Apr 15, 2011

Juries defy cliche of anti-immigrant bias

Your plaintiff is the family of a Mexican national from North Carolina, killed in an auto accident, and you’re stuck with a Virginia jurisdiction with a reputation for conservative jurors. […]

Apr 4, 2011

Shipyard worker blames Exxon for mesothelioma – $25,000,000 Verdict

A former ship repair supervisor contracted mesothelioma almost 30 years after he last worked for Newport News Shipbuilding on oil tankers owned by Exxon Mobil Corp. Plaintiff, now 72, contended […]

Mar 24, 2011

Man gets $25M asbestos verdict against Exxon

A Newport News Circuit Court jury has awarded $25 million to a ship repair coordinator who had contracted mesothelioma. The predecessors of Exxon Mobil, the defendant in the case, had […]

Mar 17, 2011

$25 million asbestos verdict returned against Exxon

A Newport News jury returned a $25 million verdict this morning against Exxon Corp. for a ship repair supervisor who contracted mesothelioma after working on the company’s ships from 1966-77. […]

Mar 7, 2011

Child of Mexican national has brachial plexus injury – $2,551,629 Verdict

The minor plaintiff was delivered by the defendant doctor on Aug. 7, 2005. The mother, who was from Mexico, had received no prenatal care. During the delivery, the defendant encountered […]

Mar 1, 2011

Richmond jury awards $23M to truck driver

A tractor-trailer driver who rear-ended another rig and had no memory of the collision has won a $23 million verdict from a Richmond Circuit Court jury. Key to the case […]

Feb 16, 2011

Student scores $5M verdict against The Virginian-Pilot

Patrick Bristol, a student at Chesapeake’s Great Bridge High School, told a reporter for The Virginian-Pilot that fellow student Kevin Webb routinely shoved and taunted him at school. The Pilot […]

Feb 7, 2011

Teenager paralyzed during surgery for sunken chest – $5,000,000 Verdict

Plaintiff was 16 years old when he underwent pectus excavatum surgery on Jan. 30, 2007, to correct a congenital deformity of the chest wall. During the surgery, the defendant provided […]

Feb 1, 2011

Paralyzed teen wins $5M verdict

Thomas Guzzetta’s parents looked all over the country for a surgeon to repair his congenital hollow chest and brought him from Southern California to the Children’s Hospital of the King’s […]

Jan 27, 2011

Defense in $10.5M case claims juror bias, lawyer misconduct

Defense lawyers have come out swinging with a scathing set of post trial motions attacking the plaintiffs’ lawyer who scored a record-setting Charlottesville wrongful death verdict. Matthew B. Murray of […]

Jan 19, 2011

Mistrial sought in $10-million death verdict

Defense lawyers hope to undo a monumental verdict claiming a juror had ties to a plaintiffs’ law firm. A Charlottesville jury last month awarded more than $10.5 million to family […]

Jan 17, 2011

Tobacco manufacturer says distributor didn’t pay its bills – $5,257,644 Verdict

The plaintiff Virginia Brands is a cigarette manufacturer and produced cigarettes for the defendant Kingston Tobacco under a contract in which Kingston Tobacco agreed to pay for the cigarettes and […]