#19 (tie) – $1.5 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 16, 2008
Johnson-Rankin v. Whiting
Type of Case: Personal injury, traumatic brain injury
Court: Augusta County Circuit Court
Attorney: Steven P. Hammond, Charlottesville
Summary: Vickie Johnson-Rankin was a passenger in a pickup truck when a drunken driver crossed to her side of a neighborhood street and struck the pickup head on in Stuarts Draft.
The 40-year-old mother of two had a sore back and neck immediately after wreck and in the next month developed mood swings and made multiple errors in her job as a mortgage loan processor. A neuropsychiatrist testified that she will never be able to hold a full-time job as a result of the brain injury.
The same company had a policy on the defendant with a limit of $100,000 and underinsurance coverage of $500,000 on Johnson-Rankin’s vehicle. The case was tried with a high-low agreement of $450,000 and $100,000.
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