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Read More »The VLW Digital Edition – Jan. 20, 2020 
January 20, 2020
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The VLW Digital Edition – Jan. 20, 2020
Fulton to receive professionalism award
January 15, 2020
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Norfolk Circuit Judge Junius P. Fulton III will receive the Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Award from the Virginia State Bar Criminal Law Section next month. The award honors members of the legal community for contributions to the improvement of the criminal justice system. For more than ...
Read More »‘Influential Women of Law’ for 2020 named
Virginia Lawyers Weekly, in partnership with four statewide bar groups, has announced the 2020 class of “Influential Women of Law.” This awards program, now in its second year, honors women attorneys and judges for their excellent work on behalf of ...
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Read More »Ashwell named as chief deputy AG
January 6, 2020
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Roanoke lawyer Erin B. Ashwell has been selected as the next chief deputy attorney general, to replace Cynthia E. Hudson who is returning to private practice. The change, effective Feb. 10, was announced Jan. 6 by the office of Attorney ...
Read More »Baby died, mother suffered stroke during delivery – $3 million settlement
December 30, 2019
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Plaintiff, an expectant mother, presented to the labor and delivery unit of a Virginia hospital with signs of fetal abruption and preeclampsia. Despite warning signs in the fetal heart monitoring strips, no action was taken to deliver the baby. After ...
Tagged with: Judge Diane M. Strickland Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death
Read More »Woman fractured ankle in T-bone car wreck – $315,000 settlement
December 30, 2019
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Plaintiff was a passenger in a motor vehicle collision in which plaintiff’s car T-boned a vehicle that pulled out in front of them. Plaintiff was taken to ER where she was found to have a fractured right ankle. After the ...
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Read More »Student thrown from car in wreck on drive home for summer – $450,000 settlement
December 30, 2019
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Plaintiff, a Tidewater peninsula resident, was a passenger driving home from college for summer break when the host driver lost control in South Carolina on Interstate 95. Plaintiff was ejected and suffered a clavicle fracture. Plaintiff needed emergency flight medical ...
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Read More »Truck driver ran red light, woman had concussion – $400,000 settlement
December 30, 2019
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On Sept. 13, 2007, the plaintiff had picked up her 18-year-old son from school and was driving home when she stopped for a red traffic signal on Miles Avenue at Winston Churchill Drive in Hopewell. As the defendant, driving a ...
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Read More »Dog trainer hit by tractor-trailer on I-81 – $640,000 settlement
December 30, 2019
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Plaintiff, a trainer of military, police and guard dogs, was transporting eight dogs in a van southbound on Interstate 81 in Shenandoah County when a tractor-trailer operated by defendant suddenly cut in front of her, crashing into the guardrail and ...
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Read More »Woman died during elective spine surgery – $1.6 million verdict
December 30, 2019
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This case arose out of the cardiac arrest and subsequent death of decedent, a 75-year-old woman during elective spine surgery. Plaintiff claimed that she suffered cardiac arrest as a result of hypovolemic shock from blood loss during the procedure that ...
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