Dead Man’s Statute impacts car death case – $275,000 Settlement 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: October 17, 2011
Tags: Brunswick County Circuit Court, Wrongful Death
In August 2007, the decedent, age 17, was the only passenger in a vehicle driven by the defendant, a friend of the decedent. The vehicle went off the road and flipped over. The decedent died at the scene. There were no witnesses to the accident. The defendant told police at the scene that the decedent [...]
$275K death settlement reached while jury was deliberating
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: October 13, 2011
Tags: Brunswick County Circuit Court, Judge Samuel E. Campbell, Wrongful Death
A grieving mother and father refused to believe that their 17-year-old son was responsible for the car crash that ended his life. But the defendant driver stood by his story that the teen passenger’s rash action caused him to run his vehicle off the road in Brunswick County. After extensive discovery, numerous motions and two [...]
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