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Plaintiff was delivering live animals at time of rear-ender – $225,000...

Plaintiff, a middle-aged female who raised animals on a farm with her husband, was delivering animals and was stopped when she was rear-ended. Plaintiff’s vehicle was towing a trailer. Defendant denied...

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Headaches persisted after auto accident – $175,000 Verdict 

Plaintiff, age 52, was traveling northbound on Route 220 in Alleghany County when an oncoming vehicle turned directly in front of her, causing a collision. Plaintiff denied any injury at the scene but...

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Pedestrian struck in Old Town Alexandria crosswalk – $550,000 Verdict 

Plaintiff was a pedestrian in Old Town Alexandria who was crossing the street in a crosswalk with her husband in the evening when she was struck by the defendant’s car. Her husband avoided being struck...

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ABC agent hit with punitives, commonwealth found liable – $80,000 Verdict 

The plaintiff was involved in a rear-end accident with the defendant, who was an intoxicated ABC agent. The defendant drank at least six beers in a three-and-a-half hour period immediately preceding...

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Costco employee denies striking plaintiff with pallet jack – Defense Verdict 

Plaintiff was shopping with his father at a Costco store in Sterling on June 4, 2009. Plaintiff alleged that while he was in the produce isle, Costco employee Jose Fonseca pushed a pallet jack...

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Metro bus collided with vehicle during U-turn – $117,500 Settlement 

Plaintiff was in an eastbound lane on Burke Center Parkway. A WMATA bus attempted to make a U-turn from the far right lane to head west on Burke Center Parkway. As the bus crossed in front of the east...

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Severe injuries left plaintiff unable to work – $5,500,000 Settlement 

A 59-year-old woman was involved in a severe motor vehicle accident in Northern Virginia. As a result of the accident, she sustained serious injuries involving a C2 fracture, C8 to C9 fracture, severe...

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Workman struck by vehicle on shoulder of Route 29 – $475,000 Verdict 

The plaintiff in this case was struck by a vehicle while working alongside Route 29 in Pittsylvania County. The plaintiff was outside of his work truck on the right shoulder when he was struck by the...

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Coast Guard officer suffered electric shock from boatlift – $525,000 Settlement 

The plaintiff was a 33-year-old Coast Guard security officer transferred to Virginia. Several weeks after moving into a rental property with several docks and electric boatlifts, he and his roommates...

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Auto accident complicated recovery from recent surgery – $35,000 Verdict 

The plaintiff had undergone a massive panniculectomy and tummy tuck on Nov. 27, 2009. On Dec. 25, 2009, she was involved in a motor vehicle collision where the defendant backed into her and fled the...

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Plaintiff was thrown from balcony – $2,100,000 Verdict 

Plaintiff was severely injured when the defendant intentionally picked him up and threw him over a second-story balcony railing at a hotel. Plaintiff incurred medical expenses of $52,000 and suffered...

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College basketball player rendered paraplegic after nightclub shooting –...

The plaintiff, who had recently completed his eligibility as a starting forward on his college basketball team, was rendered a paraplegic after being shot multiple times by an assailant and his...

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Tractor-trailers collided on foggy Interstate – $615,000 Settlement 

This case arose out of a collision between two tractor-trailers on I-77 southbound in Carroll County. There was moderate fog in the area, which had caused traffic to become congested. The plaintiff...

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Plaintiff’s pickup rear-ended by tractor-trailer – $450,000 Settlement 

On Feb. 18, 2012, plaintiff was rear-ended on Route 522 in Rappahannock County. He was slowing to make a right turn into a friend’s driveway when a 1986 International tractor-trailer, driven by the...

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Waiting to file suit aids in $1.7M settlement 

Thirteen years after a serious accident, a 20-year-old college student reached a $1.7 million settlement in a suit over her mild traumatic brain injury. Seven years old at the time of the accident, the...

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College student’s cognitive struggles linked to 1999 accident – $1,700,000...

On March 15, 1999, a tractor-trailer operated by the defendant truck driver crossed over the center line of Route 340 in Clarke County, and ran nearly head-on into a Toyota Corolla driven by the...

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Toddler suffered brain injury in fall from hotel balcony – $10,900,000...

The 2-year-old plaintiff was severely injured at a hotel when he fell through a second floor balcony railing landing head first on the pavement below. The balcony railing was missing a vertical bar,...

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Walmart customer seriously injured in slip & fall – $11,250,000 Verdict 

Plaintiff was a customer at a Walmart store in Stafford County. A Walmart employee had mopped the floor and left the area to get a warning cone. While the employee was gone, plaintiff came into the...

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Blinded employee agrees to $16.5M settlement 

A Virginia machine shop employee blinded in a 2009 accident involving an automated machine tool has settled claims totaling $16.5 million. The manufacturer and seller of a so-called CNC machine and the...

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Infant’s hotel balcony fall nets $10.9M settlement 

An almost $11 million settlement for a toddler who suffered a severe head injury after falling from a hotel balcony presented a conundrum on the timing of the lawsuit. The boy was two years old when he...

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