#9 (tie) - $2.5 million
Published: January 26, 2009
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Type of Case: Wrongful death, traffic crash
Attorneys: Kevin L. Locklin, Manassas
Summary: Plaintiff’s vehicle was struck by another car on Route 7 in Fairfax County. He was ejected when his vehicle rolled over and died from blunt force trauma to the head.
His beneficiaries were a wife of 24 years and two adult children. Special damages included [...]
#9 (tie) - $2.5 million
Published: January 26, 2009
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Type of Case: Traumatic brain injury, fractured hip and pelvis, crushed ankle from crash with tractor-trailer
Attorneys: James N. L. Humphreys, Jimmie C. Miller, Kingsport, Tenn.
Summary: The vehicle driven by the 17-year-old plaintiff, an honor student, football player and wrestler, was knocked over the side of a mountain by a tractor-trailer that crossed the median into [...]
#9 (tie) - $2.5 million
Published: January 26, 2009
Kurek v. East Coast Truck Lines
Type of Case: Wrongful death, traffic accident
Attorneys: P. Christopher Guedri, Douglas A. Barry, Richmond
Summary: The 74-year-old plaintiff was crushed against his pickup truck by a tractor-trailer at a truck-scale bypass lane in Prince William County. Plaintiff had pulled the truck, which was towing a trailer, onto the asphalt shoulder next [...]
#8 - $2.75 million
Published: January 26, 2009
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Type of Case: Amputation of arm in traffic crash
Attorneys: Paul Morrison, Blair Howard, Warrenton
Summary: The 56-year-old female plaintiff was a passenger in the right rear seat of a vehicle that went out of control and landed in a ditch after striking three trees. She suffered a traumatic amputation of her right, dominant arm.
Plaintiff incurred $94,572 [...]
#7 - $4.4 million
Published: January 26, 2009
Walters and Kuffel v. City of Chesapeake
Type of Case: Traumatic brain injury, fractured legs from traffic crash
Attorneys: David D. Dickerson, P. Todd Sartwell, Virginia Beach
Summary: Two high school students, a male and his girlfriend, suffered severe injuries when a driver lost control and crossed into their lane of travel on Dominion Boulevard in Chesapeake. Plaintiffs [...]
#6 - $4.75 million
Published: January 26, 2009
Shifflet v. Electric Power Systems Inc.
Type of Case: Severe burns from electrical arc
Attorneys: L. B. Chandler Jr., Steven P. Hammond and Thomas H. Oxenham, Charlottesville
Summary: Plaintiff electrician inadvertently triggered an electrical arc flash while installing electrical switching equipment at the Middle River Regional Jail in Augusta County. His clothes caught on fire, and he incurred [...]
#3 (tie) - $5 million
Published: January 26, 2009
Confidential
Type of Case: Severe burns from traffic crash
Attorney: P. Christopher Guedri
Summary: Plaintiff’s car was one of at least four vehicles hit by a tractor-trailer that went out of control near the Chamberlayne Avenue exit of Interstate 95. The tractor’s fuel tank separated, exploded and set plaintiff’s vehicle on fire.
A retired 49-year-old veteran, plantiff suffered burns [...]
#3 (tie) - $5 million
Published: January 26, 2009
Confidential
Type of Case: Motorcycle crash
Attorneys: Stephanie E. Grana, Irvin V. Cantor and Elliot M. Buckner, Richmond; Mark S. Gardner, Spotsylvania
Summary: An automobile crossed double-yellow lines and crashed into a couple on a motorcycle. The 48-year-old husband and driver had an above-the-knee amputation, among other injuries, and continued to suffer from phantom pain and depression at [...]
#3 (tie) - $5 million
Published: January 26, 2009
Confidential
Type of Case: Traumatic brain injury, traffic crash
Attorneys: John C. Shea, Andrea J. Geiger, Richmond
Summary: Plaintiff, a 48-year-old male, suffered a subdural hematoma, rib fractures and internal injuries in an intersection crash in Henrico County. Plaintiff incurred $448,648 in medical bills and had $81,250 in lost wages.
Liability was admitted, but defendant challenged the extent of [...]
#2 - $6.89 million total
Published: January 26, 2009
$4 million – Beverly v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
$2.89 million – Beverly v. ChoicePoint Inc.
Type of Case: Class actions, violations of Fair Credit Reporting Act
Attorneys: Leonard A. Bennett, Christopher Colt North, Newport News; Matthew J. Erasuquin, Fairfax
Summary: In these related cases, plaintiffs alleged that Wal-Mart violated FCRA by using consumer reports to process employment applications without [...]
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