A jury in Norfolk Circuit Court awarded $1.5 million to a Norfolk Southern employee who suffered a broken leg in an accident at the Portlock yard in Portsmouth. The employee was hurt in June 1992 when he drove a tractor onto a flatbed trailer and it fell off the side of the trailer as a […]
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Retired Carman Settles Mesothelioma Claim For $1.3 Million
The plaintiff, Heber Ayers, was a retired railroad carman who had worked for CSX Transportation, Inc. from 1955 until 1957 and from 1963 until 1991, for a total of 30 years. During the course of his employment for the railroad, he worked around asbestos products and subsequently was diagnosed with mesothelioma in August 2005. During […]
Read MoreJury Awards $3.74 Million For Dental Malpractice
A Norfolk jury awarded $3 million plus more than four years of pre-judgment interest to a dental patient who was gravely injured due to the negligence of a local dentist. The verdict followed a seven day civil trial in February, 2016. Keith Riddick, 63, of Virginia Beach, developed a “deep space” infection following a routine […]
Read MoreRailroad Settles For $850,000 After Defective Chair Collapses Injuring Ticket Clerk
The plaintiff, a 50 year old lead ticket agent, was injured when the chair in which she was sitting at Amtrak’s Newark Penn station collapsed beneath her, causing her to fall to the floor. She injured her neck, back and left shoulder and underwent lumbar laminectomy/spinal fusion at L5-S1, as well as arthroscopic shoulder surgery. […]
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The plaintiff was performing an initial terminal brake test when he detected an air leak, requiring him to cross through the train. Plaintiff walked to the nearest flat car to use its brake step to cross over. The brake step gave way due to a broken support bracket. Plaintiff fell more than four feet to […]
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An $850,000 settlement was awarded to a railroad brakeman whose pelvis was crushed when the train on which he was working derailed on an area of track with a history of derailments. The brakeman was represented in U.S, District Court by the law firm Moody, Strople, and Kloeppel Ltd. of Portsmouth, VA. He was coupling […]
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ROANOKE TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1996BY LAURENCE HAMMACKSTAFF WRITER A Roanoke jury has awarded $650,000 to three retired railroad employees who were exposed to asbestos while working in dust-filled shops throughout their careers with Norfolk Southern Corp. This was the first time a Roanoke Circuit Court jury had decided sucha case. Willard Moody, Jr., a […]
Read MoreWillard J. Moody, SR. Selected As a 2017 “America’s Top 100 Attorneys Lifetime Achievement Recipient”
The Moody Law Firm takes great pride in announcing that Willard J. Moody, Sr., our Founder, President and National Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame 2014 Inductee, has been also selected in 2017 as a “America’s Top 100 Attorneys Lifetime Achievement Recipient”. The significance of this great achievement cannot be emphasized enough, given this selection is by invitation only […]
Read MoreWoman Injured In “Old 611” Wreck
AWARDED $900, 000 A woman injured her back in the wreck of the “Old 611” steam engine and won a $900,000 verdict from a Portsmouth jury. Barbara Greenstreet, 42, of Virginia Beach, argued, the May 1986 accident left her unable to work and in constant pain. Greenstreet had a disc removed from her back because […]
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Carman Injured Back While Repairing Coal Chute Door on Car – $700,000 Verdict. The plaintiff, a carman, repairs railroad coal cars. While reaching under a railroad coal car to pull out a seventy-two pound coal chute door that he was replacing, the plaintiff injured his back and missed six weeks of work, losing approximately $3,800 […]
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