Va. (AP) –The son of a 77-year-old man who died after sustaining injuries during a traffic stop in Virginia earlier this year has filed a $6 million lawsuit that alleges the deputies involved in his...
Walmart, CVS Agree to Settle West Virginia Opioid Suit for $147 Million
Sep 22 2022 // Walmart and CVS Pharmacy have settled with the state of West Virginia for a combined total of $147 million in a lawsuit over the companies’ roles in contributing to the oversupply of prescription drugs that fueled...
Virginia Commonwealth University Reaches Settlement With Hazing Victim’s Family
Sep 20 2022 // Virginia Commonwealth University will pay nearly $1 million to the family of a young man who died after a 2021 fraternity hazing incident as part of a recent settlement agreement. The agreement with the family of Adam...
Judge Dismisses Youth Climate Change Lawsuit Against Virginia
Sep 19 2022 // A Virginia judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of 13 young people who claim that the state’s permitting of fossil fuel projects is exacerbating climate change and violating their constitutional...
Virginia Research Facility Shows How to Live With, Not Against, Rising Tides
Sep 14 2022 // NORFOLK, Va. — The Elizabeth River Project’s latest work doesn’t fight the rising tide. It will roll with it. The environmental group is constructing a 6,500-foot resilience lab along Colley Avenue and...
Virginia Lawmakers Again Fail to Fill Vacancy on Key Regulatory Agency
Sep 9 2022 // Virginia lawmakers elected a handful of local judges Wednesday but failed yet again to fill a vacancy on the powerful State Corporation Commission, which regulates a wide range of business interests. The lack of action...
Ex-Gov. Wilder Drops Lawsuit Against Virginia Commonwealth University Leaders
Aug 23 2022 // Former Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder has withdrawn a lawsuit he filed against leaders of Virginia Commonwealth University following a public personnel dispute in which Wilder had pushed for the firing of an employee he accused...
Jury Awards Virginia Landlord $50K Over Being Tasered in False Arrest
Aug 22 2022 // A jury has awarded $50,000 to a northern Virginia landlord who was shot three times with a stun gun when sheriff’s deputies wrongly arrested him following a tenant’s complaint. Matthew Souter, 57, of The...
Former Virginia Deputy Attorney General Sues After Losing Job Over Jan. 6 Comments
Aug 22 2022 // A former deputy Virginia attorney general who says she was fired over social media posts in which she praised the Capitol rioters as “patriots” and falsely claimed Donald Trump won the 2020 election is suing...
Virginia Firefighter on Scene With Crew Charged with Setting Fire to Building
Aug 19 2022 // A Virginia volunteer firefighter charged with setting fire to an abandoned building was with the first crew to arrive on the scene, an investigator said Monday. Firefighters from several departments responded to a report...
Car Crash Into Virginia Pub Injures More Than a Dozen People, 2 Critically
Aug 15 2022 // Two people remained in critical condition on Saturday among the more than a dozen who were injured after a vehicle crashed into a northern Virginia pub and restaurant, according to authorities. The crash at the...
PCF Acquires Professional Warranty Service of Virginia
Aug 5 2022 // Utah-based PCF Insurance Services (PCF) has acquired Professional Warranty Service Corp., a specialty insurance and home warranty company based in Chantilly, Virginia. Founded in 1995, PWSC provides risk management to the...
West Virginia Cities, Counties Reach $400M Settlement with Drug Firms
Aug 3 2022 // West Virginia cities and counties reached a $400 million tentative settlement with three major U.S. drug distributors, lawyers announced Monday. In a lawsuit in state court, the cities and counties accused the distributors...
Virginia Ex-Gov. Wilder Sues University Leaders After Personnel Dispute
Jul 21 2022 // Former Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder recently sued leaders of the Richmond university where he works following a public personnel dispute in which Wilder had pushed for the firing of an employee he accused of threatening...
Three Charged in Arson of Historic West Virginia Church
Jul 15 2022 // Three people have been arrested in connection with a fire that destroyed a historic church in West Virginia, state police said. Braxton Allan Miller, 18, of Charleston; James Dean Elmore, 19, of Beckley; and a juvenile boy...
