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Criminal – Leaving Accident Scene – Sentencing – Victim Impact Statements
Deborah Elkins//June 15, 2010
Criminal – Leaving Accident Scene – Sentencing – Victim Impact Statements
Deborah Elkins//June 15, 2010
At defendant’s sentencing for leaving an accident scene in which a person was killed and related offenses, defendant failed to object to the trial court’s admission into evidence victim impact statements from the victim’s mother and sister and testimony concerning the dismissed charge of involuntary manslaughter, and defendant waived his claims under Rule 5A:18 and the Court of Appeals affirms the judgment.
Tillery v. Commonwealth (Humphreys, J.) No. 0133-09-2, May 25, 2010; Spotsylvania County Cir.Ct. (Beck) Leigh S. Gettier for appellant; Gregory W. Franklin, AAG. VLW 010-7-208 (UP), 3 pp.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Plaintiff injured in crash with oncoming vehicle — $235,000 settlement
- Driver killed in rear-end collision with tractor-trailer — $1.5M settlement
- Man died from pancreatic cancer after delayed response — $1.8M settlement
- Worker fell off roof, rendering him a paraplegic — $1.25M settlement
- Driver sustained permanent hearing loss after traffic collision — $240,000 settlement
- Plaintiff suffered concussion in rear-end collision — $81,000 verdict
- Builder misrepresented home status to buyers — $675,000 verdict
- Low potassium led to cardiac arrest, death of patient — $1M settlement
- Excessive propofol caused death in dialysis patient — $850,000 settlement
- Pedestrian struck in crosswalk in hit-and-run incident — $300,000 settlement
- Navy veteran killed in collision with box truck — $1.85M arbitration award
- Motorcyclist ejected from bike in collision with SUV — $1.5M settlement
Opinion Digests
- Company owner dodges breach of contract suit
- Employee’s own allegations doom minimum wage claim
- Federal government defeats former employee’s claims
- Principal wasn’t entitled to exclusively remote work
- USPTO properly redacted info in responsive documents
- Untimely lawsuit allowed to proceed
- Engineering consultant dismissed from suit
- Rule 60 motion was filed too late
- Nonprofit directors immune from ex-employees’ claims
- City, employees immune from whistleblower claims
- Experts excluded in condemnation damages suit
- Judgment entered against company for horse’s death
