Supreme Court of Virginia, 1980

The court affirmed Parks’s convictions for obtaining money by false pretenses. It held that his nominal lease of the building did not establish a legitimate expectation of privacy because he lacked dominion and control over it, and it concluded that the circumstantial evidence was sufficient to show his knowledge and…

The court held that full-time physicians employed by the University of Virginia are not protected by sovereign immunity from personal-liability claims alleging negligent treatment of patients at the University Hospital.