The Virginia Supreme Court ruled sovereign immunity did not protect a city trash truck driver who ran a stop sign while ...

Roads & Bridges law expert Jon Straw explains the legal side of the transportation industry. From sovereign immunity to the ...

The Virginia Court of Appeals held sovereign immunity barred claims against a public board member acting within statutory ...

Rep. Fiona McFarland debating her sovereign immunity bill on April 8, 2025, in the House Judiciary Committee. (Photo via the Florida Channel) A highly contentious battle over how much money people ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — In a recent development in a lawsuit by the company 605 Cannabis against the South Dakota Department of Health (DOH), DOH lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the suit, citing ...

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Trade secret cases often follow a similar pattern. A business partnership or relationship with a contractor falls apart, and one party sets off with the other's trade secret. A lawsuit then follows in ...

For years, Florida has protected the purse, not the people. Luckily, the Legislature gets a chance to fix that this session by amending the state’s sovereign immunity law. Lawmakers had a chance to do ...

A Florida Supreme Court ruling triggered an automatic appeal following a trial judge's denial of summary judgment based upon sovereign immunity. And the appeal could have a precedent-setting outcome ...

The Supreme Court of Texas narrowly decided Friday that sovereign immunity, which largely shields government agencies from civil lawsuits, also protects the operator of the Texas electric grid. The ...