By asserting that a contractor’s employee’s own fault contributed to her slip-and-fall, Appellant Dominion Nuclear Connecticut triggered its indemnity agreement with the contractor, Appellee Securitas Security Services USA, the high court held. Jennifer Brandenburg, a Securitas employee, allegedly slipped and ...

Tagged with: Contract Personal Injury Supreme Court of Virginia Tort Unpublished Opinion

Plaintiff’s and defendant’s vehicles were stopped at a red light. Defendant’s vehicle was immediately behind plaintiff’s vehicle. When the light turned green, defendant vehicle drove his car forward into the rear of plaintiff’s vehicle. Plaintiff claimed that she sustained a ...

Tagged with: Judge Charles E. Poston Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury Winchester Circuit Court

Plaintiff is a wheelchair-bound woman who suffers from cerebral palsy. During the day, while her mother works, she is cared for at an adult day support facility. In July 2016, while at the facility, her femur was fractured. The employees ...

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The court denied Defendant Linda Howard’s motions for judgment as a matter of law after a jury found her liable for numerous violations of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Howard, a U.S. citizen employed by the State Department at the ...

Tagged with: Judge Liam O'Grady Personal Injury U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The district court held that Plaintiff Justis Funkhouser’s personal-injury claim against Defendant Henry & William Evans Home for Children was barred by Virginia’s charitable-immunity doctrine. Funkhouser – a minor in foster care at the time of the underlying events – ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael F. Urbanski Personal Injury U.S. District Court - Western District

Plaintiff was operating her motor vehicle when the vehicle was rear-ended. Plaintiff suffered multiple injuries as referenced. Defendant had a policy with only $25,000 of coverage, which was tendered. Plaintiff had UIM coverage of $250,000. The UIM carrier eventually tendered ...

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Plaintiff, a 19-year-old at the time of the incident, was driving home from a friend’s house on the Eastern Shore to his home where he lived with his mother at about 11:00 pm on the main shore highway U.S. Route ...

Tagged with: Judge Joel P. Crowe Million-Dollar Verdicts Personal Injury Portsmouth Circuit Court

A personal injury suit came as a result of the plaintiff being permanently disabled. Details of the court proceedings are confidential. [17-T-191] Type of action: Catastrophic injury Injuries alleged: Permanent disability Name of case: Confidential Court: Confidential Case no.: Confidential ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury

The incident occurred when plaintiff, a 59-year-old woman, was shopping in a retail store owned and operated by Roe Corporation. While assisting the plaintiff, store employee Poe attempted to retrieve an item of merchandise from a shelf. As he did ...

Tagged with: Judge Thomas S. Shadrick Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury York County Circuit Court

The plaintiff was injured in an automobile crash when his host vehicle was struck on the passenger side by a large pickup truck. The plaintiff lost consciousness at the scene and sustained a large soft tissue injury to his right ...

Tagged with: Judge Thomas S. Shadrick Personal Injury Settlement