A Roanoke circuit court jury last week awarded $525,000 to a former railroad carman disabled from a nonsurgical back injury. According to plaintiff’s co-counsel Ray Ferris, the plaintiff injured his back when he was forced to dive out from between two rail cars when the cars unexpectedly started to move. The 59-year-old plaintiff claimed $360,000 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'verdicts and settlements'
Roanoke jury awards half million to FELA plaintiff
October 6th, 2008 · Comments Off · verdicts and settlements
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Show us the money, court says
September 12th, 2008 · Comments Off · Spotsylvania County, verdicts and settlements
The Supreme Court of Virginia has ordered that documents in four wrongful death cases settled by mediation be unsealed. In the Spotsylvania County Circuit Court case, Perreault, Adm’x v. The Free Lance-Star, the parties had sought to keep the terms of wrongful death settlements a secret. The cases involve allegedly tainted heart medicine blamed for [...]
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Podiatrist case yields $3.5 million verdict
June 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off · Medical malpractice, verdicts and settlements
A Clifton Forge woman who claimed that her bunionectomy led to permanent, disabling pain and the amputation of her toes won a $3.5 million verdict from a Roanoke jury on Friday. With the cap on medical malpractice damages, the award would be reduced to $1.65 million. Attorney Patrick T. Fennell represented the plaintiff in the [...]
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Acceptance of check moots suit
June 7th, 2007 · Comments Off · Circuit Courts, personal injury, verdicts and settlements
By accepting a $2,000 check from the defendant to cover medical bills, the plaintiff is not entitled to the $800,000 he later sought in a personal injury lawsuit. A Rockingham County Circuit Court jury returned a defense verdict in the case of Shifflett v. Shifflett, based on accord and satisfaction. The suit stemmed from injuries [...]
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