Sentara Medical Group v. Klena

PRESENT: All the Justices SENTARA MEDICAL GROUP OPINION BY v. Record No. 250671 JUSTICE WESLEY G. RUSSELL, JR. FEBRUARY 26, 2026 JAMES W. KLENA, M.D., ET AL. FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF NORFOLK Tasha D. Scott, Judge Sentara Medical Group (“Sentara”) appeals from a judgment of the circuit court sustaining the plea of sovereign immunity filed by Chesapeake Regional Medical Group (“CRMG”) in response to Sentara’s claim that CRMG tortiously interfered with Sentara’s employment agreement with a physician. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the circuit court erred in sustaining…