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On July 28, 2017, the plaintiff was a 17-year-old rising high school senior who was driving a Saturn in the right lane on Interstate 81 near Staunton when a tractor-trailer merged into the back of her car, causing it to ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael F. Urbanski Personal Injury U.S. District Court - Western District Verdict

On March 3, 2005, the claimant, then a 27-year-old chemical mixer in good health, suffered severe injuries while mixing chemicals for an industrial chemical distributor in Roanoke. He sustained chemical burns to 60 percent of his body. The life-altering accident ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Workers' Compensation

At the time of the medical care at issue in December 2014, the plaintiff was 48 and employed as a Public Affairs Specialist. She had just been promoted five weeks before the procedure in question. The plaintiff is married, has ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Settlements U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Decedent was a contractor who died in a workplace incident in a large factory in Southwest Virginia. What initially looked like a products liability case against the manufacturer of the machine that failed turned into a case against the factory ...

Tagged with: Settlement Wrongful Death

The plaintiff in this case was negligently shot by a friend who was playing with a handgun. The victim was airlifted to INOVA Fairfax Hospital. The shooter pled guilty to the reckless handling of a firearm in violation of Virginia ...

Tagged with: Insurance U.S. District Court - Eastern District Verdict

On Sept. 18, 2016, the plaintiff, a 10-year-old girl, was a backseat passenger in a car driven by her mother traveling north on Interstate 295 in Henrico County. At the same time there was a tractor-trailer stopped on the right ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury Settlement

The plaintiff was stopped at a red light at an intersection in Virginia Beach. He pulled up next to a police officer, who was admiring his Harley-Davidson when the plaintiff was struck from behind. The plaintiff was thrown into the ...

Tagged with: Judge James C. Lewis Personal Injury Settlement Virginia Beach Circuit Court

On July 9, 2017, the 27-year-old plaintiff was on her way to a hiking trip when the car she was driving entered the intersection of Routes 707 and 231 in Rappahannock County. When entering the intersection, the defendant T-boned the ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury Settlement

Plaintiff, a student at a Virginia public university, tied her hammock to two concrete columns in an open, public area on campus. One of the 800 pound columns fell on her, crushing her abdomen and pelvis. Two people were injured ...

Tagged with: Judge William N. Alexander II Million-Dollar Settlements Premises Liability

Two business owners had purchased life insurance through their corporation to provide funds for stock redemption in the event of death of a partner, as well as life insurance for estate. Originally, each partner was the owner and beneficiary of ...

Tagged with: Chesapeake Circuit Court Contract Judge Randall D. Smith Million-Dollar Verdicts