Negligence – Sovereign Immunity – Gross Negligence – VT Shooting 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 18, 2010
Tags: Judge William N. Alexander II, Montgomery County Circuit Court, Negligence, Virginia Tech Shootings
The administrators of the estates of two Virginia Tech students killed in the mass shooting in April 2007 have stated claims for gross negligence against the commonwealth and against President Charles Steger and former vice president James Hyatt, the only two members of the VT Emergency Policy Group with authority to issue an alert or [...]
Top VT officials remain in shootings lawsuit
By Peter Vieth
Published: January 18, 2010
Tags: Franklin County Circuit Court, Judge William N. Alexander II, Virginia Tech Shootings
A ruling by a Montgomery County Circuit Court has set the stage for discovery and trial in the two lawsuits filed in the wake of the deadly 2007 shootings on the Virginia Tech campus. Virginia Tech president Charles Steger and former Executive Vice President James Hyatt remain as defendants in the lawsuits filed by families [...]
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