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Blankingship & Keith resolves three cases listed in Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s ‘Million Dollar Settlements of 2017’

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April 14, 2018

The trial lawyers at Blankingship & Keith, PC resolved three major personal injury cases in 2017 listed in Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s statewide “Million Dollar Settlements of 2017.” With a total of 45 cases making this year’s list, the personal injury team secured one settlement for $7.25 million included in the top ten and another settlement making the top 15.

The firm’s $2.75 million settlement for a client who slipped and fell at an airport was the second-highest settlement in Virginia for a mild traumatic brain injury reported, statewide, in 2017.

This annual compilation recaps big settlements from across the Commonwealth during the past year. To qualify, a settlement must be for at least $1 million, be reached in calendar year 2017, and involve a dispute with a strong Virginia component.

Below are links to detailed information on two of the three cases that made the list.

1) Pedestrian was run over by utility truck in crosswalk.

2) Man slipped on black ice at airport, suffered TBI.