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Million-Dollar Settlements

By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: February 6, 2012
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements

Virginia Lawyers Weekly reported a total of 49 million-dollar settlements over the past year.
This figure is significantly higher than the 2010 survey, which featured 37 settlements.
To qualify for the survey, a settlement must have been for at least $1 million, been reached in the year 2011 and involved a dispute with a strong Virginia component.
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Three separate actions filed after shipyard explosion

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 6, 2012
Tags: Federal Courts, Judge Jerome B. Friedman, Million-Dollar Settlements, Norfolk Circuit Court, Personal Injury

In these companion cases, the three plaintiffs, all shipyard workers, were injured when an explosion ripped through a crew head and adjacent berthing area on the U.S.S. Leyte Gulf, while the ship was dry-docked at BAE Systems on Sept. 15, 2007. The defendant, Capitol Finishes Inc. (CFI), had been subcontracted to install a new deck [...]

Claim: Trucker was distracted and on cell phone during accident – $2,500,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 30, 2012
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury

This personal injury action arose out of a tractor-trailer accident that occurred in July 4, 2010, in Wythe County on I-81 North. Plaintiff was retired, traveling home to North Carolina after judging an antique car show in Kentucky. The plaintiff alleged he was clipped in the right rear corner of his car by the defendants’ [...]

Agreement reached in will contest – $4,100,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 30, 2012
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Wills & Trusts

Intestate heirs filed a declaratory judgment action seeking judgment against an individual named in a 1995 holographic will and three volunteer rescue squads also named in the will. Prior to her death in 2010, the testatrix sold for $2,000,000 certain residential real estate that she had instructed her executor to sell upon her death, with [...]

Woman felt fine after wreck, CAT scan revealed brain injury – $1,675,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 30, 2012
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury

Plaintiff, in her early 40s, was operating a vehicle on a marked two-lane road when the defendant driver made a left turn in front of her vehicle. Plaintiff was unable to avoid the collision. Plaintiff felt relatively fine at the scene, but was taken to a hospital where a CAT scan revealed an epidural hema-toma. [...]

Earning capacity, future medicals contested in TBI case – $1,725,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 23, 2012
Tags: Federal Courts, Judge Tommy E. Miller, Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury

On June 11, 2009, plaintiff made a left turn onto Route 13 in Nassawadox. Approximately 900 feet north of where the plaintiff had turned, the defendant’s tractor-trailer slammed into the rear of the plaintiff’s Buick as both vehicles were traveling northbound. The impact caused severe damage to the plaintiff’s vehicle and left the front of [...]

Details confidential in brain injury case – $3,750,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 23, 2012
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury

This was a premises liability action that settled for $3,750,000. The plaintiff suffered a mild traumatic brain injury. The remaining facts are confidential.
[12-T-013]
Type of action: Personal injury – premises liability
Verdict or settlement: Settlement
Amount: $3,750,000
Tried before: Mediation
Date: Oct. 5, 2011
Attorneys for plaintiff: Jeffrey F. Brooke, Virginia Beach; Stephen M. Smith, Hampton; Edward E. Scher, Richmond

Intersection crash aggravated plaintiff’s spinal condition – $1,250,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 16, 2012
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury

This case stemmed from an intersection accident. The defendant admitted liability for running a stop sign. Plaintiff admitted he was driving 10 mph over the speed limit at the time of the accident, and contributory negligence was at issue.
The defense argued that the plaintiff was able to return to work, but the plaintiff presented evidence [...]

Pastor killed in truck accident – $1,100,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 9, 2012
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Powhatan County Circuit Court, Wrongful Death

On Jan. 21, 2011, at approximately 8:30 a.m., decedent, the father of the plaintiff, was traveling westbound on U.S. Route 360 in Amelia County. The defendant failed to stop at a stop sign, failed to observe a blinking traffic control device and proceeded onto 360, a four-lane divided roadway. Decedent was traveling at about 55 [...]

Case of woman’s injury after broadside is mediated – $3,670,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 9, 2012
Tags: Federal Courts, Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury

Plaintiff was stopped on a bridge at 2:00 a.m. after spinning out on ice. A speeding tractor-trailer broadsided her.
Plaintiff suffered mild traumatic brain injury. She had a pre-existing arteriovenus malformation which defendants alleged was her true problem.
Defendants alleged that her negligence was the sole proximate cause of the crash.
[12-T-008]
Type of action: Personal injury – automobile [...]

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