Trial lawyers scored early wins on three General Assembly proposals to change the rules for auto insurance in Virginia. Under measures advanced in the Senate, minimum coverage limits would double from $25,000 to $50,000, underinsured coverage would stack instead of ...

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The wife of a music teacher who took his own life after being charged with sexually abusing underage students has been dismissed from a lawsuit filed by a former music student. Contending he was sexually assaulted by the teacher, the ...

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A federal judge has approved a $1.1 million settlement for a student, now in his teens, who claimed he was repeatedly abused by the janitor at his elementary school in Russell County. After the suit survived two pretrial rulings, the ...

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