A police officer exercised discretion when he rapidly responded to a 911 call about a man high on crack and armed with a knife; the officer and the City of Roanoke are immune but stay in this auto-accident suit so ...

Tagged with: Judge Charles N. Dorsey Municipal Roanoke Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

An excavation company cannot use either the Virginia Public Procurement Act or defendant city’s own purchasing manual to establish the court’s jurisdiction for its challenge to the city’s decision not to award a contract on a particular project, and the ...

Tagged with: Judge James V. Lane Municipal Rockingham County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Virginia Beach appellate specialist Steve Emmert won’t have to drive to Richmond tomorrow to make a 10-minute argument after all. He was notified this morning that the Supreme Court of Virginia has agreed to hear his appeal of sanctions awarded ...

Tagged with: Municipal Sanctions

A one-time incident of flooding does not support a cause of action for inverse condemnation against Fairfax County and a mere allegation that the county did nothing more than acquiesce in the construction of the Beltway does not support an ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Smith Municipal Virginia Circuit Courts

A Salem Circuit Court grants the city’s demurrer to plaintiff’s negligence and warranty claims based on plaintiff’s allegations of injury from the city’s purchase and installation of defective playground equipment in a public city park. The city demurrer claims immunity ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert P. Doherty Jr. Municipal Salem Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

In this suit arising from a county’s refusal to approve a preliminary subdivision application, the Virginia Supreme Court says a county subdivision code provision is void as an exercise of power not authorized by the General Assembly, and the code’s ...

Tagged with: Justice LeRoy F. Millette Jr. Municipal Supreme Court of Virginia

The City of Falls Church violates the Virginia Constitution and its own charter by making a profit on the water it sells to Fairfax County residents, a Fairfax Circuit Court says. Fairfax County Water Authority sued the City of Falls ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge R. Terrence Ney Municipal Virginia Circuit Courts

A Radford Circuit Court orders the city of Radford to produce to the Roanoke Times additional information from a city employee’s FOIA requests, which the city has maintained can be redacted under the statutory exemption for “personnel records.” The Roanoke ...

Tagged with: Judge Josiah T. Showalter Jr. Municipal Radford Circuit Court