July 30, 2018
Comments Off on Fetal death claim not limited to mother
Six years after the General Assembly created a cause of action for the wrongful death of a fetus, a Virginia circuit judge has ruled that the mother is not the only family member that can claim damages under the law. ...
Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David A. Oblon Virginia Circuit Courts Wrongful Death
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July 27, 2018
Comments Off on Woman killed while walking through store parking lot – $3.5 Million Settlement
Plaintiff, a 48-year-old female married with two children, was a customer at a store in Northern Virginia. The plaintiff had exited the store and was walking towards the parking lot using a marked pedestrian crosswalk. An operator of a Ford ...
Tagged with: Judge Gerald Bruce Lee Judge Michael C. Allen Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death
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June 18, 2018
Comments Off on Man, stopped for traffic, killed in rear-ender – $1.45 Million Settlement
Plaintiff’s decedent, a 60-year-old divorced man survived by his adult daughter, was fatally injured in an auto collision on one of the many Tidewater bridge crossings. Decedent, driving an old model sedan with a rear-mounted gas tank, was stopped for ...
Tagged with: Judge Robert S. Brewbaker Jr. Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death
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May 21, 2018
Comments Off on Northern Neck wrongful death case settles for $4M – $4 Million Settlement
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
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April 23, 2018
Comments Off on Truck hit guardrail, left debris on highway, two killed – $845,000 Settlement
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
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April 13, 2018
Comments Off on Loaded dump truck killed pregnant woman in wreck – $4.05 Million Settlement
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 ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death
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April 2, 2018
Comments Off on Woman killed by ‘tailswing’ of log on turning logging truck – $1.2 Million Settlement
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. ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death
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February 26, 2018
Comments Off on Negligent hiring of carrier by broker alleged – $550,000 Settlement
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
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February 12, 2018
Comments Off on Patient at facility was given another patient’s meds – $497,500 Settlement
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
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February 7, 2018
Comments Off on Road crewman killed by driver, estate gets all limits – $996,363 Settlement
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
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