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Snowy conditions led to collision with tractor-trailer – $1,025,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 18, 2013
Tags: Greensville County Circuit Court, Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury

Plaintiff was a 20-year-old college student who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a January 2010 motor vehicle collision on Interstate 95 in Greensville County. Plaintiff was a passenger in a car that collided with a tractor-trailer when the driver of the car changed lanes and lost control of his vehicle. It was snowing at [...]

Beach lawyer beats discipline charge

By Peter Vieth
Published: February 13, 2013
Tags: Judge Louis Allen Sherman, Lawyer Discipline, Norfolk Circuit Court, Personal Injury, Virginia State Bar

A Virginia Beach lawyer charged with misconduct by the Virginia State Bar has been exonerated by the VSB’s disciplinary board. Edward F. Halloran submitted a group of medical bills for two different personal injury claims for a single client, only to have the duplicate bills disallowed by a judge in the second action. The opposing [...]

Slip & fall plaintiff faces possible leg amputation – $7,750,000 Settlement

By Deborah Elkins
Published: February 11, 2013
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury

This case involves the slip and fall of a tenant on the sidewalk adjoining the parking lot outside his apartment unit. The plaintiff tenant fell on a sheet of “black ice” on the way from his apartment to his car parked adjacent to the common area sidewalk where he fell. The plaintiff’s slip and fall [...]

Woman hurt in grocery wins $5M

By Peter Vieth
Published: February 6, 2013
Tags: Gloucester County Circuit Court, Judge Walter J. Ford, Million-Dollar Verdicts, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Supreme Court of Virginia News

A disabled Gloucester County woman has won a record-tying $5 million verdict for a fall in a supermarket. But her path to that victory wasn’t easy – she was shut out by the first jury she faced and needed a trip to the Supreme Court of Virginia to gain a second trial of her claim. [...]

Retiree injured at Smith Mountain Lake vacation home – $800,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 4, 2013
Tags: Personal Injury, Premises Liability

Plaintiff and his family rented a vacation home in Smith Mountain Lake during June 2011. The home is situated on a hill looking down on the lake. To access the lake and boat dock from the home, the vacationers must utilize a stone paver staircase. On the second day of vacation, the plaintiff was walking [...]

Infant suffers brain injury from mother’s slip & fall – $3,250,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 4, 2013
Tags: Fredericksburg Circuit Court, Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury, Premises Liability

An infant suffered a traumatic brain injury after his mother slipped and fell on the defendant’s property. As a result of the mild to moderate TBI, the child suffers from seizures, mild hemiparesis, one side visual neglect and social developmental delays. Defendants hotly contested the plaintiff’s life care plan, which ranged from $2,200,000 to $9,400,000. [...]

Judge rejects use of comparisons

By Peter Vieth
Published: January 30, 2013
Tags: Judge Charles N. Dorsey, Million-Dollar Verdicts, Personal Injury, Roanoke Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Virginia News

A disabled Henry County woman keeps a $1.85 million award – reduced from a jury verdict of $6.5 million – as a Roanoke City circuit judge rejected defense claims that the sum awarded did not line up with past awards for similar injuries. The judge was quick to cite a brand new decision of the [...]

Severe spinal injuries result of tractor-trailer rear-ender – $6,500,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 21, 2013
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury

Plaintiff, a 47-year-old mother of three, was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer traveling at approximately 60 miles per hour. Plaintiff was discovered by emergency medical personnel in her vehicle. She was unconscious with her legs drawn up and her arms crossed at her chest, a position known as posturing, which is indicative of a head injury. [...]

Plaintiff failed to disclose pre-existing conditions in tractor-trailer case – Case dismissed with prejudice

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 14, 2013
Tags: Federal Courts, Personal Injury

On Feb. 16, 2010, the defendant, an employee of a North Carolina commercial trucking company, was driving a tractor-trailer on Route 7 in Winchester. Suddenly and without warning, a portion of the truck’s driveshaft dislodged and fell to the road, causing the truck to lose power. The truck driver immediately activated his hazard lights safely [...]

Back problems persist after rear-ender with tractor-trailer – $921,948 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 14, 2013
Tags: Personal Injury, Richmond Circuit Court

Plaintiff was rear-ended on March 3, 2010, on I-95 N in Richmond. She was stopped in traffic when a 2007 Kenworth tractor-trailer, operated by defendant driver, struck the rear of her 2008 Honda Accord. The investigating state trooper charged defendant driver with following too closely. Defendant driver admitted he saw the traffic ahead of him [...]

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