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May 4, 2026
Employment- Class certified in suit over religious exemption from COVID-19 vaccinations
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia certified a class of UVA Health employees denied religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination mandates.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Workers’ Compensation- Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice- Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Struck in face by forklift, woman suffers brain injury
- Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
- Medical Malpractice – Nursing facility patient dies after fracturing ankle in fall
- Medical Malpractice- Patient has bladder injury during colostomy reversal
- Premises Liability- Apartment guest burned by gas grill spewing fire
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Physician sustained hand injuries in crash
- Premises Liability- Dog bite injury nets settlement
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Woman suffers injuries after T-bone collision
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Man sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for shooting at military sites
- Constitutional – Court reinstates suit over abuses in West Virginia foster care system
- Domestic Relations – Wife defeats former husband’s contempt petition
- Civil Procedure – Court clarifies scope of craved oyer doctrine
- Corporate – LLC member prevails on breach of fiduciary claim
- Taxation – County may require data center company to provide customers’ names
- Criminal – Man fails to vacate default judgment forfeiting approximately $21,000
- Negligence – Business not liable for failing to call ambulance
- Search & Seizure – Police lacked reasonable suspicion for stop and frisk
- Criminal – Man convicted of pinching officer during struggle
- Municipal – Heirs claim surplus funds following tax sale of real property
- Contract – Res judicata bars some of breach of contract claim
