On May 3, 2016, a 19-year-old man was visiting his sister’s apartment, and started to walk down an outdoor stairway to the deck of the apartment below. As he was about halfway down, he stopped to pet a neighbor’s dog ...

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On Oct. 18, 2016, plaintiff Albert Weadon, then 78 years old, was crossing Mount Vernon Avenue in a marked crosswalk at its intersection with E. Oxford Street in the Del Ray section of Alexandria. Defendant Carol Layer, a City of ...

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Plaintiff, a retiree, hit his head on the driver’s side window when he was struck by a careless commercial driver who lost control of his truck. The tractor-trailer sideswiped plaintiff’s vehicle, causing the plaintiff’s minivan to spin several times before ...

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In 2015, the plaintiff participated in a group party-bike tour in Richmond. On the return home, she was seated on the back of the vehicle, on the far outside as one faces the driver. The rear bench seat of the ...

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On June 28, 2014, the 22-year-old plaintiff was seriously injured when the defendant driver of a golf cart intentionally removed her hands from the steering wheel of a golf cart in which the plaintiff was riding as a passenger, causing ...

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Plaintiff, a 32-year-old deckhand on a regional tug boat company, was working on a vessel as it was being prepared for repairs at a Tidewater ship repair port. As he was bending down to move some equipment, a 100-pound metal ...

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On June 24, 2015, plaintiff, a 47-year-old construction worker, was driving his Chevy van westbound on Route 55 in Warren County. At that time, the defendant was driving his commercial van eastbound on Route 55 when he struck the vehicle ...

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Plaintiff suffered serious injuries when she was struck by a driver who failed to yield and broadsided her. There was modest property damage to plaintiff’s car and minimal to defendant’s SUV. The defendant, a college student, at first blamed the ...

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The plaintiff was stopped at a red light at an intersection with the intention of crossing Indian River Road in Virginia Beach. When his light turned green, he proceeded directly across the intersection. The defendant, who was travelling on Indian ...

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Plaintiff was a salesperson from West Virginia visiting Richmond for a business meeting when she claimed her suitcase became entangled with the panel of an escalator, jerking the suitcase in her left hand and tearing her rotator cuff. Liability was ...

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