The Supreme Court of Virginia has overturned a $20 million jury verdict for a woman who suffered spinal injuries when her 1995 Mazda Miata convertible overturned. Shannon Walters was driving along a two-lane highway in Bedford County in 2006 when ...

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Plaintiff was a 21-year-old junior in college at the time of the accident. She was an avid athlete and runner. She attended a party off-campus late in the evening. At the end of the party, rides back to cam­pus were ...

Tagged with: Judge Joanna Fitzpatrick Personal Injury Rockbridge County Circuit Court

On May 9, 2014, during the evening rush hour, plaintiff was driving westbound in the left lane of Lees­burg Pike at the in­tersection with Idyl­wood Road in the Falls Church area of Fairfax County. Plaintiff was proceeding through the intersection ...

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A dump truck rear-ended a single mother on a major road in Virginia Beach. The property damage was extreme. In the emer­gency room, plaintiff was diagnosed with a concussion although CT-scans came back negative. The injured woman had a cut ...

Tagged with: Judge F. Bradford Stillman Personal Injury Virginia Beach Circuit Court

Plaintiff was a 48-year-old female in­volved in a high-impact T-bone accident. She suffered a fracture to her right hip where the femoral head was driven through the acetabulum. Hip surgery was successful and without complica­tions; however, plaintiff had significant post-surgery ...

Tagged with: Chesapeake Circuit Court Judge Michael C. Allen Personal Injury

Plaintiff was an overnight guest at the Crowne Plaza Marina Hotel in Hampton, Virginia. During her stay she slipped and fell on a wet floor near the front desk, in the lobby. At the time of her fall, a member ...

Tagged with: Judge Theodore J. Markow Personal Injury Richmond Circuit Court

The plaintiff collided with the defendant’s motor vehicle in a Chesapeake intersection. It was estab­lished that the 19-year-old defendant caused the collision by making a left turn on a solid green light in front of the plaintiff. Fol­lowing the initial ...

Tagged with: Chesapeake Circuit Court Judge Jerome B. Friedman Personal Injury

Plaintiff was a 19-year-old healthy and active athlete prior to the accident. While a college student, she attended a party off campus late in the evening. At the end of the party, rides back to campus were scarce. Ten students ...

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Plaintiff Hicks had cervical (C6-7) fusion surgery in 1975 after a horrific auto acci­dent where he broke his neck. However, he has had few (if any) problems with his neck in the 40 years since. In De­cember 2012, a Mack ...

Tagged with: Charlottesville Circuit Court Judge Richard E. Moore Personal Injury

On July 14, 2016, a Norfolk jury award­ed $1,000,000.00 to a 32-year-old yoga in­structor who was in­jured in a motor vehicle accident on October 23, 2014. The plaintiff was op­erating a motor vehicle on Granby Street when she was struck ...

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