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High school athlete injured in single-vehicle wreck – $75,000 Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: March 11, 2013
Tags: Judge Joseph J. Ellis, Personal Injury, Spotsylvania Circuit Court

Plaintiff, age 16, was a passenger in his cousin’s vehicle. The vehicle went off the road and struck a tree. At the accident scene, the defendant allegedly apologized to the plaintiff, and told him that she had fallen asleep. Plaintiff sustained an isolated PCL tear of the right knee. Prior to the accident, plaintiff had [...]

Available insurance coverage was $500K – $487,867 Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 25, 2013
Tags: Judge T.J. Markow, Personal Injury, Spotsylvania Circuit Court

The plaintiff was involved in an auto accident, suffering a low back injury that resulted in more than $38,000 in medical bills and more than two years of lost wages. The plaintiff’s neurosurgeon recommended an anterior fusion of his low back that would cost approximately $100,000. Plaintiff sued for $500,000, the total amount of available [...]

Vehicle turned into path of motorcycle – $1,525,442 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 11, 2013
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Spotsylvania Circuit Court, Wrongful Death

While operating her vehicle, defendant saw a home that was having a yard sale and made a left turn into the driveway. She turned directly into the path of the decedent, who was on a motorcycle. He died a few days after the collision, leaving a wife and three children, one of whom is a [...]

Spotsylvania man sentenced for 12th DUI conviction

By The Associated Press
Published: November 9, 2012
Tags: Spotsylvania Circuit Court

SPOTSYLVANIA — A Virginia man convicted for the 12th time in a drunken driving case will serve the maximum sentence. Media outlets report that 44-year-old David Marion Apraham of Spotsylvania received a seven-year sentence last Tuesday in Spotsylvania Circuit Court.. Apraham had pleaded guilty in August to DUI, driving on a suspended license and refusing [...]

Brain injury, depression blamed on minor collision – $400,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 10, 2011
Tags: Personal Injury, Spotsylvania Circuit Court

Plaintiff was a middle-aged woman who had immigrated to the United States as a young adult. She had received training and worked in fields as varied as bartending, clerical work, nail technician and real estate. Before the accident, she was healthy and active. One morning she was in her car, stopped at a traffic light. [...]

Criminal – ‘Gambling Device’ – Free Spin Machines

By Deborah Elkins
Published: November 19, 2010
Tags: Criminal, Judge David H. Beck, Spotsylvania Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts

Interpreting Virginia gaming statutes, a Spotsylvania County Circuit Court says that free spin machines operated by plaintiff business are illegal gambling devices. The parties both asked the court to interpret Va. Code §§ 18.2-325 and 18.2-325.1, as amended July 1, 2010, in the matter of whether plaintiff business is operating an illegal gambling device and [...]

Sweet Stakes: Video sweepstakes games draw attention of prosecutors, legislators

By Peter Vieth
Published: November 15, 2010
Tags: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, General Assembly, Judge David H. Beck, Spotsylvania Circuit Court

Virginia prosecutors are looking for guidance from both judges and legislators as they face a proliferation of video sweepstakes games that some claim are illegal under the state’s gambling laws. While game operators contend they are in a “safe harbor” based on 2010 legislation and a July attorney general’s opinion, a circuit court order and [...]

High/low agreement used to settle claim of back pain – $79,700 Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: November 8, 2010
Tags: Personal Injury, Spotsylvania Circuit Court

The plaintiff, a 42-year-old mechanic with a long history of back pain, was involved in a Dec. 28, 2006, motor vehicle collision on Route 208 in Spotsylvania County. The defendant failed to yield the right of way when she made a left turn in front of the vehicle. Damage to both vehicles was relatively minor [...]

Driver suffers shoulder, back injuries in intersection crash – $115,000 Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: September 13, 2010
Tags: Judge Joseph J. Ellis, Negligence, Personal Injury, Spotsylvania Circuit Court

This case arose out of a motor vehicle collision that occurred at the intersection of Rollingwood Road and Courthouse Road in Spotsylvania County on April 27, 2008. Prior to impact, the plaintiff driver had been stopped at a red light on Rollingwood Road, behind the pastor of the church that he and his wife had [...]

Notice of hazard the issue in slip and fall at center – $11,000 Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: August 30, 2010
Tags: Judge F. Ward Harkrader, Personal Injury, Spotsylvania Circuit Court

A Spotsylvania County jury returned a plaintiff’s verdict in a hotly contested slip-and-fall case against a local mall. The slip and fall took place on Nov. 19, 2006, in the Spotsylvania Mall. The plaintiff, a 17-year-old female, slipped as a result of a clear, wet, sticky substance on the common area floor between two fast [...]

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