Personal Injury Lawyers
Archive for July, 2009
Bus Driver Gets Justice
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
A plaintiff in a Richmond Circuit Court case settled his case favorably
thanks to the careful work of his Fairfax, Virginia personal injury
attorney.
The plaintiff, a motor coach driver, was driving 48 high school seniors
to Disney World in April 2006 when a tractor trailer clipped his bus on
US 17 between Warrenton and Fredericksburg. As a result of the crash,
the plaintiff lost his lower left leg and foot in the crash and also
suffered a shattered right hip and knee.
It took rescue workers two and a half hours to pull the bus driver from
the wreckage, and the plaintiff first knew he had lost his leg when he
heard a paramedic say, “His leg’s gone.”
The plaintiff brought the matter to trial, and in fact, the jury heard
all of the evidence and had gone in the jury room to deliberate when the
parties settled. That is, the jury sat through the whole trial and was
going to render a verdict but the settlement occurred before the jury
came out to tell the parties its finding.
What helped settlement was the jury seeing a video of the plaintiff
walking his daughter down her wedding aisle on crutches with his son
behind him in case he lost balance. The jury also heard testimony that
the plaintiff now has arthritis in both knees and hips from the crash
and will have to have hip and knee replacements in the future. His past
and future medical bills are estimated at $457,000.
With the help of his Fairfax, Virginia personal injury lawyer, the
plaintiff settled his case for Five Million Dollars.
While this case was not handled by the attorneys of Kalfus and Nachman,
PC, we do represent innocent victims of tractor trailer and bus accident
throughout Virginia and North Carolina. We have the tools and the talent
to take on your fight for you. Don’t go it alone- Call the Law Firm of
Kalfus & Nachman, PC if you or a loved one has been injured in a crash.
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Kalfus & Nachman, PC, Takes A Stand Against Drunk Driving!
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Kalfus & Nachman Attorney Richard Aufenger, III, Esquire, helped the victim of a drunk driver prevail in a case heard recently in Portsmouth Circuit Court. The victim was a 64-year-old, recently widowed, lifelong resident of Hampton Roads. As a result of the defendant’s selfishness and careless in choosing to drive while intoxicated, the victim was struck head on by the defendant driver. The defendant was then observed urinating in the street. He was arrested and pled guilty to DUI.
The injured victim was treated at the emergency room on the evening of the crash, and had one follow-up meeting with her family doctor for sprain and strain injuries.
At trial, Mr. Aufenger, attorney for the victim, called the Commonwealth’s pharmacologist to testify that the drunk driver who struck the victim had a blood alcohol concentration greater than 0.15 at the time of the collision. That is typically considered extremely intoxicated for DUI purposes. Mr. Aufenger also asked the jury to consider the trial to be an act of empowerment for the jurors, and he asked them to render a verdict that would serve as an example to prevent others from driving drunk and endangering people on Hampton Roads’thoroughfares.
The jury was out for one hour before returning with a $130,000.00 verdict. Evidently, the jury carefully considered the evidence and took Mr. Aufenger’s request seriously. The community sent a message that we will not tolerate drunk driving.
While all cases have different results, if you or a loved one have been hurt by a driver’s carelessness, let the attorneys at the law firm of Kalfus & Nachman, PC help you!
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