Latest Virginia Headlines
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Off-duty US Park Police Unintentionally Shot Fellow Officer in Virginia, Police Say
Nov 7 2023 // McLEAN, Va. (AP) — An off-duty U.S. Park Police officer fatally shot another off- duty officer in a Virginia apartment in what local authorities are describing preliminarily as an unintentional shooting involving...
Judge Rules Virginia Teacher Shot by Student Can Proceed with $40 Million Lawsuit
Nov 6 2023 // A teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia can press forward with her $40 million lawsuit against a school system over claims of negligence by school administrators, a judge ruled Friday. The surprise...
Evertree Adds Virginia’s Prosper Insurance to Acquisitions
Nov 3 2023 // Connecticut-based independent insurance broker Evertree Insurance Services, LLC said it finalized its acquisition of Virginia Beach-based Prosper Insurance on November 1, bolstering its presence in the Mid-Atlantic...
Lawyers Argue Over Workers’ Compensation for Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old
Oct 30 2023 // Lawyers sparred in a Virginia courtroom Friday over whether a teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student should get only workers` compensation for her serious injuries. Abby Zwerner is suing Newport News Public Schools...
Suit by Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Student Asks If Workers’ Compensation Is Enough
Oct 27 2023 // A heated debate has emerged about the once-unimaginable shooting of a teacher by her 6-year-old student: How should the school district take care of the teacher? Should she only get workers’ compensation for her...
Autopsies Delayed as WV Pathologists Asked to Do Double the Industry Standard
Oct 19 2023 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Forensic pathologists in West Virginia are being asked to perform at least twice as many autopsies as the national best practice standard, resulting in significant delays, the state office of...
Virginia School Bus Crash Injures 12 Children and Driver
Oct 18 2023 // A bus driver and 12 children were hurt when a school bus headed to a southeastern Virginia elementary school overturned Monday morning, officials said. City of Suffolk spokesperson Jennifer Moore said the crash happened...
Report on Virginia Beach Mass Shooting Stresses Training for Police, Fund for Victims
Oct 17 2023 // A state commission has called for numerous changes to how Virginia and its communities respond to mass shootings, from establishing a victims` fund to teaching people how to slow bleeding before paramedics arrive. But the...
Virginia Family Sues School System for $30M Over Student’s Sexual Assault
Oct 12 2023 // A teenager and her parents have filed a $30 million lawsuit against a northern Virginia school system, saying the district failed to adequately investigate and tried to cover up her sexual assault by a male student in a...
Army Officer Pepper-Sprayed During Traffic Stop Seeks New Trial Against Police
Oct 4 2023 // A U.S. Army lieutenant who was struck, pepper-sprayed and handcuffed during a traffic stop in Virginia asked a federal appeals court on Monday to overturn rulings by a trial judge after jurors found mostly in favor of the...
West Virginia Regulator Wants Input on Surplus Lines Export List
Sep 25 2023 // The West Virginia Office of Insurance Commissioner is accepting comments on potential changes to the state’s surplus lines export list, through Oct. 16. By state law, the office maintains a list of coverages and...
Family Settles for $8.5M After Man Died While Pinned to Floor at Virginia Hospital
Sep 25 2023 // RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The family of a man who died while handcuffed and pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes as he was being admitted to a Virginia psychiatric hospital has reached an $8.5 million settlement with...
Ophelia Brings Flooding to Coastal North Carolina, Virginia
Sep 25 2023 // ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Residents in parts of coastal North Carolina and Virginia experienced flooding Saturday after Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall near a North Carolina barrier island, bringing rain, damaging...
Storm Could Bring Winds, Storm Surge to Carolina, Virginia
Sep 22 2023 // A potential tropical storm, so far unnamed, was predicted to make landfill in North Carolina Saturday, then push across eastern Virginia and Maryland by Sunday. The storm was off the coast of South Carolina and North...
Virginia Town Settles Lawsuit Over Police Pepper-Spraying of Army Officer
Sep 12 2023 // A town in Virginia has agreed to independent reviews of misconduct allegations against its police force to settle a lawsuit filed after a Black and Latino Army lieutenant was pepper sprayed during a traffic stop. The town...
Injured Worker Upheld in Refusing Suitable Return Job Because He Opposed Vaccination
Sep 12 2023 // It was reasonable for an injured employee who is returning to work to refuse a job that accommodated his disability because he had personal and religious objections to getting a COVID-19 vaccine. The Virginia...
Heavy Rains Cause Major Flooding in Parts of West Virginia
Aug 30 2023 // Thunderstorms dumped heavy rains that caused significant flooding in parts of West Virginia on Monday, authorities said. Gov. Jim Justice issued a state of emergency in at least five counties, enabling the National Guard...
Insurers to Pay $50M in Settlement Over Abuse at West Virginia Boarding School
Aug 25 2023 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A second lawsuit that alleged widespread sexual, physical and mental abuse at a now-closed West Virginia boarding school for troubled youths has been settled for about $50 million, to be paid...
Insurer Berkley Wants Judge in Virginia to Toss $5.8M Jury Verdict Over Mold Claim
Aug 23 2023 // Berkley Assurance Co. is asking a federal judge in Virginia to throw out a $5.8 million jury verdict against it in a case where the insurer maintains a construction firm failed to notify it of its mold claim in a timely...
Lawsuit Says Gannett Discriminates Against White Workers to Meet Diversity Goals
Aug 23 2023 // Gannett Co Inc., the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, is facing a lawsuit claiming its efforts to diversify newsrooms led to discrimination against white workers. The proposed class action was filed in Virginia federal...
