Plaintiff was hit head-on by a minivan driven by an intoxicated driver. Plaintiff had to be cut from her vehicle. Plaintiff was a schoolteacher who taught hospital-bound children and was unable to return to teaching until the following school year. ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury

This motor vehicle collision occurred on Dec. 24, 2013. The 25-year-old plaintiff lived out of state but was home in the Richmond area visiting her family for the holidays. The collision occurred when the defendant pulled out from a side ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury Richmond Circuit Court

Plaintiff was a 66-year-old woman who was employed as the Region Ten Community Services Board program coordinator for the Albemarle-Charlottesville Family Treatment Court. She and her husband were injured in a high-impact, front-end collision on Route 3 (Plank Road) west ...

Tagged with: Judge James Brown Personal Injury Spotsylvania Circuit Court

The plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle/bicycle collision in Virginia Beach. The collision occurred when the defendant driver failed to maintain proper lookout, speed and control of his vehicle as he was exiting a parking lot to enter the ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury Virginia Beach Circuit Court

A Culpeper County employee who successfully sued the county commonwealth’s attorney for assault and battery could lose his district court victory because he doesn’t have the money to pursue his appeal in circuit court. In the case involving lame-duck Commonwealth’s ...

Tagged with: Commonwealth's Attorneys Culpeper County Circuit Court General District Court Personal Injury

Defendant was stopped behind the plaintiff’s car at a red light on Newtown Road in Norfolk. When the light turned green, defendant released the brake of his 2007 Saturn and rolled forward, hitting the rear bumper of the plaintiff’s 2007 ...

Tagged with: Judge Joseph A. Migliozzi Norfolk Circuit Court Personal Injury

On Nov. 12, 2012, the 37-year-old plaintiff was driving his 2009 Ford Taurus north on 1-81 in Botetourt County when he was struck in the rear by a tractor-trailer driven an employee of Navajo Express. The defendants admitted that they ...

Tagged with: Botetourt County Circuit Court Judge Malfourd W. "Bo" Trumbo Personal Injury

A weekend racetrack adventure that led to grievous injuries in 2011 produced a $3 million settlement this year after three separate insurance companies paid the limits of their policies. The result is a trust that will benefit a man who ...

Tagged with: Hampton Circuit Court Judge Bonnie L. Jones Judge Timothy S. Fisher Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury

On May 6, 2013, the defendant ran a stop sign and struck the plaintiff’s vehicle in a Henrico County parking lot. The impact caused the plaintiff’s vehicle to strike another vehicle. The plaintiff was not transported by an ambulance, but ...

Tagged with: Henrico County Circuit Court Personal Injury

This was a minor rear-end collision with only scratches to the plaintiff’s bumper. The damage to plaintiff’s car was worth about $750. The plaintiff claimed $59,804.42 in medical bills over a two-year period. Most of the bills were for diagnostic ...

Tagged with: Hanover County Circuit Court Judge T.J. Markow Personal Injury