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Virginia Lawyers Weekly is pleased to present the “Million Dollar Settlements of 2008,” our first annual compilation of big settlements from across the commonwealth. As in past years, our criteria for the list are simple:

1. The settlement must be for at least $1 million.

2. The settlement involved a dispute based in Virginia.

3. The settlement was reached in calendar year 2008.

We have also included three settlements from 2007 that appeared in 2008 in the Verdicts & Settlements section.

Amount Name of Case Type of Case
1 $20.77 Million Williams v. LexisNexis Management Inc. Fair Credit Reporting Act
2 $6.89 Million Beverly v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.; Beverly v. ChoicePoint Inc. Fair Credit Reporting Act
3 $5 Million Confidential Personal Injury
3 (tie) $5 Million Confidential Personal Injury
3 (tie) $5 Million Confidential Personal Injury
6 $4.75 Million Shifflet v. Electric Power Systems Inc. Personal Injury
7 $4.4 Million Walters and Kuffel v. City of Chesapeake Personal Injury
8 $2.75 Million Confidential Personal Injury
9 (tie) $2.5 Million Kurek v. East Coast Truck Lines Personal Injury
9 (tie) $2.5 Million Confidential Personal Injury
9 (tie) $2.5 Million Confidential Personal Injury
12 $2.4 Million Allen v. City of Petersburg Personal injury
13 $2.22 Million Barnes v. Mitchell Personal Injury
14 $2.16 Million Ott v. “Acme Aerial Lifts” Product Liability
15 (tie) $2.1 Million Allen v. City of Petersburg Medical Malpractice
15 (tie) $2.1 Million Doe v. Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority Personal Injury
17 $1.86 Million Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County v. Hayfield Farms Community Association II Condemnation
18 $1.75 Million Omar v. LTF Club Operations Company Inc. Personal Injury
19 $1.6 Million Frank Hraczo v. Seneca Excavating & Landscaping Personal Injury
20 $1.55 Million Confidential Medical Malpractice
21 $1.51 Million Confidential Personal Injury
22 $1.5 Million Commercial Pilot Doe v. Hotel Personal Injury
23 $1.48 Million Stevens v. Hong Personal Injury
24 $1.45 Million Doe v. HMO Medical Malpractice
25 (tie) $1.35 Million Confidential Personal Injury
25 (tie) $1.35 Million Confidential Personal Injury
27 $1.3 Million Confidential Personal Injury
28 (tie) $1.25 Million Confidential Medical Malpractice
28 (tie) $1.25 Million Confidential Personal Injury
30 $1.2 Million Confidential Medical Malpractice
31 (tie) $1.1 Million Confidential Product Liability
31 (tie) $1.1 Million Confidential Personal Injury
31 (tie) $1.1 Million Confidential Personal Injury
31 (tie) $1.1 Million Confidential Medical Malpractice
35 $1.05 Million Confidential Pharmacy Malpractice
36 (tie) $1 Million Linkous v. Wood Personal Injury
36 (tie) $1 Million Confidential Personal Injury
36 (tie) $1 Million Smith v. Blevins Personal Injury
36 (tie) $1 Million Jones v. Big Roc Tool Product Liability

If we have missed any million-dollar settlements from 2008, please let us know. We’ll be glad to add that information to the online version of the story so it can be complete as possible. And during the coming year, we would greatly appreciate hearing about verdicts that will make it on next year’s list.

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