April 6, 2020
Comments Off on Man recovers after collision with uninsured driver – $512,947, plus interest, verdict
A 43-year-old Virginia Beach resident was injured when his personal truck was struck on the interstate by an uninsured driver who lost control entering the highway and T-boned the plaintiff. Plaintiff’s truck spun and hit the jersey wall multiple times, ...
Tagged with: Personal Injury Verdict Virginia Beach Circuit Court
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March 23, 2020
Comments Off on Bar not liable for patron’s injuries outside the building
Where plaintiff’s decedent was ejected from defendant bar and beaten outside of the building, the bar is not liable for the injuries. Background According to the allegations in plaintiff’s complaint, plaintiff’s decedent was a patron of a bar called The ...
Tagged with: Judge Everett A. Martin Jr. Norfolk Circuit Court Personal Injury Virginia Circuit Courts
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March 23, 2020
Comments Off on Pedestrian died months after being hit by car – $1 million settlement
Elderly pedestrian hit by vehicle died several months after initial injuries. Case defended on contributory negligence and cause of death grounds. Type of action: Survival/personal injury Injuries alleged: Fractured hip and shoulder Date resolved: Jan. 14, 2020 Verdict or settlement: ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury
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March 23, 2020
Comments Off on Woman sued store for leg injury caused by employee – $2.2 million verdict
Plaintiff, a 35-year-old female, suffered a catastrophic injury to her leg on Aug. 3, 2015, at defendant’s store when two slabs of granite fell on plaintiff ’s leg due to the store employee’s negligence. Plaintiff suffered compound fractures of the ...
Tagged with: Judge Craig D. Johnston Million-Dollar Verdicts Personal Injury Prince William Circuit Court
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March 23, 2020
Comments Off on Man hurt in wreck of medical transport van – $435,000 settlement
The plaintiff was a 71-year-old resident of a nursing home who was a passenger in a medical transport van. The host driver failed to stop at a stop sign, resulting in a T-bone collision on the passenger side of the ...
Tagged with: Judge Diane M. Strickland Personal Injury Settlement
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March 6, 2020
Comments Off on Back-seat passenger suffered concussion in rear-ender – $175,000 verdict
The plaintiff was a back-seat passenger in a Honda Civic that was stopped in the eastbound lane of Route 33 in Greene County, waiting for traffic to pass in order to make a left turn. The defendant failed to stop ...
Tagged with: Greene County Circuit Court Judge Claude V. Worrell Jr. Personal Injury Verdict
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March 6, 2020
Comments Off on Allstate balks at settlement conference, negotiations – $62,000 verdict
This case was ordered to a settlement conference by the state court. Allstate refused to send an insurance company representative to the settlement conference; they sent only their lawyer, but refused to give their lawyer any authority. As such, he ...
Tagged with: Judge Gary A. Mills Newport News Circuit Court Personal Injury Verdict
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March 2, 2020
Comments Off on Woman’s arm broken by deployed airbag while in auto accident – $599,000 settlement
Plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle operated by her son on Mercury Boulevard in Hampton. Defendant made a U-turn and failed to yield the right of way to the approaching vehicle. The impact caused the airbags in plaintiff’s vehicle ...
Tagged with: Hampton Circuit Court Judge Pamela S. Baskervill Personal Injury Settlement
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March 2, 2020
Comments Off on Woman following traffic signal, struck by SUV while crossing street – $250,000 settlement
The 73-year-old plaintiff was crossing the street at V and 14th Streets in Washington with the crossing signal when defendant driver, operating his sister’s SUV, failed to give her the right of way and ran plaintiff over. Plaintiff was in ...
Tagged with: D.C. Superior Court Personal Injury Settlement
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February 24, 2020
Comments Off on Boy in car seat suffered undetected neck injury – $2 million settlement
Plaintiff was in a motor vehicle accident at 19 months old when he was a restrained passenger in a child car seat. He was taken to the hospital where he presented with cervical pain. An X-ray was taken and read ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury
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