Top Virginia Personal Injury Verdicts and Settlements
The 20 largest personal injury recoveries in Virginia, ranked by amount, with 52 independently-sourced results to browse. Individual client results and group recoveries are both listed and labeled. Each links to the full story, the firm, and the record behind the number.
Every result on this list holds a ProvenVerdicts designation, the largest verified personal injury result in Virginia or one of the Top 20, which the firm can display with a badge from its results page. The ranking is live and moves as results are verified.
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$360 Million Verdict for Three Patients Abused by Cumberland Hospital Director
A Richmond Circuit Court jury awarded $360 million to three former adolescent patients who were sexually abused by Dr. Daniel Davidow, the medical director of Cumberland Hospital for Children, during what he called routine femoral pulse exams.
After trial: A judge reduced the September 2024 jury verdict from $360 million to just over $241 million. More than 40 plaintiffs in the broader Cumberland Hospital litigation reached a confidential settlement in August 2026, ending the six-year case.
- $25 millionVerdictMedical Malpractice
$25 Million Verdict Against Cardiologist Who Read Blocked Arteries as Normal
A Hampton jury awarded Christopher Denton $25 million after a cardiologist read his cardiac test results as normal, diagnosed a minor heart infection, and sent him home on over-the-counter medication, months before Denton suffered a massive heart attack that left him functioning with roughly half his cardiac capacity.
- $23 millionVerdictTruck Accidents
$23 Million Verdict for Truck Driver Who Lost a Leg and Suffered Brain Injury After I-295 Collision
A Richmond jury awarded $23 million to a commercial truck driver who suffered a traumatic brain injury, crushed pelvis, and right-leg amputation when a Moen Inc. tractor-trailer parked in the emergency lane of I-295 pulled back into traffic and was struck by his rig at highway speed.
- $20 millionVerdictPremises Liability
Jury Awards $20 Million to Boy Burned by 13,200 Volts in Virginia Power Substation
A Charles City County jury returned a $20 million verdict for a ten-year-old boy who suffered third-degree burns across 25 percent of his body after contacting 13,200 volts inside an inadequately secured Virginia Power substation next to his Richmond apartment complex, and the Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed the award in full.
- $17.61 millionSettlementGroup recoveryPremises Liability
Nine Boys, One Church, $17.61 Million: How a Virginia Congregation's Silence Fueled Years of Abuse
Nine boys abused by a Colonial Heights church youth leader secured a $17.61 million global settlement in July 2025, wrapping up nearly nine years of civil litigation and paying out four times what the defendants' insurers claimed they owed.
- $15 millionVerdictWrongful Death
Charlottesville Jury Awards $15 Million in Wrongful Death Case for UVA Lacrosse Player Yeardley Love
A Charlottesville jury awarded $15 million in May 2022 to the mother and sister of Yeardley Love, a University of Virginia lacrosse player killed by her former boyfriend in 2010, more than a decade after his criminal conviction.
- $12 millionSettlementWrongful Death
Grain Delivery Driver Electrocuted at Silo: $12 Million Settlement Against Power Company and Property Owner
A 23-year-old grain truck driver was killed when an electrical arc jumped from an overhead high-voltage power line to the portable auger he was using at a commercial silo, and his family recovered $12 million from the power company and property owner.
- $11.5 millionSettlementMedical Malpractice
$11.5 Million FTCA Settlement for Navy Family After Birth Injury at Naval Hospital Guam
A federal judge approved an $11.5 million settlement for a Virginia Beach Navy family whose son was born with severe brain damage at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam in 2014, after attorneys Michael Imprevento and Kevin Biniazan sued the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
- $10.75 millionVerdictPremises Liability
Student Impaled by Bamboo on School Service Trip Wins $10.75 Million
A 15-year-old Miller School of Albemarle boarding student suffered catastrophic internal injuries when he fell onto a cut bamboo stalk during a school-supervised service project, resulting in a $10 million jury verdict and total recoveries of $10.75 million.
- $10.58 millionVerdictWrongful Death
$10.58 Million Verdict for Widower and Parents After Concrete Truck Kills Wife
A speeding Allied Concrete truck tipped onto a car on the Thomas Jefferson Parkway in June 2007, killing Jessica Lester and injuring her husband. A Charlottesville jury in December 2010 awarded her widower and her parents $10.58 million in total. The trial court cut the widower's wrongful death award, and the Supreme Court of Virginia reinstated the full verdict in January 2013.
After trial: The trial court cut the widower's wrongful death award from $6,227,000 to $2,100,000; the Supreme Court of Virginia reversed that reduction on January 10, 2013 and entered final judgment on the full verdict. Separate sanctions over deleted Facebook evidence were imposed on the lead attorney and the plaintiff and were not disturbed on appeal.
