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...
View ArticleHeadaches 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...
View ArticlePedestrian 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...
View ArticleABC 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...
View ArticleCostco 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...
View ArticleMetro 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...
View ArticleSevere 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...
View ArticleWorkman 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...
View ArticleCoast 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...
View ArticleAuto 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...
View ArticlePlaintiff 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...
View ArticleCollege 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...
View ArticleTractor-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...
View ArticlePlaintiff’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...
View ArticleWaiting 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...
View ArticleCollege 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...
View ArticleToddler 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,...
View ArticleWalmart 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...
View ArticleBlinded 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...
View ArticleInfant’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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