Best Read Virginia Headlines
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#1 Snowy Roads Lead to Hundreds of Crashes in Virginia, North Carolina
Feb 24 2025 // NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Roads in Virginia and North Carolina remained treacherous Thursday as unusually heavy snow led to hundreds of accidents, including crashes on an interstate that involved more than 50 vehicles....
#2 Virginia’s Top Court Rejects Amazon’s ‘Zig-Zag’ in Upholding Flex Drivers as Employees
Mar 10 2025 // The Virginia Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that Amazon Flex drivers are employees and not independent contractors while criticizing the company for changing its arguments after it lost in prior decisions. Amazon...
#3 Former Propane Worker Charged in Virginia House Blast That Killed Firefighter
Oct 24 2024 // A former employee of a propane supplier has been charged in the death of a volunteer firefighter who died while responding to a house explosion in Sterling, Virginia in February, officials said this week. Roger Bentley was...
#4 Pilot’s Lack of Oxygen Cited as Likely Factor in 2023 Private Jet Crash in Virginia
May 16 2025 // A lack of oxygen that incapacitated the pilot and three passengers is likely what caused a private jet to become unresponsive before flying over the nation’s capital and prompting the military to scramble fighter...
#5 Virginia School Board Settles With Teacher Fired Over Trans Student’s Pronouns
Oct 3 2024 // A Virginia school board has agreed to pay $575,000 in a settlement to a former high school teacher who was fired after he refused to use a transgender student’s pronouns, according to the advocacy group that filed...
#6 University to Pay $9 Million Over Campus Shooting That Killed 3, Wounded 2
Jun 4 2024 // The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players and wounded two students, a lawyer representing some of the victims and their families...
#7 Dali Cargo Ship Leaves Baltimore for Virginia, Nearly 3 Months After Bridge Collapse
Jun 26 2024 // The cargo ship Dali headed out of Baltimore for Virginia on Monday, nearly three months after it lost power and crashed into one of the Francis Scott Key bridge’s supporting columns and caused the bridge to...
#8 School Employee Kicked 25 Times in 11 Days Denied Workers Compensation
Jan 17 2025 // A Virginia student assistant who suffered injuries in both knees after being kicked 25 times over a period of 11 days is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. The Virginia Workers’ Compensation...
#9 No Sovereign Immunity for Virginia City or Truck Driver In-Between Garbage Pick-Ups
Oct 8 2024 // The Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled that a trial court erred in finding that a garbage truck driver and the city of Chesapeake were shielded by sovereign immunity for their role in an accident caused by the truck...
#10 Court Finds Virginia’s Punitive Damages Cap Applies Per-Plaintiff in Charlottesville Case
Jul 3 2024 // A federal appeals court has ruled that Virginia’s $350,000 punitive damages cap applies on a per-plaintiff basis in a case against white supremacists who organized the “Unite the Right” rally in...
#11 Gallagher Updates Regulation for Artificial Intelligence
May 22 2024 // Gallagher’s Cyber practice remains laser focused on emerging technology and the potential for increased risks as organizations begin to use them. Throughout 2024, we’re concentrated on evolving compliance...
#12 Religious Liberty Bars Priest’s Defamation Claim Against Bishop, Virginia Court Rules
Jul 18 2024 // A priest’s defamation claim against his bishop is barred by the religious liberty protections in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Virginia Constitution, a Virginia appeals court has ruled. The...
#13 Virginia Bill Requires Speed Limiting Devices on Reckless Drivers’ Cars
Apr 1 2025 // Virginia now has a law on the books that will require that cars of reckless drivers be equipped with technology that prohibits them from exceeding speed limits. The new law (HB2096), which will not be effective until July...
#14 New West Virginia Governor Axes DEI and Enacts Vaccine Exemptions on Day One
Jan 16 2025 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey issued a slew of aggressive executive orders on his first full day as West Virginia’s chief executive Tuesday, including one enabling families to receive...
#15 Boy Swept Away as Virginia and Maryland Hit With Heavy Rains and Flooding
May 16 2025 // Officials found the body of a 12-year-old boy who was swept away by rushing water on a Virginia roadway during a storm system that also forced a dozen students to stay overnight at a Maryland high school due to heavy rains...
#16 Boar’s Head Closing Virginia Plant Linked to Deadly Listeria Outbreak
Sep 16 2024 // Boar’s Head said Friday it’s closing the Virginia plant tied to a deadly listeria outbreak. The Sarasota, Florida-based company said it will also permanently discontinue production of liverwurst, the product...
#17 Ex-West Virginia School System Official Charged With Stealing $3.4 Million
Dec 17 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former maintenance director of a southern West Virginia county school system was charged in a scheme to steal about $3.4 million from a local board of education. Michael David Barker appeared...
#18 Virginia’s New Bad Faith Law: What Insurers Need to Know
Aug 20 2024 // On July 1, 2024, new Virginia Code § 8.01-66.1 became effective and created a new bad faith cause of action that can be significant for underinsured or uninsured (UIM) carriers. The prior Va. Code § 8.01-66.1 did not...
#19 15 Firefighters Injured Fighting Virginia Warehouse Fire
Jul 9 2024 // Fifteen firefighters were injured fighting a large blaze at a fertilizer warehouse in South Hill, Virginia on Saturday. The firefighters were hospitalized due to chemical exposure, heat exhaustion and minors scrapes and...
#20 Woman Dies in West Virginia’s Second Coal Mine Fatality This Year
Jul 26 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia woman died Wednesday more than a week after an accident at a southern West Virginia coal mine, Gov. Jim Justice said. Ashley Cogar, 33, of Erbacon, was injured at the Wyco Surface...
