Negligence – FELA – Discovery – Privilege Log
Although litigation was “reasonably foreseeable” after plaintiff, a railroad conductor, allegedly fell from a railcar when the grab iron he was holding broke, that does not mean defendant railroad can...
View ArticleUIM carrier bound by acceptance of mistaken offer
An insurance carrier must pay its UIM policy limits even though an auto-accident plaintiff waited nearly two years to formally accept the settlement and the carrier might have avoided liability...
View ArticleCarrier Must Pay UIM Offered By Mistake
Although plaintiff’s insurance carrier mistakenly offered underinsured motorist coverage policy limits, the carrier nevertheless is bound by its offer of $25,000 UIM policy limits, in addition to the...
View ArticleNegligence – FELA – Discovery – Privilege Log
Although litigation was “reasonably foreseeable” after plaintiff, a railroad conductor, allegedly fell from a railcar when the grab iron he was holding broke, that does not mean defendant railroad can...
View ArticleUIM carrier bound by acceptance of mistaken offer
An insurance carrier must pay its UIM policy limits even though an auto-accident plaintiff waited nearly two years to formally accept the settlement and the carrier might have avoided liability...
View ArticleCarrier Must Pay UIM Offered By Mistake
Although plaintiff’s insurance carrier mistakenly offered underinsured motorist coverage policy limits, the carrier nevertheless is bound by its offer of $25,000 UIM policy limits, in addition to the...
View ArticleClosed Mayoral Election Violates FOIA
A Hopewell Circuit Court grants petitioner’s motion for summary judgment to prevent the city council from going into closed sessions to discuss elections to the position of mayor and vice mayor. Under...
View ArticleInjured Worker Indemnity Dispute Goes to Trial
In this litigation arising from a 2012 industrial accident in which a hired contractor was injured by exposure to ammonia vapors, a Hopewell Circuit Court says Virginia law on indemnification will...
View ArticleRetiree suffered TBI after sideswipe by trucker – $250,000 Settlement
Plaintiff, a retiree, hit his head on the driver’s side window when he was struck by a careless commercial driver who lost control of his truck. The tractor-trailer sideswiped plaintiff’s vehicle,...
View ArticleMan hurt after other driver ran stop sign – $1.2 Million Settlement
On May 26, 2017, plaintiff was driving within the City of Hopewell when his vehicle was struck by a contractor from California who ran a stop sign. Initially the defendant claimed the stop sign was...
View ArticleTruck driver ran red light, woman had concussion – $400,000 settlement
On Sept. 13, 2007, the plaintiff had picked up her 18-year-old son from school and was driving home when she stopped for a red traffic signal on Miles Avenue at Winston Churchill Drive in Hopewell. As...
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