February 7, 2018
Comments Off on Man suffered hurt leg in wreck caused by drunk – $1,600,000 Verdict
Plaintiff, a 19-year-old at the time of the incident, was driving home from a friend’s house on the Eastern Shore to his home where he lived with his mother at about 11:00 pm on the main shore highway U.S. Route ...
Tagged with: Judge Joel P. Crowe Million-Dollar Verdicts Personal Injury Portsmouth Circuit Court
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February 7, 2018
Comments Off on Permanent disability case settles for more than $6M – $6,410,000 Settlement
A personal injury suit came as a result of the plaintiff being permanently disabled. Details of the court proceedings are confidential. [17-T-191] Type of action: Catastrophic injury Injuries alleged: Permanent disability Name of case: Confidential Court: Confidential Case no.: Confidential ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury
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February 7, 2018
Comments Off on Road crewman killed by driver, estate gets all limits – $996,363 Settlement
Plaintiff’s decedent was part of a road-work crew. Defendant drove his car into plaintiff’s decedent and killed him. Defendant denied negligence and asserted defenses of unavoidable accident, sudden emergency, assumption of risk, and contributory negligence. The settlement amount represented 100 ...
Tagged with: Prince William Circuit Court Settlement Wrongful Death
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February 7, 2018
Comments Off on Woman hurt when worker knocked merchandise off shelf – $1,850,000 Settlement
The incident occurred when plaintiff, a 59-year-old woman, was shopping in a retail store owned and operated by Roe Corporation. While assisting the plaintiff, store employee Poe attempted to retrieve an item of merchandise from a shelf. As he did ...
Tagged with: Judge Thomas S. Shadrick Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury York County Circuit Court
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February 7, 2018
Comments Off on Shareholder used company finances for personal expenditures – $1,029,655 Verdict
Defendant Amy Ross was a 50 percent shareholder of Design Works Interiors Inc. and the president of the company. The other fifty percent shareholder was Leslie Sargent. Ross and Sargent were close friends. Over a period of seven years, Ross ...
Tagged with: Conversion Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Stephen C. Shannon Million-Dollar Verdicts
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February 7, 2018
Comments Off on Passenger was hurt when car’s mirror was pushed into him – $750,000 Settlement
The plaintiff was injured in an automobile crash when his host vehicle was struck on the passenger side by a large pickup truck. The plaintiff lost consciousness at the scene and sustained a large soft tissue injury to his right ...
Tagged with: Judge Thomas S. Shadrick Personal Injury Settlement
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February 7, 2018
Comments Off on Woman lost vision in one eye after surgery – $450,000 Settlement
The plaintiff, a 62-year-old woman, underwent a bilateral blepharoplasty to treat floppy lid syndrome which limited her ability to work. Following surgery, she developed complications in her left eye which resulted in blindness. Due to complete vision loss in her ...
Tagged with: Judge Pamela S. Baskervill Medical Malpractice Settlement
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February 7, 2018
Comments Off on Driver had seizure, hit man who became paraplegic – $15 Million Settlement
The plaintiff, a 47-year-old man, suffered a spinal cord injury at T9-10 that rendered him a paraplegic as a result of a motor vehicle crash. Liability was hotly contested in this case. The defense argued that the driver of the ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury
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February 6, 2018
Comments Off on Man, struck in crosswalk, was thrown into the air – $796,839 Settlement
On Aug. 3, 2015, plaintiff was crossing a street outside of a crosswalk in Tysons Corner when he was struck by a SUV traveling approximately 25 mph. The impact caused plaintiff to be thrown into the air. Plaintiff was immediately ...
Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Tort
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January 8, 2018
Comments Off on Woman recovers for assault, emotional distress – $1,100,246.57 Verdict
The assault cause of action arose out of an occurrence on June 20, 2006. Plaintiff Pat Hanson saw defendant Steven Cassidy and members of his family dismantling a fence between the Cassidy property and the Hanson property. When Pat Hanson ...
Tagged with: Judge Daniel R. Bouton Madison County Circuit Court Personal Injury Verdict
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