Case Results

Excerpt from Virginia Lawyers Weekly. This personal injury case arose out of a motor vehicle collision in June 2015 between a tractor-trailer and a bicyclist. The plaintiff was riding her bicycle on the street. The defendant was driving a tractor-trailer pulling out of a trucking terminal. As the defendant pulled out into the street, the …

Excerpt from Virginia Lawyers Weekly. February 13, 2017 – Defendant trucker had been on duty for 37 hours before rear-ender Plaintiff was rear-ended by a commercial truck on Interstate 95. Plaintiff had just merged back into the right-hand travel lane after changing a flat tire. The plaintiff was initially treated at Southside Regional Medical Center …

Excerpt from Virginia Lawyers Weekly – February 5, 2018 Plaintiff was a passenger in a non-emergency medical transport van. The van’s driver secured the plaintiff with the lap belt only instead of using both lap and shoulder belts as required by his employer. Evidence was unclear regarding how the wheelchair itself was secured. The plaintiff …

Excerpt from Virginia Lawyers Weekly – January 22, 2018 The plaintiff was injured in an automobile crash when his host vehicle was struck on the passenger side by a large pickup truck. The plaintiff lost consciousness at the scene and sustained a large soft tissue injury to his right shoulder from the side-view mirror’s being …

Excerpt from Virginia Lawyers Weekly – July 10, 2017 This was a personal injury case arising from a motor vehicle collision in Hanover County on March 15, 2015. The plaintiff, 22 at the time, was driving home from the grocery store when the defendant ran a stop-sign and T-boned the plaintiff ’s vehicle. The plaintiff …