Decedent, age 73 at the time of her death, presented to a hospital emergency department with complaints of having lower back and abdominal pain for the previous three days.  She further complained that her urine had been dark and cloudy ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death

A jury’s $4.2 million award for the family of a man killed in a workplace accident has been overturned by the trial judge, who ruled the victim’s own negligence contributed to his death. The man’s conduct in using an industrial ...

Tagged with: Judge David B. Carson Million-Dollar Verdicts Roanoke Circuit Court workplace Wrongful Death

This action arose out of a two-car colli­sion on U.S. 40 in Sus­sex County which is a two-lane highway. The defendant drove off the road on the right, overcorrected, came back across the high­way into the oncoming lane and struck ...

Tagged with: Sussex County Circuit Court Wrongful Death

This case arises from the death of a 42-year-old participant in a tax exempt § 501(c) commu­nity rehabilitation pro­gram or sheltered work­shop. The decedent was known by the program to have a history of sei­zures and it had inter­nal protocols ...

Tagged with: Winchester Circuit Court Wrongful Death

Decedent was a passenger in a car driven by her hus­band (on Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania) coming back from visiting relatives in New York when the defendant crossed the median and struck decedent’s vehicle head on, killing her. The defendant ...

Tagged with: Judge David B. Carson Million-Dollar Settlements Roanoke Circuit Court Wrongful Death

This was a motor vehicle accident that occurred in Fauquier County. The defendant contended that he had been at Potomac Mills Mall window-shopping for hours, that he then met up with an old friend and they went to a barbecue. ...

Tagged with: Fauquier County Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey W. Parker Million-Dollar Verdicts Wrongful Death

Plaintiff’s decedent was killed in a horrific tractor-trailer wreck on a rural two-lane roadway in western Virginia. The federal motor carrier operating the trac­tor-trailer had a terrible safety and compliance record. The es­tate had received the policy lim­its from the ...

Tagged with: U.S. District Court - Western District Wrongful Death

Plaintiff’s decedent, Donald Namuth, was an 82-year-old male, who despite his age, led a very active lifestyle and lived in Freder­icksburg. The defendants, Hands on Truck­ing LLC, had its principal place of business in Baltimore, Maryland and Roane lived in ...

Tagged with: U.S. District Court - District of Maryland Wrongful Death

Decedent, 61, and shooter, Dr. Correll, were both members of WAIDS Hunt Club in Sus­sex County. Both were experienced hunters. On Dec. 30, 2013, the hunt club organized a group deer hunt with the use of hunting dogs. Shooter had ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert G. O'Hara Jr. Sussex County Circuit Court Wrongful Death

Plaintiff’s decedent was a 28-year-old fe­male reserve soldier in USAF working for a civilian contractor overseas and her em­ployer shared an office building on a NATO base with a defense contractor. Plaintiff’s decedent suffered a gunshot wound to the head ...

Tagged with: Judge Stanley P. Klein Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death