June 4, 2018
Comments Off on Workers’ Comp Settlement is second largest ever – $3.9 Million Settlement
Claimant is a 42-year-old quadriplegic as a result of a fall from a second story balcony. Claimant lives at home by himself in a rental house. He has no contact with any family members and requires 24/7 home health care ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission Workers' Compensation
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May 21, 2018
Comments Off on Northern Neck wrongful death case settles for $4M – $4 Million Settlement
On the night of Aug. 10-11, 2017, two friends, Graham McCormick and J. Randolph “Rand” Hooper went for a boat ride on Carter’s Creek in Lancaster County. The boat belonged to Rand’s father, Gary Hooper, who had given Rand permission ...
Tagged with: Judge Michael C. Allen Million-Dollar Settlements Richmond Circuit Court Wrongful Death
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May 14, 2018
Comments Off on Police excessive force claim settled for $6.5M – $6.5 Million Settlement
Plaintiff claimed that a police officer who encountered him used excessive force, causing him to suffer serious burns with permanent disfigurement. Plaintiff was hospitalized for 222 days and underwent 34 surgeries. Retired Judge Michael C. Allen with The McCammon Group ...
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May 7, 2018
Comments Off on Man suffered TBI in collision with tractor-trailer – $4 Million Settlement
The plaintiff, a 32-year-old man, suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of a tractor-trailer collision. Liability was conceded. The issue was the extent of damages suffered by the plaintiff. The plaintiff sustained serious injuries, including multiple fractures of ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury York County Circuit Court
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April 30, 2018
Comments Off on Teen injured in rearender lost plans of playing college sports – $1.2 Million Settlement
Plaintiff was a back-seat passenger traveling with her family in Virginia Beach for an elite-level softball tournament. Defendant, a business owner driving a company vehicle, failed to brake when the traffic slowed due to upcoming construction on westbound Interstate 264 ...
Tagged with: Judge F. Bradford Stillman Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury Virginia Beach Circuit Court
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April 16, 2018
Comments Off on Man attacked by heifer, thrown 30 feet into air – $1.2M Settlement
Client, a 60-year-old licensed plumber, arrived at defendant’s farm to estimate the cost of installing water lines for cattle. When he arrived, the farmer was extracting a dead calf from a first-calf heifer with a rope attached to a farm ...
Tagged with: Fauquier County Circuit Court Judge Diane McQuade Strickland Million-Dollar Settlements Premises Liability
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April 13, 2018
Comments Off on Lawyer suffered TBI in rear-ender, made full recovery – $1.25 Million Settlement
While waiting at a stop light, plaintiff’s vehicle was rear-ended by a commercial truck hauling a trailer, with a combined weight of over 10,000 pounds. Defendant corporation claimed that the defendant driver, who was driving the vehicle on the weekend ...
Tagged with: Auto Accident Million-Dollar Settlements
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April 13, 2018
Comments Off on Loaded dump truck killed pregnant woman in wreck – $4.05 Million Settlement
This was a vehicular accident at a highly traveled intersection controlled by traffic signals. This accident involved a large, loaded dump truck weighing approximately 64,000 lbs. which struck a passenger car and killed a young woman who was approximately nine ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death
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April 2, 2018
Comments Off on Performer disabled when stunt went wrong, claim mediated – $1.6 Million Settlement
Claimant was a performer who was injured when a planned stunt went wrong. He fell from a height landing flat and hard striking the right side of his face. He was rendered unconscious for an hour. As a result of ...
Tagged with: Deputy Commissioner Angela F. Gibbs Million-Dollar Settlements Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission Workers' Compensation
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April 2, 2018
Comments Off on Woman killed by ‘tailswing’ of log on turning logging truck – $1.2 Million Settlement
Decedent’s vehicle was found pointing north in the median separating the northbound and southbound lanes of Route 29 south of Lynchburg. There was an approximately 8-foot section of pine log protruding from the windshield that appeared to have broken off. ...
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