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Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia,
and West Virginia Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

Maryland injury settlements show a pretty high average of settlements for certain types of car accidents and personal injury claims. Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia injury settlements and jury awards also show interesting trends. Richland County in South Carolina has the highest reported presonal injury jury award for $65,000,000.

In Maryland, we studied the settlement trends in the following counties and districts: Baltimore, Prince Georges, Montgomery, Anne Arundel and Howard. For North Carolina, we analyzed: Gaston, Wake and Guilford while in South Carolina are Charleston, Richland, and Horry. Finally, in Virginia, we looked at the data from Fairfax, Richmond City, Unnamed County, Norfolk City, Virginia Beach City, Prince William, Newport News City, Alexandria, Arlington, Loudoun, Spotsylvania, and Chesapeake City.

Here is what we found:

Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia,
and West Virginia Injury Settlements and Jury Awards
by County and/or District

 

List of the Highest Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Virginia, and West Virginia Injury Settlements and Jury Awards

1. Family and Estate of Coretta Yolanda Webber v. Estate of Richard Seymour, Sr., et al. South Carolina Common Pleas. Award by Jury: $65,000,000.
2. Henry v. Reuben Van James. North Carolina Superior Court. Award by Jury: $27,500,000.
3. The Estate of Caitlin Atwater v. Mike Peterson. North Carolina Superior Court. Award by Settlement: $25,000,000.
4. Ricky Jones v. Moen, Inc. Virginia Circuit Court. Award by Settlement: $23,000,000.
5. Melissa Rodriguez, et al. v. State of Maryland, et al. Maryland Circuit Court. Award by Settlement: $18,500,000.
6. The Estates of Thomas Cameron Simon, Cheryle Cotter Simon, George Wesley Wiggins and Mary Elizabeth Wiggins v. Curtis Isaac Mondy, CIM Enterprises, Inc. and Golden Logistic Services, Inc. North Carolina Superior Court. Award by Bench: $18,000,000.
7. Henry v. Van James. North Carolina Unknown State Court (North Carolina). Award by Jury: $15,000,000.
8. David Blevins v. Frederick P. Hammer. North Carolina Superior Court. Award by Jury: $14,960,000.
9. Jerome Stewart v. Potomac Disposal Services. Virginia Circuit Court. Award by Settlement: $12,000,000.

10.   Michael Wayne Harris, et al. v. Stephanie Ann Richardson. Maryland Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $11,802,225.

11.   Estate of Espina v. Jackson. Maryland Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $11,500,000.

12.   Andrew T. Yankowski v. Marvin P. Smith and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Virginia Circuit Court. Award by Jury: $11,000,000.

13.   Survivors and Personal Representatives of Deceased Students and Faculty v. Commonwealth of Virginia. Virginia Circuit Court. Award by Settlement: $11,000,000.

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