Case turns on delay in reporting knee injury from crash – $225,000 Verdict 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: November 8, 2010
Tags: Henrico County Circuit Court, Judge Daniel T. Balfour, Personal Injury
Plaintiff was involved in a motor vehicle accident on Dec. 15, 2008. She was transported from the scene to the emergency room of St. Mary’s Hospital with complaints of facial burns from the air bag deployment and head, neck, and shoulder discomfort. She did not complain about a right knee injury. Four days after the [...]
Domestic Relations – Equitable Distribution – Gifts To Couple
By Deborah Elkins
Published: July 16, 2010
Tags: Domestic Relations, Henrico County Circuit Court, Judge Daniel T. Balfour, Virginia Circuit Courts
Although husband worked after the marriage at an annual income of $120,000, while wife was not employed outside the home and managed the couple’s household and finances, wife’s father provided ongoing financial support to the couple of over $1.8 million, including child support payments to husband’s children from a prior marriage, and the Henrico County [...]
Contract – Guaranty – Magazine Advertising
By Deborah Elkins
Published: April 12, 2010
Tags: Contract, Henrico County Circuit Court, Judge Catherine Hammond, Virginia Circuit Courts
A publishing company that provided magazine advertising to a business, “California Closets,” cannot collect on the contract from an hourly employee who signed a personal guaranty that was part of the advertising contract, as the publishing company has not shown that the employee received any consideration for her personal guaranty, in this case from Henrico [...]
Attorneys – Legal Fees – Collection Suit – Construction Dispute
By Deborah Elkins
Published: March 23, 2010
Tags: Attorneys, Henrico County Circuit Court, Judge Catherine Hammond, Virginia Circuit Courts
A law firm that defended a client in a construction dispute, winning summary against the plaintiff and then settling the client’s counterclaim on essentially the same terms suggested by the law firm several months earlier, wins its suit for the balance of its legal fees owed by the client, in this suit from Henrico County [...]
Drunken driver rear ends motorist, causes brain injury – $625,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 8, 2010
Tags: Henrico County Circuit Court, Judge Burnett Miller, Personal Injury
On Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, at approximately 9:30 p.m., the plaintiff was stopped at a traffic light on River Road at its intersection with Gaskins Road in Henrico County. The defendant, who had been drinking all afternoon and early evening, rear-ended the plaintiff’s vehicle at 50 miles per hour. The defendant had a blood alcohol [...]
Driver runs stop sign in Henrico collision – $800,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 25, 2010
Tags: Henrico County Circuit Court, Personal Injury
On Jan. 12, 2008, at the intersection of Mayland Drive and Stillman Parkway in Henrico County, the plaintiff was involved in a two-vehicle crash. Plaintiff was driving a 1995 Ford pickup truck while in the course of his employment when he was struck by a 2001 Jeep sport utility vehicle. The Jeep, driven by the [...]
Tenant falls in drainage pipe in apartment complex yard – Defense Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 18, 2010
Tags: Henrico County Circuit Court, Judge Burnett Miller, Personal Injury, Premises Liability
A 34-year-old female slipped into an exposed 6-inch drainage pipe located in a grassy common area of an apartment complex. Plaintiff had been a tenant of the specific apartment for over one year and a tenant of the apartment complex for approximately nine years. According to plaintiff, she slipped into the drainage pipe and became [...]
Symptoms develop two years after minor rear-end crash – $125,000 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 4, 2010
Tags: Henrico County Circuit Court, Judge Gary Hicks, Personal Injury
In this 2003 accident, plaintiff had $300 worth of scratches and a bent bumper to the rear of his motor vehicle. Two years after the accident, plaintiff had an accident in a parking lot and complained of pelvic pain for the first time. Plaintiff was treated for six years and ultimately had a pubis symphysis [...]
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