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Sanford v. SCG International LLC

By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 9, 2012

Type of case: Securities Fraud Court: U.S. District Court, Alexandria Attorney: J. Chapman Petersen, Fairfax Summary: A couple alleged that the Virginia Beach proprietor of a security company defrauded them of money they had received from the sale of a medical waste disposal building. James F. Smith Jr. told the couple that through his company, [...]

US v. Granby LLC, et al.

By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 9, 2012

Type of case: Condemnation Court: U.S. District Court, Norfolk Attorneys: Joseph T. Waldo, Brian G. Kunze and Stephen J. Clarke, Norfolk Summary: The United States condemned 1.604 acres of land at the southwest corner of Granby Street and Brambleton Avenue in Norfolk, and deposited $6,175,000 with the court as its estimate of just compensation. The [...]

Jones v. Moen

By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 9, 2012

Type of case: Personal Injury Court: Richmond Circuit Court Attorneys: P. Christopher Guedri and Douglas A. Barry, Richmond Summary: A tractor-trailer driver who suffered a traumatic brain injury and lost a leg when he rear-ended another rig won a $23 million verdict from a Richmond Circuit Court jury last February. A truck owned by Moen [...]

Minton v. Exxon Mobil

By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 9, 2012

Type of case: Asbestos Court: Newport News Circuit Court Attorneys: Robert R. Hatten, Hugh B. McCormick III and William W. Harty, Newport News Summary: A former ship repair supervisor contracted mesothelioma almost 30 years after he last worked for Newport News Shipbuilding on oil tankers owned by Exxon Mobil Corp. Plaintiff contended that the disease [...]

Honua Securities Co., et al. v. Kim

By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 9, 2012

Type of case: Fraud Court: U.S. District Court, Alexandria Attorneys: James M. Ringer, New York; Daniel L. Fitch, Harrisonburg Summary: A group of bondholders who lost their money when a planned World Conference Center in Bonn, Germany, went bust won a $96.4 million verdict against a South Korean national who allegedly lied about backing for [...]

ActiveVideo Networks v. Verizon Communications Inc.

By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 9, 2012

Type of case: Intellectual Property Court: U.S. District Court, Norfolk Attorneys: Daniel Johnson Jr., San Francisco Summary: A small technology company who claimed that Verizon’s FiOS cable system infringed on its patents for interactive television won a $115 million verdict from a Norfolk federal jury last August. ActiveVideo Networks claimed that its founder, who started [...]

Ray v. Allergan Inc.

By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 9, 2012

Type of case: Products liability Court: U.S. District Court, Richmond Attorneys: Stephen W. Bricker and Christopher L. Anderson, Richmond; Ray C. Chester, Austin, Texas Summary: A Vietnam veteran who received a series of Botox injections to treat his writer’s tremor won a $212 million jury verdict against Botox manufacturer Allergan Inc. last April. The plaintiff [...]

DuPont v. Kolon Industries

By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 9, 2012

Type of case: Trade secrets Court: U.S. District Court, Richmond Attorneys: Brian C. Riopelle and Rodney A. Satterwhite, Richmond; Michael J. Songer, Washington; et al. Summary: Chemical giant DuPont won the largest verdict ever in Virginia after an eight-week trial featuring claims of malicious misappropriation of trade secrets involving the high strength fibers used in [...]

Other large verdicts of note

By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 9, 2012
Tags: Million-Dollar Verdicts

Editor’s note: A few cases from 2011 caught our attention, but didn’t quite meet the criteria we use for our list of top state jury verdicts. SunTrust Mortgage insurance suit $40 Million A federal judge in Richmond awarded nearly $40 million to SunTrust Mortgage Inc. from a subsidiary of AIG Inc. that insured second mortgages [...]