SCV: Expert necessary to support legal malpractice claim
A plaintiff needed to produce an expert to prove her former attorneys failed to exercise reasonable care, skill, and dispatch. She said counsel had caused her personal injury claim to become...
View Article4th Cir.: Homestead had no notice of ice near walkway fountain
A guest at the Omni Homestead did not demonstrate that the hotel had either actual notice of ice she slipped on or constructive notice, based on the hazardous condition allegedly caused by operating...
View ArticleEDVA: Spouse-plaintiffs proceed to consolidated discrimination trial
The plaintiff, a former executive, survives summary judgment on several claims arising from her treatment by the company’s CEO during and after a volatile intimate relationship involving threats and...
View ArticlePassenger gets one driver’s limits, gets defense verdict from other – Defense...
Plaintiff was a passenger involved in a two-car collision. One driver settled for her policy limits. The remaining driver and defendant denied liability and brought the case to trial. Following the...
View ArticleWoman suffered back injury in wreck with student – $1.3 Million Verdict
On May 27, 2015, Kimberli Vida, 50, was a back-seat passenger in an SUV driven by her husband when they were struck on East Ridge Road by an SUV driven by defendant, Sarah Farney, who pulled out from...
View ArticleEDVA: Voter intimidation, defamation claims survive dismissal
Two publications purporting to reveal widespread voter fraud have given rise to a viable lawsuit. The published materials (called Alien Invasion I and II) allegedly reported falsely that specific...
View ArticleVirginia woman hurt in taxi wreck in Seattle – $900,000 Settlement
Plaintiff was on a work-related trip to Seattle on Nov. 15, 2015. She was taking a taxi to the airport to return to Virginia when the cab driver lost control of the vehicle. He drove at a high rate of...
View ArticleT-bone wreck causes facial, orthopedic injuries – $950,000 Settlement
On July 9, 2017, the 27-year-old plaintiff was on her way to a hiking trip when the car she was driving entered the intersection of Routes 707 and 231 in Rappahannock County. When entering the...
View ArticleVa. Cir.: Judgment final as to co-defendant who didn’t appeal
One of two defendants appealing a $24,000 judgment against them cannot add the other defendant to the appeal. General district court judgments are final as to parties who note no appeal. Background In...
View ArticleWoman with high BAC rear-ended motorcyclist – $442,000 Verdict
The plaintiff was stopped at a red light at an intersection in Virginia Beach. He pulled up next to a police officer, who was admiring his Harley-Davidson when the plaintiff was struck from behind. The...
View ArticleGirl hurt when mom hit tractor-trailer – $535,000 Settlement
On Sept. 18, 2016, the plaintiff, a 10-year-old girl, was a backseat passenger in a car driven by her mother traveling north on Interstate 295 in Henrico County. At the same time there was a...
View ArticleYoung woman suffered head injury in wreck – $850,000 Verdict
On July 28, 2017, the plaintiff was a 17-year-old rising high school senior who was driving a Saturn in the right lane on Interstate 81 near Staunton when a tractor-trailer merged into the back of her...
View ArticleTeacher hurt her knee in rear-ender – $237,500 Settlement
On April 4, 2016, the plaintiff, 31, was rear-ended by the defendant, Dwayne Newman, in Westmoreland County. At the time of the collision, Newman was driving a trash transport vehicle for Local...
View ArticleWoman hurt her shoulder in escalator incident – $375,000 Settlement
Plaintiff was a salesperson from West Virginia visiting Richmond for a business meeting when she claimed her suitcase became entangled with the panel of an escalator, jerking the suitcase in her left...
View ArticleDefendant ran red light, caused back injury – $175,000 Verdict
The plaintiff was stopped at a red light at an intersection with the intention of crossing Indian River Road in Virginia Beach. When his light turned green, he proceeded directly across the...
View ArticleDriver claimed injuries cause by pre-existing conditions – $343,915 Settlement
Plaintiff suffered serious injuries when she was struck by a driver who failed to yield and broadsided her. There was modest property damage to plaintiff’s car and minimal to defendant’s SUV. The...
View ArticleMan hurt in multi-vehicle wreck settles low-back injury – $1.025 Million...
On June 24, 2015, plaintiff, a 47-year-old construction worker, was driving his Chevy van westbound on Route 55 in Warren County. At that time, the defendant was driving his commercial van eastbound on...
View ArticleFalling locker cover injured seaman’s back – $950,000 Settlement
Plaintiff, a 32-year-old deckhand on a regional tug boat company, was working on a vessel as it was being prepared for repairs at a Tidewater ship repair port. As he was bending down to move some...
View ArticleWoman hurt in golf cart wreck settles case – $500,000 Settlement
On June 28, 2014, the 22-year-old plaintiff was seriously injured when the defendant driver of a golf cart intentionally removed her hands from the steering wheel of a golf cart in which the plaintiff...
View ArticleWoman was hurt in fall from party-bike vehicle – $885,100 Settlement
On Dec. 3, 2015, Joyce Johnson participated in a group party-bike tour offered by Groovin’ Gears. At approximately 7:40 p.m., the party-bike vehicle was driving northbound on Roseneath Road, through...
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