Virginia: Vehicle Accidents – A Lawyer’s Trucks (September 3, 2021)

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            Trial for September 2021 reports 4 car crash cases in its “Verdicts & SETTLEMENTS” section. “Failure to maintain lane” highlights a $1,400,000.00 Florida jury award in 2021 for a prison transport van passenger injured by a tractor-trailer. Id. at 10. “Reckless driving” chronicles a $1,000,000.00 Virginia settlement in 2020 for a pickup driver killed by a tractor-trailer. Id. “Failure to heed stop sign” marquees a $3,000,000.00 North Carolina settlement for a car driver injured by a construction truck. Id. at 10, 12. “Failure to guide motorist at obstructed intersection” headlines a $4,600,000.00 California settlement for a driver injured due to a parked sewer truck obstructing traffic. Id. at 12.

Trial is the monthly law journal of the American Association for Justice (“AAJ”), formerly the American Trial Lawyer Association (“ATLA”). Mr. Waterman has been an AAJ/ATLA member for four decades.

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