A Maryland jury awarded $2 million to a man stabbed 17 times in a state prison. The Supreme Court of Maryland cut it to $400,000. Here is how the cap on suing the State works, and what counts as one incident.

A Virginia public hospital’s corporate arm does not automatically inherit government immunity, and the doctor who treated you may have none at all. Immunity is a defense they must prove, not assume.

Maryland’s top court just held that county school boards keep full immunity for child sexual abuse that happened before July 1, 1971. Here is who can still be sued, and how the deadlines compare in MD, DC and Virginia.

Virginia cities and counties are often immune when their negligence hurts you, but not always. A new Supreme Court of Virginia ruling shows what separates a claim that survives from one that is barred.