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Man run over, killed while performing bridge repairs — $325,000 settlement
Type of action: Workers’ Compensation Injuries alleged: Death Court: Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission Case no.: VA00002078779 Date resolved: 12/7/2023 Verdict or settlement: Settlement Amount: $325,000 Attorneys for plaintiff: Charles A. Stacy, Bluefield; Paul Stanley, Wytheville Description of case: Ralph Bowden, age 60, was fatally injured on the job on March 29, 2023, when a piece [...]
Nurse unable to return to work after rollover crash — $3.5M verdict
Type of action: Tractor-trailer crash Injuries alleged: Traumatic brain injury, PTSD Name of case: Norman v. Leonard’s Express, Inc. Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Roanoke Division Case no.: 7:22-cv-00096 Tried before: Jury Name of judge or mediator: Judge Thomas T. Cullen Date resolved: 5/25/2023 Special damages: $86,000 in past medical […]
4-year-old child in daycare assaulted by teacher — $550,000 settlement
On Sept. 19, 2017, a 4-year-old child was in her classroom at a local daycare/school she had regularly attended since she was 2 years old. Two adults, a lead teacher and a teacher’s aide, oversaw the child’s 4-year-old classroom.
Patient sustained nerve injury after oral surgery — $1M settlement
Plaintiff, a 59-year-old woman, suffered injury to her right inferior alveolar nerve when an oral surgeon drilled too deep during an immediate implant surgery following the extraction of lower first molar tooth number 30.
Plaintiff burned in flash fire while cleaning engine — $23M settlement
The plaintiff suffered burn injuries that resulted from a flash fire while he was cleaning an engine with the use of a flammable brake-part cleaner. The flash fire caused the plaintiff’s coveralls, which were flammable, to ignite.
Motorcyclist’s leg partially amputated in collision — $2M settlement
The plaintiff, age 64, was operating his motorcycle on a commercial roadway in Norfolk, approaching an intersection on a green light. The defendant driver, who was traveling in the opposite direction, did not see the approaching motorcycle and turned left directly into the side of the motorcycle, ejecting the plaintiff.
Speeding vehicle struck, pushed truck into plaintiff — $1M settlement
Plaintiff was stalled on the side of a Virginia country road with an overheated pickup truck on the way home from a jobsite. As he was on the phone, outside of the vehicle looking at the engine, a speeding vehicle impacted the rear of his work truck catapulting it into the plaintiff.
Adoption, paternity at issue in multimillion-dollar estate — $1.25M settlement
The petitioner was a teenager when her biological mother initiated an adoption proceeding in Tazewell County Circuit Court. An order of adoption was entered by the court on Aug. 30, 1985. Petitioner knew who her biological father was and had contact with him during her teenage years and into her adulthood.
Defense verdict reached in suit over wrist fracture
Joan Griffith fell in a restaurant in Washington, D.C., breaking her right wrist (distal radius fracture) in January 2020. She went to the Reston Hospital ER. The ER physician X-rayed her wrist, told her she needed surgery, and recommended she follow-up with an orthopedist.
Nurse sustained concussion in rear-end collision at red light — $2M settlement
Plaintiff, a 58-year-old woman who worked as an orthopedic trauma nurse, was rear-ended while stopped at a stop light by a car being driven by an employee of the defendant limited liability company.
Motorist suffered lower back injuries in rear-end collision — $225,000 settlement
The plaintiff, a 38-year-old woman, was rear ended in Hanover County on June 30, 2020. The plaintiff sustained lower back injuries as a result of the accident. The plaintiff had a pre-existing, non-traumatic lower back disc herniation at the L5-S1 level which required a discectomy procedure in November 2019.
Driver sustained injury in two rear-end collisions — $77,500 settlement
Plaintiff was involved in a rear-end collision in which she sustained a concussion and soft tissue aggravation injuries to her neck and back. Exactly one month later, the plaintiff was rear-ended again by a Mack Truck and sustained overlapping injuries, including exacerbation of her concussion symptoms.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Man run over, killed while performing bridge repairs — $325,000 settlement
- Nurse unable to return to work after rollover crash — $3.5M verdict
- 4-year-old child in daycare assaulted by teacher — $550,000 settlement
- Patient sustained nerve injury after oral surgery — $1M settlement
- Plaintiff burned in flash fire while cleaning engine — $23M settlement
- Motorcyclist’s leg partially amputated in collision — $2M settlement
- Speeding vehicle struck, pushed truck into plaintiff — $1M settlement
- Adoption, paternity at issue in multimillion-dollar estate — $1.25M settlement
- Defense verdict reached in suit over wrist fracture
- Nurse sustained concussion in rear-end collision at red light — $2M settlement
- Motorist suffered lower back injuries in rear-end collision — $225,000 settlement
- Driver sustained injury in two rear-end collisions — $77,500 settlement
Opinion Digests
- Bankruptcy: Joint tenancy not exempt from IRS lien
- Civil Rights: Trooper denied immunity for assault of teenager
- Civil Service: Electoral board sued by former general registrar
- Constitutional: West Virginia transgender sports law violates Title IX
- Criminal: District court erred when it denied compassionate release
- Criminal: Court affirms gang members’ convictions
- Environmental: Mining prohibition does not extend to transferee
- Intellectual Property: Timberland boots denied Lanham Act protection
- Arbitration: ‘Candy Crush’ lawsuit headed to arbitration
- Constitutional: Lawsuit challenging Virginia broadband statute dismissed
- Consumer Protection: Mercedes-Benz fails to dismiss Lemon Law suit
- Employment: Suit against federal agency transferred to Virginia
