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Benjamin R. Lacy IV
Virginia Lawyers Weekly//July 23, 2012
Richmond lawyer Benjamin R. Lacy died July 16. He was 61.
A native of Roanoke, he graduated from Davidson College in 1972 and from the University of Richmond law school in 1975. He was a partner in the Richmond-based firm of Sands Anderson.
He was an elder of River Road Presbyterian Church and a former board member of the Commonwealth Club. He was a member of the Greater Richmond Bar Foundation, a board member of the Central Virginia Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and a member of the Country Club of Virginia.
Mr. Lacy was a past President of No, Inc. Investment Club.
Survivors include his wife, Sandra Schute Lacy; his son, Benjamin R. Lacy V; his daughter, Carolyn Lacy Brackett and her husband, Alex; three grandchildren, his father; and a sister.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Driver fell asleep, causing significant auto accident — $1M settlement
- Defense verdict returned for company in rear-end crash
- Cauda equina syndrome developed after procedure — $625,000 settlement
- Passenger died months after sustaining multiple injuries — $725,000 settlement
- 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
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
