As sexual assaults on college campuses continue to plague our society, Virginia courts are being forced to reconsider the balance between the rights of students to be safe on campuses and the need to provide immunity and protection to charitable organizations.
While private, non-profit schools have traditionally enjoyed a 
charitable immunity status—protecting them from lawsuits based on negligence—a Norfolk Circuit Court judge recently concluded that a private college that realizes a profit every year, aggressively seeks collection from its debtors and does not depend on donations for its existence is not entitled to that charitable immunity. [Read more…]
