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Court will not enjoin school board’s public comment policy
The 4th Circuit refused to block a school board policy barring speakers from criticizing individual students during meetings.
Kentucky supreme court hears charter school funding case
Story highlights · Kentucky Supreme Court hears challenge to House Bill 9 · Case could determine future of charter schools in the state · Supporters say school choice closes achievement […]
Virginia Beach teachers, staff sue superintendent over health insurance cost
More than 100 Virginia Beach school employees sued superintendent Donald Robertson Jr., alleging fraud in the inducement after being hit with large insurance premium hikes post-contract.
Judge blocks Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms
Story highlights · Federal judge halts Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms · Dallas-area families, faith leaders challenge law on First Amendment grounds · Ruling follows similar blocks in […]
School board immune from negligence suit
A school board was entitled to immunity from a negligence suit stemming from an alleged attack on an autistic child on a school bus because the plaintiff’s injuries did not relate to the operation of the bus, the Supreme Court of Virginia has held in reversing a Circuit Court decision.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Unicycle rider dies after being hit by car
- Premises Liability – Delivery driver injured by porch decking collapse
- Premises Liability – Fall down stairs at resort results in injuries, death
- 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
Opinion Digests
- The Most Important Opinions, January-June 2026
- Criminal – Court of Appeals wrongly vacated murder conviction
- Tort – U.Va. prevails on former professor’s claims
- Constitutional – Company’s due process claim against county is dismissed
- Administrative – Plaintiffs’ effort to enjoin ITC proceeding fails
- Patent and trademark – Amazon patent infringement suit transferred to New Jersey
- Tort – Chesterfield County dismissed from wrongful death suit
- Consumer Protection – Lawsuit over kratom survives motion to dismiss
- Criminal – Defendant convicted of attempted sexual exploitation of a child
- Evidence – Motion to exclude transmission expert is rejected
- Damages – Court awards pre-judgment interest following parties’ acquiescence
- Employment – Court approves overtime wage collective action settlement
