Case Results

Excerpt from Virginia Lawyers Weekly – December 27, 2010. The plaintiff was a 71-year-old mechanic working as an independent contractor for the defendant contracting company. On Sept. 24, 2007, the truck driver for the defendant returned to the garage with a dump truck that needed the air brakes adjusted. The driver backed the dump truck …

Excerpt from Virginia Lawyers Weekly. September 3, 2007 – A Chesterfield County circuit court jury has awarded $1.5 million to a young man who sustained serious right-leg injuries in a Dinwiddie County car crash. At the time of the collision, Troy Ingraham, 27, worked as a route salesman for Brown Distributing, a company that delivers …

Excerpt from Virginia Lawyers Weekly. The plaintiff, a Navy ensign in flight school in Pensacola, Florida, was a resident of Virginia. He was struck while walking home by a John Doe hit-and-run driver. Suit was filed in Henrico County against John Doe. The deposition of the Florida Highway Patrolman was taken in Sarasota, Florida. The …

Liability admitted; Issue for jury was damages; Dr. Zaslav, orthopaedist testified shoulder injury related to accident because the history and dynamics of injury; Dr. Carr, orthopaedist, testified shoulder injury not related to accident because of age of plaintiff and acute symptoms resolved before surgery.

Excerpt from Virginia Lawyers Weekly. August 22, 2011 – The 19-year-old plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident on March 23, 2009. The defendant ran a stop sign and struck the plaintiff’s car on the right side, causing it to flip over approximately three times. Liability was not an issue in the case. In …