October 5, 2020
Comments Off on Expert didn’t review MRI before reaching conclusions — $108,000 verdict
This case arose out of a car wreck that happened on May 2, 2016. The defendant struck the plaintiff’s vehicle in the rear while he was stopped for a red light. The plaintiff went to an urgent care the day ...
Tagged with: Auto Accident Hampton Circuit Court Verdict
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August 24, 2020
Comments Off on Woman injured neck and back in rear-end collision — $100,000 verdict
This case arose out of a rear-end car accident on Oct. 4, 2016. The defendant struck the plaintiff’s vehicle in the rear and pushed it into the car in front of her. The plaintiff injured her neck, back, shoulder and ...
Tagged with: Auto Accident Judge Kenneth R. Melvin Portsmouth Circuit Court Verdict
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August 24, 2020
Comments Off on Boy, thrown from van despite seatbelt, suffers TGI in wreck — $2,000,000 settlement
On Feb. 1, 2016, plaintiff TM, who was 7 years old, was riding with JD, his 10-year-old classmate, in a van driven by JD’s mother, “Defendant One.” Both TM and JD were riding in the rear seat with their seatbelts ...
Tagged with: Auto Accident Mediation
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April 6, 2020
Comments Off on Man, 73, suffered TBI in T-bone wreck – $725,000 settlement
On Dec. 5, 2016, the plaintiff, who was in his 70s at the time of the crash, was working as an auto parts delivery driver for his employer, O’Reilly Auto Parts in Blackstone. He was driving a company car on ...
Tagged with: Auto Accident Chesterfield County Circuit Court Judge Michael C. Allen
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February 24, 2020
Comments Off on Woman suffered TBI after car flipped – $1.4 million settlement
The client, a female in her mid-40s, sustained extensive injuries when the car she was traveling in flipped over. The collision was severe enough to cause the death of one other passenger in the vehicle. The client was diagnosed with ...
Tagged with: Auto Accident Million-Dollar Settlements Warren County Circuit Court
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October 14, 2019
Comments Off on Man rear-ended on I-95 now a paraplegic – $10,575,000 settlement
Plaintiff, a 70-year-old man, was a restrained driver of a Jeep Wrangler traveling north on Interstate 95 near Fredericksburg when he was rear-ended by a company pickup truck hauling a recreational boat. Plaintiff was pinned in his seat by the ...
Tagged with: Auto Accident Judge Robert L. Harris Million-Dollar Settlements
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August 23, 2019
Comments Off on Driver pulled over to change tire, then was struck by motorist – $1 Million Verdict
The plaintiff had a flat tire prior to the accident. He testified that he pulled over to the side of the road when a commercial vehicle came from behind and struck the back of the plaintiff’s car. The force of ...
Tagged with: Auto Accident Million-Dollar Verdicts Norfolk Circuit Court
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March 26, 2019
Comments Off on Insurance ruling prompts $2.1M settlement in death case
A judge’s ruling last month applying Virginia auto insurance law to a Tennessee-registered truck cleared the way for a $2.1 million settlement of an accident that claimed two family members. The noontime crash two years ago on a Scott County ...
Tagged with: Auto Accident Insurance Million-Dollar Settlements
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January 12, 2019
Comments Off on Drunk hit church van, aggravated woman’s a-fib – $275,000 Settlement
Plaintiff was a passenger in a church van which was making several stops throughout Norfolk to provide food and other outreach services to the homeless. As the church van was stopped at a red light, the defendant lost control of ...
Tagged with: Auto Accident Norfolk Circuit Court Settlement
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November 25, 2018
Comments Off on Cause of girl’s knee injury at issue in rear-ender – $100,000 Verdict
The plaintiff was a 16-year-old high school student who suffered a suspected right patellar dislocation playing softball on April 14, 2014. There was evidence that the plaintiff was back to exercising and playing basketball during the summer of 2014. On ...
Tagged with: Auto Accident Judge David B. Carson Salem Circuit Court Tort Verdict
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