Verdicts & Settlements

Visiting girl bitten in home of neighbor - $125,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
August 18, 2008

Mary Adkins was visiting a next door neighbor on Aug. 15, 2007, when she was attacked by the neighbor’s dog. Adkins, who was in the neighbor’s house, was 12 years old at the time of her injury. She had been around the dog on numerous occasions with no problems. The defendant had […]

Warehouse worker found to be statutory employee - Defense Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
August 18, 2008

Plaintiff was loading coffee into a tractor-trailer at a warehouse in Chesapeake. The defendant tractor-trailer driver stated that he was told that he was good to go and pulled away from the loading dock just as the plaintiff was driving the forklift into the back of the truck. Plaintiff suffered a herniated disc in […]

80-year-old pedestrian killed in mall garage - $100,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
August 18, 2008

The decedent was walking in the parking garage of Ballston Common Mall in Arlington on Jan. 5, 2007, when she was struck by a Lexus SUV driven by the defendant. Defendant worked in the mall as a nail technician.
The decedent was transported to George Washington University Hospital where she succumbed to her injures. […]

ATV passenger injured in collision with car - $200,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
August 18, 2008

On July 4, 2007, the 17-year-old plaintiff was a passenger on a Yamaha all-terrain vehicle operated by her boyfriend, the defendant, who was driving the ATV in an easterly direction on St. Peters Church Road in Hanover County. Defendant and plaintiff were accompanied by four friends on two other ATVs and were en route […]

Physician fails to diagnose woman’s abdominal tumor - $700,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
August 18, 2008

The plaintiff is a widowed Somalian female, age 58, mother of eight. She presented to the defendant health care provider March 21, 2005, complaining of abdominal pain in the left lower quadrant over two to three weeks.
A colonoscopy was performed in July 2005, which was negative other than showing two small polyps, which were […]

Contributory negligence alleged in tractor-trailer crash - Defense Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
August 11, 2008

Plaintiff claimed significant ongoing neck, back and leg pain from a collision with the defendant’s tractor-trailer, which occurred with such force that the tractor-trailer’s headlight was impaled in the windshield of plaintiff’s minivan. Defendant driver was maneuvering his tractor-trailer across four lanes of traffic into a dock.
Plaintiff testified that she waited for […]

Negligence per se, res ipsa are issues in electrical shock - $1,000,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
August 11, 2008

Plaintiff was a 47-year-old pilot for a commercial airline who spent the night at a hotel after flying a Boeing 737 to a Virginia international airport on June 30, 2005. Before leaving the next morning on a similar flight, the pilot took a shower.
While washing his hair with his hands directly above his head, the […]

Operator killed when aerial boom tips over - $2,162,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
August 11, 2008

Patrick Ott was an experienced mechanic employed by a heavy equipment rental company. A boom-supported aerial lift had been returned from the field the day before, and Ott was assigned to perform an inspection of the machine prior to its delivery to the next customer.
Operating the aerial lift from its work platform, […]

Payment higher than limits because of bad faith claim - $117,949 Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
August 11, 2008

Plaintiff, a Henrico County elementary school teacher, was southbound on Pouncey Tract Road when he saw traffic in front of him coming to a stop. According to plaintiff’s testimony, he applied his brakes and stopped approximately a foot behind the vehicle in front of him. A second later, the defendant struck the rear […]

Renter moves in before owner buys tenant policy - Defense Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
August 11, 2008

Plaintiff purchased a property to fix up and flip in Charlottesville. While the property was under construction, plaintiff contacted Nuckols Insurance to purchase a builder’s risk policy to cover the premises while the project was being renovated.
One month before the builder’s risk policy was set to expire, plaintiff received a card telling her it was […]

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