Motorcyclist’s leg crushed when struck by drunken driver – $600,000 Settlement 
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Published: December 31, 2012
Tags: Personal Injury, Prince William County Circuit Court
On March 26, 2012, the 32-year-old plaintiff was injured while riding his motorcycle on Prince William Parkway. Plaintiff was in a right turn lane when the defendant, driving while intoxicated, drifted into the turn lane and struck the plaintiff’s motorcycle, causing it to fall onto its side, slide off the roadway and hit an embankment.
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