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Aug 5, 2026
City immune over shopping center demolition
The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled that the city of Hopewell is immune from tort claims after demolishing Colonial Corner shopping center by controlled burn.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Plaintiff injured by drunk driver
- Medical Malpractice-87-year-old dies from congestive heart failure
- Medical Malpractice – Delay in diagnosis results in multiple, complex surgeries
- Negligence and Tort – E-bike collision leads to neck injury, psoriasis flare
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – ‘Daydreaming’ driver hit plaintiff walking by road
Legal Tech
- AI is reshaping family law practice, but attorneys worry about DIY research
- Massachusetts court rejects work product protection for AI documents by girlfriend
- Exterro launches on-premises AI platform for digital forensics
Opinion Digests
- Parent and child – Mother’s parental rights to minor child are terminated
- Criminal – Man convicted of groping girls at high-school football game
- Criminal – Trial admissions doom appellate argument
- Jury and jurors – Trial court didn’t abuse discretion in refusing to strike juror
- Search and seizure – Good faith exclusionary rule applied to allegedly faulty warrants
- Criminal – Defendant convicted of murdering his roommate
- Sanctions – City has sovereign immunity against commercial owner’s claims
