September 12, 2017
Comments Off on Drunken driver’s carriers offer $70K, jury gives $230K – $230,000 Verdict
Kathleen Young suffered a neck injury when her vehicle was hit in the rear by Cantrice Henderson on Hopkins Road in Chesterfield County. At the time of the crash Henderson had a blood alcohol content of .26. Liability was admitted. ...
Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Judge Timothy J. Hauler Personal Injury Verdict
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September 1, 2017
Comments Off on Plaintiff: Neck condition worse after surgery
Plaintiff was a 63-year-old male with history of persistent myelopathy and radiculopathy and a prior 2010 cervical fusion. Plaintiff alleged that defendant neurosurgeon improperly planned and performed a 2012 partial cervical laminectomy and lumbar foraminotomy causing additional neurologic impairments ...
Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Scott A. Surovell Settlement
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July 25, 2017
Comments Off on Death settlement limited by defendant’s limits, UIM – $1 Million Settlement
The decedent was a beloved daughter and sister who was killed in a car crash as a passenger when her vehicle was rear ended by a drunken driver in Norfolk on April 24, 2016. The collision occurred at the intersection ...
Tagged with: John M. Cooper Million-Dollar Settlements Norfolk Circuit Court Wrongful Death
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July 25, 2017
Comments Off on Driver was on ‘special errand’ for employer at time of wreck – $500,000 Settlement
Shortly after leaving work on his motorcycle, plaintiff was struck by defendant’s late model luxury sedan. He suffered serious orthopedic injuries but enjoyed a good recovery. Defendant driver carried a liability policy worth less than the cost of his vehicle. ...
Tagged with: Christopher Spinelli Negligence Settlement W. Randolph Robins Jr. William B. Kilduff
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July 25, 2017
Comments Off on Plaintiff wanted less than demand to avoid trial, but carrier balked – $50,000 Verdict
The plaintiff was a 26-year-old woman driving home along the Virginia Beach oceanfront at 11 p.m. The defendant ran a red light at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Avenue. Plaintiff’s vehicle overturned, and the windshield blew out showering ...
Tagged with: Jeffrey F. Brooke Judge James C. Lewis Personal Injury Verdict Virginia Beach Circuit Court
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July 17, 2017
Comments Off on Resolution of umbrella coverage allows settlement to paraplegic – $2.8 Million Settlement
In June 2015, Tanya Dombrosky, 16, crashed her Hyundai Veloster in Botetourt County, hitting a tree and rolling the car. Liability was not seriously contested. Her unrestrained passenger, Matthew Green, 17, was ejected from the vehicle and suffered a fractured ...
Tagged with: Botetourt County Circuit Court Insurance Judge Glen E. Conrad Million-Dollar Settlements Settlement U.S. District Court - Western District
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July 17, 2017
Comments Off on Man fell forward on stairs, flower pots blocked railing – $1,250,000 Settlement
On Nov. 3, 2015, the plaintiff, 59, was picked up by his octogenarian father outside of his apartment building. Because of the plaintiff’s co-morbidities, including a prior stroke, toe amputation, and pancreas and kidney transplants, he did not drive. The ...
Tagged with: Judge Thomas S. Shadrick Million-Dollar Settlements Premises Liability Roanoke County Circuit Court Settlement
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July 17, 2017
Comments Off on Woman suffered heel injury in T-bone collision – $1 Million Settlement
This was a personal injury case arising from a motor vehicle collision in Hanover County on March 15, 2015. The plaintiff, 22 at the time, was driving home from the grocery store when the defendant ran a stop-sign and T-boned ...
Tagged with: Hanover County Circuit Court Judge Michael C. Allen Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury Settlement
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July 17, 2017
Comments Off on Record personal injury verdict scored in DC in med-mal case – $8,350,000 Verdict
A man and his wife have recovered a verdict in D.C. Superior Court of $8,350,000. This verdict is a record for personal injury verdicts in D.C., the Superior Court started keeping comprehensive statistics on all injury verdicts in 2007. Mr. ...
Tagged with: D.C. Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Verdicts Verdict
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July 17, 2017
Comments Off on Passenger suffered back injuries in crash – $1 Million Settlement
The 20-year-old plaintiff was a backseat passenger in her friend’s vehicle in Oakton, when the vehicle left the road and knocked down an electric pole and a street sign before smashing into a tree. Plaintiff suffered catastrophic injuries to her ...
Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Hon. Robert Wooldridge Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury Settlement
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