Hummer hits motor scooter, kills operator in Chesapeake – $1,250,000 Settlement 
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Published: August 30, 2010
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Negligence, Norfolk Circuit Court, Wrongful Death
On May 30, 2009, plaintiff’s decedent was operating her motor scooter on a city roadway in Chesapeake. The defendant, age 16, was driving a Hummer/H3 and pulled out in front of decedent’s scooter. The resulting collision caused her death.
Prior to the crash, the parents of the minor driver had been advised of their son’s ...
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