July 6, 2020
Comments Off on Grad student struck in crosswalk by pickup truck — $1.69 million settlement
On Sep. 25, 2018, plaintiff, who was a 25-year-old graduate student at the time of the accident, was a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk in Williamsburg. Defendant was driving a Ford F150 pickup truck and proceeded to make a left ...
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July 6, 2020
Comments Off on Man getting car towed crushed between two vehicles — $680,000 settlement
The 70-year-old plaintiff was having car trouble, so he called a towing service to tow his vehicle to a repair shop. As the tow driver pulled the car from the parking spot, plaintiff was crushed between his car and the ...
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June 29, 2020
Comments Off on Woman was attacked by two pit bulls while walking her dog — $100,000 settlement
Plaintiff was walking her dog on a leash when two loose pit bulls attacked her dog and attempted to pull him apart. During the struggle, plaintiff fell and landed on her lower back. She suffered a fractured sacrum and concussion. ...
Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Personal Injury Settlement
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June 29, 2020
Comments Off on Woman hit in parking lot settles for policy limits — $250,000 settlement
Plaintiff was walking across a marked crosswalk in a parking lot when she was struck by a pickup truck. Plaintiff suffered a fractured tibial plateau. The entire event was caught on camera. Plaintiff underwent surgery where a halo fixation was ...
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June 15, 2020
Comments Off on Kentucky settlement won’t block action here
Even though the family of a patient who died of surgery complications settled a Kentucky personal injury claim against providers in that state, the family can still sue Virginia providers in a Virginia court for wrongful death. The claim is ...
Tagged with: Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Medical Malpractice Personal Injury Supreme Court of Virginia
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June 11, 2020
Comments Off on Case incorrectly dismissed after Kentucky settlement
Even though plaintiff settled wrongful death and personal injury claims against a medical defendant in Kentucky, that did not bar wrongful death and personal injury claims arising from the same injury against medical defendants in Virginia. Background Appellant Green is ...
Tagged with: Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Personal Injury Supreme Court of Virginia
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June 8, 2020
Comments Off on Man was crushed between two vehicles in sideswipe wreck – $1.25 million settlement
Plaintiff, a multiple-time, non-violent, convicted felon and father of six, sought work at a townhouse construction site. During the first two hours of his first day at work, he stood next to a large flatbed truck as instructed to assist ...
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June 8, 2020
Comments Off on Woman hit by unknown driver as he backed out in parking lot – $400,000 verdict plus prejudgment interest
On May 15, 2016, Tanza Hutchinson, age 59, was struck by a vehicle in the parking lot of the Coin Laundromat on Hull Street in Richmond. The unknown driver backed out of his parking spot at a high rate of ...
Tagged with: Judge Gregory L. Rupe Personal Injury Richmond Circuit Court Verdict
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June 8, 2020
Comments Off on Plaintiff rear-ended tractor-trailer as it pulled into Interstate 95 – $700,000 settlement
Plaintiff was driving a tractor-trailer southbound in the right lane on Interstate 95 in Richmond. He was close to the end of his regular route that took him into Maryland and back. Defendant driver was driving a tractor-trailer that appeared ...
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May 25, 2020
Comments Off on Court says prosecutor has exposure to defamation claim
A newly elected commonwealth’s attorney who allegedly maligned a former staffer at a public gathering does not have prosecutorial immunity to the staffer’s defamation claim, the Supreme Court of Virginia decided this month. The justices’ ruling revives a lawsuit against ...
Tagged with: Defamation Justice William C. Mims Personal Injury Supreme Court of Virginia
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