- $10.46 millionVerdictReduced from $21.8 millionWrongful Death
$10.46 Million FELA Verdict for Railroad Worker's Estate in Diesel-Exhaust Cancer Death
A Virginia jury awarded $21.8 million to the family of Randall Redford, a maintenance-of-way worker who died of Acute Myeloid Leukemia after 38 years of diesel-exhaust exposure on Norfolk Southern's tracks, with Napoli Shkolnik attorney Chris Schnieders securing the verdict under FELA.
After trial: The jury awarded $21.8 million and put 52 percent of the fault on Redford for his smoking, so under the federal railroad workers law Norfolk Southern owes its 48 percent share, about $10.46 million.
- $10 millionVerdictPremises Liability
Jury Awards $10 Million to First-Grade Teacher Shot by Student After Repeated Warnings Were Ignored
A Newport News jury found the assistant principal of Richneck Elementary School grossly negligent and awarded $10 million to teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot in her classroom by a 6-year-old student on January 6, 2023.
- $10 millionSettlementTruck Accidents
Tractor-Trailer Lane Change on I-95 Kills Retired Veteran; Family Settles for $10 Million
A tractor-trailer drifted into a retired 20-year veteran's lane on Interstate 95 North and killed him, and Marks & Harrison recovered $10 million for his family before any lawsuit was filed.
- $10 millionVerdictWorkplace Injury
Runaway Norfolk Southern Boxcar Crushes a Richmond Floodwall Worker: $10 Million Verdict
A City of Richmond worker suffered permanent brain damage when a runaway Norfolk Southern boxcar with a missing brake rod drove a floodwall gate into him, and a Richmond jury returned a $10 million verdict.
- $9 millionSettlementPremises Liability
Falling Store Display Fractures a 7-Year-Old's Skull; Premises Case Settles for $9 Million
A heavy retail display toppled onto a 7-year-old, fracturing the child's skull and forcing emergency brain surgery, and Marks & Harrison resolved the premises liability case for $9 million.
- $9 millionSettlementTruck Accidents
$9 Million Settlement for Truck Driver Who Lost His Right Leg When a Wheelabrator Truck Ran a Stop Sign
A truck driver and furniture mover was hit on U.S. Route 17 in Fauquier County, Virginia, on July 21, 2000, by a Wheelabrator Water Technologies truck that pulled out from a stop sign. He broke both legs, and an infection that would not heal led to amputation of the right leg above the knee. Liability was admitted from the start. The case settled for $9 million after one day of jury trial in Richmond Circuit Court.
After trial: The case settled during trial, so there was no verdict and no appeal. The terms beyond the $9 million figure, and whether the defendant's insurers paid it, were not reported.
- $8.85 millionVerdictProduct Liability
Benedi v. McNeil: $8.85 Million Tylenol Verdict Over a Missing Liver Warning
Patrick Malone won an $8.85 million verdict against the maker of Tylenol after a former White House aide lost his liver to a drug he took exactly as directed.
Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner LLP1994 · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria)Read the full story → - $8.5 millionSettlementWrongful Death
$8.5 Million Settlement for Family of Irvo Otieno, Smothered at a Virginia Psychiatric Hospital
Ben Crump and Richmond attorney Mark Krudys, representing the family of Irvo Otieno, negotiated an $8.5 million settlement with the Commonwealth of Virginia, Henrico County, and the county sheriff after the 28-year-old died of asphyxiation while being pinned to the floor by deputies and hospital staff during his admission to a state psychiatric hospital. A Henrico Circuit Court judge approved the settlement in September 2023.
- $7 millionSettlementPremises Liability
$7 Million Settlement After Corroded Gas Line Causes Poolside Grill Explosion in Virginia Beach
A 23-year-old mother suffered burns to 36% of her body after a corroded natural gas pipe fed an undetected leak into an apartment complex's outdoor grill enclosure, triggering an explosion when she attempted to light it.
- $7 millionSettlementMotorcycle Accidents
Motorcyclist Loses Foot in Left-Turn Crash, Wins $7 Million Settlement in Hampton
A 40-year-old motorcyclist whose foot was traumatically amputated after an oncoming driver cut across his lane recovered $7 million in a settlement reached one month before trial.
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A Richmond Circuit Court jury awarded $360 million to three former adolescent patients who were sexually abused by Dr. Daniel Davidow, the medical director of Cumberland Hospital for Children, during what he called routine femoral pulse exams.
Morgan & Morgan's John Yanchunis served as court-appointed co-lead counsel in the multidistrict litigation over Capital One's 2019 data breach, which exposed the personal information of roughly 98 million U.S. customers. The $190 million settlement won final approval in 2022 as one of the largest data breach recoveries in U.S. history.
Price Benowitz, with co-counsel Ben Crump, filed a $25 million wrongful death suit for the father of Rolin Hill, who died in 2024 after Virginia Beach jail deputies restrained and beat him during a mental health crisis.
