Latest Virginia Headlines
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Virginia School: Workers’ Comp Bars $40M Suit by Teacher Shot by 6-Year Old
Apr 27 2023 // The Newport News public school board says the $40 million lawsuit filed against it by the teacher who was shot by a six-year old is barred by the state’s workers’ compensation law that is the exclusive remedy...
Virginia Family Reaches $5M Settlement Over Park Police Shooting
Apr 24 2023 // The family of a northern Virginia man fatally shot by U. S. Park Police officers has reached a $5 million settlement in its civil lawsuit against the government. Two officers shot 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar of McLean in...
Court Affirms $2.5M Penalty for West Virginia Governor’s Coal Mines
Apr 11 2023 // A federal appeals panel has affirmed $2.5 million in penalties against Appalachian coal mines owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice over claims they violated a settlement meant to prevent pollution. A three-judge panel...
Virginia Teacher Shot by 6-Year Old Sues School Officials for $40 Million
Apr 4 2023 // A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from school officials, accusing them of gross negligence for allegedly...
AM Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Virginia’s Northern Neck Insurance
Mar 31 2023 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Northern Neck Insurance Co. of...
Coal Miner Killed in West Virginia, Second Fatality This Year in the State
Mar 24 2023 // A coal miner died Wednesday in an accident at a northern West Virginia mine, Gov. Jim Justice said. Cecil Barker, 62, of Philippi, was working as a surveyor at Century Mining’s Longview Mine in Barbour County. Two...
U.S. Judge Rules Against Google, Keeps DOJ Advertising Case in Virginia
Mar 13 2023 // A U.S. federal judge on Friday rejected a bid by Alphabet Inc’s Google to move a Justice Department lawsuit against it over dominance in advertising technology from Virginia to New York. “I am going to rule...
Virginia County Judge Uses Slavery Law to Rule Frozen Embryos Are Property
Mar 13 2023 // Frozen human embryos can legally be considered property, or “chattel,” a Virginia judge has ruled, basing his decision in part on a 19th century law governing the treatment of slaves. The preliminary opinion by...
West Virginia House Backs Cap on Workers’ Damages in Deliberate Intent Cases
Mar 6 2023 // Republicans in the West Virginia House passed a bill last week that would cap some of the damages workers and their families can receive if their employer deliberately puts them in harm’s way on the job. The 52-45...
When ‘Preparing for Work’ Falls Under Virginia Workers’ Compensation
Feb 23 2023 // An employee who was injured while scraping ice off his company-owned truck parked at his home is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission has ruled, reversing a deputy...
Ohio Train Derailment Prompts West Virginia Utility to Take Water Safety Steps
Feb 14 2023 // A West Virginia water utility is enhancing its water treatment process as a precaution following the derailment of a train hauling chemicals that later sent up a toxic plume in Ohio. West Virginia American Water said...
Parents in Virginia Where 6-Year-Old Shot Teacher Plan to Sue School System
Feb 9 2023 // The families of two students at a Newport News, Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old shot and wounded his teacher have filed notices of potential legal action against the school system over trauma they say the...
Three College Students Killed in West Virginia Auto Accident
Feb 9 2023 // Three Virginia college students were killed when their vehicle left a road and struck a tree in West Virginia, authorities said Friday. The single-vehicle accident occurred Thursday night along West Virginia Route 259 near...
Inmate’s Estate Reaches Settlement With Virginia Jail
Feb 7 2023 // The family of an inmate who died in a northern Virginia jail has reached a wrongful death settlement with the county sheriff and the jail’s former health care provider. Darryl Becton died at the Arlington County jail...
Virginia Teacher’s Lawyer: Administrators Were Warned 3 Times Boy Had Gun
Jan 27 2023 // NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Concerned staff warned administrators at a Virginia elementary school three times that a 6-year-old boy had a gun and was threatening other students in the hours before he shot and wounded a...
Army Officer Seeks New Civil Trial in Virginia Over Violent Traffic Stop
Jan 26 2023 // RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Attorneys representing a U.S. Army lieutenant who was pepper-sprayed, struck and handcuffed during a traffic stop have filed a motion for a new trial after a jury found mostly in favor of the police...
Virginia Senate Committee Advances Gun Bills After School Shootings
Jan 25 2023 // A Democrat-led Virginia Senate panel voted Monday to advance a range of gun control bills, including legislation meant to address recent campus shootings at the University of Virginia and a Newport News elementary...
Virginia Jury Rejects Woman’s Claims Against Four Police Officers Over Sex Ring
Jan 24 2023 // ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A jury on Friday rejected a woman’s allegations that a former police chief in Virginia and three other officers protected a prostitution ring that she said trafficked her. The eight-person...
Jury Mostly Backs Virginia Police Sued by Army Officer Over Traffic Stop
Jan 19 2023 // A federal jury in Virginia on Tuesday found mostly in favor of two police officers who were sued by a U.S. Army lieutenant after he was pepper sprayed, struck and handcuffed during a traffic stop. Video of the 2020...
Guns Are Focus of Virginia Annual Lobbying Day
Jan 18 2023 // Gun-control and gun-rights proponents rallied Monday at the Virginia Capitol during an annual day of advocacy, as lawmakers from both parties offered a tempered assessment about what’s possible on the issue during...
