Ex-Tech student pleads guilty in murder of classmate

Virginia Tech president retires, reflects on 2007 massacre

By The Associated Press
Published: May 16, 2013
Tags: Virginia Tech Shootings

(AP) — The president of Virginia Tech announced his retirement May 14, satisfied he had elevated the university’s reputation and acknowledging that the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history on his campus would be a part of his legacy. Charles Steger, 65, continues to be a central figure and criticized for the way the [...]

Parents of two slain at Va. Tech appeal to justices

By The Associated Press
Published: March 13, 2013
Tags: Supreme Court of Virginia News, Virginia Tech Shootings

Attorneys for the families of two Virginia Tech students killed in an April 2007 campus massacre are renewing their bid to put the university’s president on trial. In a petition for rehearing, the attorneys are seeking a full state Supreme Court hearing on their quest to bring President Charles Steger to trial for negligence in the [...]

Principals in Virginia Tech lawsuit appeal to justices

By The Associated Press
Published: February 18, 2013
Tags: Negligence, Virginia Tech Shootings

(AP) Attorneys for the parents of two students who were killed in the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre asked Tuesday for a Supreme Court hearing on their request to put Tech’s president on trial for negligence, while the state sought to reverse a jury’s conclusion that the state was negligent for failing to alert students right [...]

Va. Tech verdict likely not the last legal word

By The Associated Press
Published: March 14, 2012
Tags: Judge William N. Alexander II, Montgomery County Circuit Court, Virginia Tech Shootings

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — After a jury concluded Wednesday that Virginia Tech officials were negligent in their actions leading up to the 2007 deadly mass shooting, the state was giving strong signals of appealing the case while the plaintiff’s lawyer highlighted the significance of the case for future claims against state schools. The verdict in [...]

Hall: AG should quit Tech shootings case

By Peter Vieth
Published: May 5, 2011
Tags: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, Judge William N. Alexander II, Montgomery County Circuit Court, Virginia Tech Shootings

The lawyer for the families suing Virginia Tech over the April 16 shootings says Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli should step aside from representing the school because of his public comments about the lawsuits. Accusing Cuccinelli of jeopardizing a fair trial, Robert T. Hall is asking Judge William Alexander to disqualify the attorney general’s office [...]

Tech massacre families establish foundation with settlement money

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: October 4, 2010
Tags: Virginia Tech Shootings

BLACKSBURG—The families of the victims and survivors of the April 2007 mass killings at Virginia Tech have created a nonprofit foundation The Virginia Tech Victims Family Outreach Foundation Inc. will provide support to Tech families and survivors and reach out to other families who experience similar losses. The Roanoke Times reported Wednesday the foundation was [...]

Tech failed to issue timely warning, federal agency says

By The Associated Press
Published: May 24, 2010
Tags: Virginia Tech Shootings

(AP) The U.S. Department of Education has issued a preliminary finding that Virginia Tech broke federal campus security laws by waiting too long to notify students during the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history. Tech disputed the department’s findings in a draft report, saying university officials met standards in effect at the time of [...]

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 [...]