A Hampton jury awarded Christopher Denton $25 million after a cardiologist read his cardiac test results as normal, diagnosed a minor heart infection, and sent him home on over-the-counter medication, months before Denton suffered a massive heart attack that left him functioning with roughly half his cardiac capacity.
A Richmond jury awarded $23 million to a commercial truck driver who suffered a traumatic brain injury, crushed pelvis, and right-leg amputation when a Moen Inc. tractor-trailer parked in the emergency lane of I-295 pulled back into traffic and was struck by his rig at highway speed.
A Charles City County jury returned a $20 million verdict for a ten-year-old boy who suffered third-degree burns across 25 percent of his body after contacting 13,200 volts inside an inadequately secured Virginia Power substation next to his Richmond apartment complex, and the Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed the award in full.
Nine boys abused by a Colonial Heights church youth leader secured a $17.61 million global settlement in July 2025, wrapping up nearly nine years of civil litigation and paying out four times what the defendants' insurers claimed they owed.
A Charlottesville jury awarded $15 million in May 2022 to the mother and sister of Yeardley Love, a University of Virginia lacrosse player killed by her former boyfriend in 2010, more than a decade after his criminal conviction.
A 23-year-old grain truck driver was killed when an electrical arc jumped from an overhead high-voltage power line to the portable auger he was using at a commercial silo, and his family recovered $12 million from the power company and property owner.
A federal judge approved an $11.5 million settlement for a Virginia Beach Navy family whose son was born with severe brain damage at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam in 2014, after attorneys Michael Imprevento and Kevin Biniazan sued the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
The City of Portsmouth paid its full $11 million insurance policy after a police pursuit through downtown traffic ended in a crash that killed Calvin Majette III and left his wife Temika Pleas with a permanent traumatic brain injury.
A 15-year-old Miller School of Albemarle boarding student suffered catastrophic internal injuries when he fell onto a cut bamboo stalk during a school-supervised service project, resulting in a $10 million jury verdict and total recoveries of $10.75 million.
A speeding Allied Concrete truck tipped onto a car on the Thomas Jefferson Parkway in June 2007, killing Jessica Lester and injuring her husband. A Charlottesville jury in December 2010 awarded her widower and her parents $10.58 million in total. The trial court cut the widower's wrongful death award, and the Supreme Court of Virginia reinstated the full verdict in January 2013.
A Virginia jury awarded $21.8 million to the family of Randall Redford, a maintenance-of-way worker who died of Acute Myeloid Leukemia after 38 years of diesel-exhaust exposure on Norfolk Southern's tracks, with Napoli Shkolnik attorney Chris Schnieders securing the verdict under FELA.
A 90-year-old Virginia woman who spent her days running her church food bank and delivering meals to disabled neighbors was left permanently wheelchair-bound after a box truck ran an intersection without yielding, and recovered $10.3 million in a pre-trial settlement resolved on January 28, 2025.
A Newport News jury found the assistant principal of Richneck Elementary School grossly negligent and awarded $10 million to teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot in her classroom by a 6-year-old student on January 6, 2023.
A tractor-trailer drifted into a retired 20-year veteran's lane on Interstate 95 North and killed him, and Marks & Harrison recovered $10 million for his family before any lawsuit was filed.
A City of Richmond worker suffered permanent brain damage when a runaway Norfolk Southern boxcar with a missing brake rod drove a floodwall gate into him, and a Richmond jury returned a $10 million verdict.
A heavy retail display toppled onto a 7-year-old, fracturing the child's skull and forcing emergency brain surgery, and Marks & Harrison resolved the premises liability case for $9 million.
A truck driver and furniture mover was hit on U.S. Route 17 in Fauquier County, Virginia, on July 21, 2000, by a Wheelabrator Water Technologies truck that pulled out from a stop sign. He broke both legs, and an infection that would not heal led to amputation of the right leg above the knee. Liability was admitted from the start. The case settled for $9 million after one day of jury trial in Richmond Circuit Court.
Patrick Malone won an $8.85 million verdict against the maker of Tylenol after a former White House aide lost his liver to a drug he took exactly as directed.
Ben Crump and Richmond attorney Mark Krudys, representing the family of Irvo Otieno, negotiated an $8.5 million settlement with the Commonwealth of Virginia, Henrico County, and the county sheriff after the 28-year-old died of asphyxiation while being pinned to the floor by deputies and hospital staff during his admission to a state psychiatric hospital. A Henrico Circuit Court judge approved the settlement in September 2023.
A 23-year-old mother suffered burns to 36% of her body after a corroded natural gas pipe fed an undetected leak into an apartment complex's outdoor grill enclosure, triggering an explosion when she attempted to light it.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.