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Traffic stop questions didn’t violate Fourth Amendment
The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled that a 12-second police questioning during a Newport News traffic stop did not violate the Fourth Amendment.
Judge rules Zwerner’s suit against former school admin can proceed
A circuit court judge ruled that a $40 million lawsuit over a 2023 school shooting can proceed against a former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News.
Shannon Jones defeats veteran prosecutor Howard Gwynn in primary
Shannon M. Jones defeated longtime prosecutor Howard Gwynn in the Newport News Democratic primary for commonwealth’s attorney with 57.15% of the vote.
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.
Jury trials returning to Tidewater this spring
Nearly a year into the Virginia Supreme Court’s COVID-19 judicial emergency, courts in the Tidewater region appear set to resume jury trials later this spring. Most courts in Hampton Roads […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Workers’ Compensation Struck by metal door at workplace, plaintiff sustains subdural hematoma
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Woman struck by vehicle loses senses of taste, smell
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pedestrian struck by car while in parking lot
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Driver fractures right leg in tractor-trailer collision
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Motorcyclist hit by car suffers two broken wrists
- Medical Malpractice – Young patient commits suicide while on psychoactive drugs
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Art teacher’s hand injured in collision
- Premises Liability- Gas grill explosion left mom with severe burn injuries
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Crash video showed force of Tesla rear-end collision
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – 74-year-old injured in two-vehicle crash
- Employment- Arbitrator finds unfair labor practices by school
Opinion Digests
- Domestic Relations – Court lacks jurisdiction to annul marriage of decedent
- Criminal- Charges dismissed because of Speedy Trial Act
- Criminal- Driving while DUI conviction is vacated
- Criminal- Physical evidence and DNA ties defendant to crime
- Criminal – Evidence supports firearm possession convictions
- Negligence – High-school athlete’s suit against coach and AD is reinstated
- Search & Seizure – Warrant allowed search of vehicle within curtilage
- Real Property- City of Norfolk enjoined from land
- Tort- School officials dodge suit over adult’s assault of minor child
- Criminal- Evidence supports arson conviction
- Damages- Code § 13.1-1041.1 doesn’t allow for seizure of LLC interests
- Criminal- DUI conviction is reinstated
