On the night of Aug. 10-11, 2017, two friends, Graham McCormick and J. Randolph “Rand” Hooper went for a boat ride on Carter’s Creek in Lancaster County. The boat belonged to Rand’s father, Gary Hooper, who had given Rand permission ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael C. Allen Million-Dollar Settlements Richmond Circuit Court Wrongful Death

On April 1, 2014, a Nova Express tractor-trailer driven by Phillip Emiabata d/b/a Nova Express drove off the northbound travel lanes of I-81 in Wythe, crashed through the guardrail and came to rest on its side in the left southbound ...

Tagged with: Judge Diane McQuade Strick­land Judge Robert S. Ballou Settlement U.S. District Court - Western District Wrongful Death

This was a vehicular accident at a highly traveled intersection controlled by traffic signals. This accident involved a large, loaded dump truck weighing approximately 64,000 lbs. which struck a passenger car and killed a young woman who was approximately nine ...

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Decedent’s vehicle was found pointing north in the median separating the northbound and southbound lanes of Route 29 south of Lynchburg. There was an approximately 8-foot section of pine log protruding from the windshield that appeared to have broken off. ...

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This case is the companion follow-up case to a matter called Mann Adm’r v. Emiabata d/b/a Nova Express (see VLW 017-3-408), which also settled for $550,000.00. After settling with the motor carrier’s insurer, the three plaintiffs involved in the Nova ...

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

The decedent, age 62, had been a resident of Covington Manor, an assisted living facility located in Alleghany County, for approximately 20 years. The decedent had suffered from a lifelong history of substance abuse and mental illness which led him ...

Tagged with: Alleghany County Circuit Court Medical Malpractice Settlement Wrongful Death

Plaintiff’s decedent was part of a road-work crew. Defendant drove his car into plaintiff’s decedent and killed him. Defendant denied negligence and asserted defenses of unavoidable accident, sudden emergency, assumption of risk, and contributory negligence. The settlement amount represented 100 ...

Tagged with: Prince William Circuit Court Settlement Wrongful Death

On March 1, 2016, at around 6:06 a.m., the decedent drove his truck to work on Interstate 64 in Rockbridge County. He travelled at the posted speed limit. A tractor-trailer was going up a hill on 64 traveling at a ...

Tagged with: Roanoke Circuit Court Settlement Wrongful Death

Boe is the surviving wife of a decedent husband who was 62 years old at the time of his death. The husband presented at his primary care physician with one to two weeks of complaints of shortness of breath on ...

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On Oct. 27, 2016, at roughly 6:50 a.m., the decedent, who was in dark-colored cloth­ing, was walking across Quioccasin Road at the intersection of Quioccasin and We­stridge Road in Henrico County. At the location of the incident, there is no ...

Tagged with: Henrico County Circuit Court Motor Vehicle Collision Settlement Wrongful Death