On April 7, 2017, Autumn Sambrano was a passenger in a 1990 Ford Econoline van traveling north on Interstate 81 in Botetourt County. The van had just exited a construction zone and was gaining speed when it was rear-ended by ...

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Plaintiff, who was a tractor-trailer driver, was rear-ended by another tractor-trailer while exiting the interstate. He suffered lower back injuries and aggravations of pre-existing injuries. He could not return to work and required treatment, including surgery. [19-T-135] Type of action: ...

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The guardian ad litem alleged that the widow was unfaithful to her husband during the time leading up to his death and had been arrested for possession of drugs. The GAL argued she deserved nothing for sorrow, mental anguish and ...

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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

A ruling by a circuit judge may absolve a general district judge of claims that he misused his judicial status in a property dispute with a neighbor. The decision from retired Circuit Judge William N. Alexander II appears to provide ...

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A Botetourt County jury entered a verdict ordering the Virginia Department of Transportation to pay $3.13 million to a couple whose land was condemned for highway purposes. VDOT took seven acres of Bland and Betty Painter’s 29-acre property at Exit ...

Tagged with: Botetourt County Circuit Court Compensation Judge Jonathan M. Apgar Million-Dollar Verdicts

On Nov. 12, 2012, the 37-year-old plaintiff was driving his 2009 Ford Taurus north on 1-81 in Botetourt County when he was struck in the rear by a tractor-trailer driven an employee of Navajo Express. The defendants admitted that they ...

Tagged with: Botetourt County Circuit Court Judge Malfourd W. "Bo" Trumbo Personal Injury

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

Plaintiff’s car was sideswiped twice by a tractor-trailer rig on I-81 North in Botetourt County. The impact caused the car to run off the road and run into the median strip, injuring plaintiff. [15-T-088]   Type of action: Personal injury ...

Tagged with: Botetourt County Circuit Court Judge Malfourd W. "Bo" Trumbo Million-Dollar Verdicts Personal Injury

The plaintiff was hit head-on on Route 11 in Botetourt County when the defendant, driving a car, crossed into the plaintiff’s lane of travel. The plaintiff was driving his employer’s truck. The plaintiff underwent a hemilaminectomy and a spinal fusion. ...

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