A few recent court awards in Portsmouth, Virginia, have some wondering whether certain regions in the state give larger wrongful death awards than others.
In his latest post to our firm’s Newport News, VA Car & Truck Accident Injury blog, my colleague John C. welcomes both the news that the Newport News, Richmond and Norfolk airports have had no reported incidents of air traffic controllers falling asleep on the job and new rules from the Federal Aviation Administration aimed…
In his latest post to our firm’s Norfolk, VA Car & Truck Accident Injury Lawyers blog, my colleague John C. reports on a tractor-trailer rollover accident on Hampton Boulevard that knocked out power to Old Dominion University but, somehow, caused no injuries. John notes that he believes the April 14, 2011, wreck should raise serious…
The City of Lynchburg in Virginia, (VA), has reached a settlement in a wrongful death case brought by the family of a man who died in police custody. The family of Clarence Beard Jr. filed the $12.5 million lawsuit against seven police officers. Circuit Court Clerk Eugene Winfield told the News & Advance that the…
The verdict was levied against Exxon Mobil which was deemed liable for $12 million in compensatory damages, $12.5 million in punitive damages, and close to half a million in medical bills, according to the Virginian-Pilot. The plaintiff in this mesothelioma cancer case was a 72-year-old man named Rubert Minton. He was a repair supervisor on…