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The plaintiff was a 16-year-old backseat passenger in his mother’s van when the family was rear-ended on I-66 by the defendant, who had fallen asleep at the wheel. The plaintiff was thrown violently forward in his seat from the impact, ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Personal Injury

On June 8, 2011, at approximately 8:00 p.m. at the intersection of Lucas Creek Road and Cabell Drive in Newport News, the defendant, while in an intoxicated state, took his eyes off the road to check his cell phone, crossed ...

Tagged with: Judge C. Peter Tench Million-Dollar Verdicts Newport News Circuit Court Personal Injury

At 5:00 p.m. on May 31, 2013, the plaintiff, an active 52-year-old and a high-earning tax attorney with the IRS, fell off his bicycle as he rode home from work, striking his left shoulder. He walked his bike home, showered ...

Tagged with: Arlington County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Fiore II Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts

The decedent was a construction worker operating an excavator at a construction site in Arlington. During operation, the excavator began to tip over. The decedent tried to get away from the falling machine, but when he jumped out of the ...

Tagged with: Workers’ Comp Wrongful Death

In 2011, while attempting to merge onto Duke Street from Van Dorn Street in Alexandria, the plaintiff was rear-ended by the defendant. Although the defendant was driving a sedan and the plaintiff was in a truck, the impact totaled the ...

Tagged with: Alexandria Circuit Court Judge Nolan B. Dawkins Personal Injury

Decedent mother was a 38-year-old resident of Windsor, Virginia, and on Dec. 12, 2014, was seven months pregnant with her baby (aka Henry Wyatt Acree). She left work that evening on her way home from Suffolk to Windsor, traveling westbound ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Suffolk Circuit Court Wrongful Death

On Jan. 17, 2014, the decedent, Peter Thornton and his girlfriend, were invited guests at the residence of Brian Landergan. The residence was owned by Landergan’s parents. Just after midnight on Jan. 18, 2014, Thornton and Landergan walked out of ...

Tagged with: Judge F. Patrick Yeatts Lynchburg Circuit Court Wrongful Death

This case resulted from a Nov. 23, 2011 non-reportable motor vehicle collision that took place in a Spotsylvania County shopping center plaza. Liability was hotly contested. The plaintiff, a 40-year-old female, alleged that she was stopped, waiting to exit the ...

Tagged with: Judge J. Hal Brown Personal Injury Spotsylvania Circuit Court

The claimant, on the date of his death, was employed as a police officer. Prior to joining the police force, he was subject to a pre-employment medical examination, which found the officer free of respiratory diseases, hypertension, cancer and heart ...

Tagged with: Workers’ Comp

In this wrongful death case, a 34-year-old mother of two young girls, ages 7 and 10, died on Christmas Eve in 2012 when her car was crushed into a jersey wall by a tractor-trailer that was loaded with logs for ...

Tagged with: Botetourt County Circuit Court Judge Malfourd W. "Bo" Trumbo Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death