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Here at The Law Firm of Carlton F. Bennett, P.L.L.C.,  we are proud of the work we do for our clients in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Now, you can read about some of the jury verdicts and settlements we have obtained in our cases that involve personal injury, traumatic brain injury, trucking accidents, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and nursing home malpractice. Please take a few minutes and familiarize yourself with some of our work. Then contact us for a free consultation at (757) 267-9352.

Please note: The news and media items provided by The Law Firm of Carlton F. Bennett, P.L.L.C., on this website are intended for informational purposes only, are general in nature, and may not reflect current legal developments or the current state of the law. The outcome of any particular case depends upon its own unique facts and circumstances, and can not be based entirely upon a lawyer’s or law firm’s past results in other cases.

2008
$10,200,000

Jury Verdict – Traumatic Brain Injury in Trucking Accident

Zoll v. Werner Enterprises, Inc., Norfolk Circuit Court, Auto Accident (2008) Woman suffered a traumatic brain injury when struck by...

2004
$7,500,000

Million Dollar Settlement – Traumatic Brain Injury / School Bus Case

Watford v. City of Hampton Public Schools, et al., Hampton Circuit Court (2004) Motorcycle rider struck in back of head...

2016
$3,750,000

Million Dollar Settlement – Motorcycle Wrongful Death

Naval officer was killed while operating motorcycle on Interstate 64 after the defendant swerved into plaintiff’s lane of travel knocking...

2025
$480,000

Auto Accident Settlement

Plaintiff was traveling northbound on Route 1 approaching the intersection of Wonderview Drive in Chesterfield County, slowing to make a...

2025
$450,000

Nursing Home Malpractice

Jane Doe (hereafter “Doe”) had multiple serious medical conditions including seizure disorder, chronic kidney disease, COPD and diabetes. She was...

2025
$400,000

Assisted Living Negligence Settlement

Jane Doe, age 77 was admitted to Woe Assisted Care in 2022. Doe was a fall risk and suffered a...

2025
$350,000

Settlement-Nursing Home Malpractice

Doe, age 60 fell at home, suffering a femur fracture. Following surgery, he was a high aspiration risk when admitted...

2025
$342,000

Jury Verdict-Nursing Home Malpractice

Ms. Shields, age 79 suffered from advanced dementia but was able to do most of her activities of daily living...

2024
$1,200,000

Auto Accident

Defendant was operating his motor vehicle in Virginia Beach. As he rounded a curve, he negligently drove off the roadway,...

2024
$300,000

Assisted Living Facility Negligence/Wrongful Death

Plaintiff's decedent, 92, was a memory care resident at Doe assisted living facility. She suffered from advanced dementia, was bed/wheelchair...

2024
$275,000

Pedestrian Accident

On March 20, 2024, the plaintiff, a 25-year-old pedestrian, attempted to cross Lynnhaven Parkway in between intersections to get to...

2024
$265,000

Medical Malpractice

Doe, age 75, had a history of heart failure, obesity, high blood pressure and shortness of breath. She presented to...

2024
$225,000

Medical Malpractice

Woe underwent a C-section for delivery of her baby and was thereafter readmitted to a hospital because the suture line...

2023
$1,500,000

Wrongful Death

The patient presented to the hospital following the premature rupture of her membranes. She was 35 weeks and 6 days...

2023
$315,000

Nursing Home Malpractice Settlement

Doe, age 64, was admitted to Woe Nursing Home in 2016 with a seizure disorder and prior stroke and was...

2023
$275,000

Medical Malpractice Settlement

Doe presented to Woe’s healthcare facility in September 2021 for a laser therapy collagen treatment procedure, which was described as...

2022
$650,000

Hospital medical malpractice

Jane Doe, age 78, was a resident at an assisted living facility (ALF), when she was admitted to Woe Hospital...

2022
$500,000

Medical Malpractice

Doe had suffered a spinal cord injury and was wheelchair bound. She was admitted to Woe’s healthcare facility for physical...

2022
$425,000

Auto Accident

Jon October 25, 2016, Ms. Lunde was operating her motor vehicle on Godwin Boulevard in Suffolk, Virginia when defendant struck...

2022
$325,000

Wrongful Death

Doe, age 93, suffered from dementia and was a resident of Woe Assistant Care Center. Doe required extensive assistance for...

2022
$245,000

Motorcycle accident

Plaintiff was lawfully operating his motorcycle when the 94 year old defendant who was operating her vehicle in the opposite...

2021
$675,000

Auto Accident

This was a motor vehicle accident case, where the plaintiff, age 37, was a passenger in a vehicle that had...

2021
$600,000

Auto Accident

Plaintiff’s pickup truck was stopped on I-264 West. Two cars were stopped behind him when defendant drove his work van...

2021
$439,804

Assisted living facility negligence

Ms. Condon, age 86, suffered from advanced dementia, was chair bound, unsteady of balance and had no safety awareness. Her...

2021
$302,000

Dog Bite

Doe was walking down a city sidewalk when she was suddenly attacked by an 85-pound pit bull owned by Moe....

2021
$250,000

Medical Malpractice

Jane Doe, age 77, presented to the hospital for an outpatient procedure, but ended up having to be admitted overnight...

2021
$250,000

Tractor Trailer Truck Accident

On January 21, 2019 the plaintiff had a tire blowout and safely moved her vehicle to the shoulder of I-64...

2020
$542,000

Medical Malpractice

The Law Firm of Carlton F. Bennett, PLLC and The Rawls Law Group recently concluded a $542,000 settlement in a...

2020
$425,000

Wrongful Death-Medical Transport

Doe was being transported to her regular dialysis appointment when she was dropped, fracturing her left knee and left hip. ...

2020
$275,000

Healthcare Malpractice

John Doe was admitted for palliative care to the long term care unit of Woe healthcare facility. Doe suffered from...

2020
$250,000

Assisted Care Negligence

Elderly resident of an assisted living facility suffered from severe dementia and had to be redirected by the staff. She...

2020
$175,000

Medical Malpractice

Doe suffered from peripheral vascular disease in his lower extremities as a result of his diabetic condition. Doe underwent a...

2019
$375,000

Nursing Home Malpractice Settlement Confidential

John Doe, was admitted to Woe Nursing Home for rehabilitation after placement of a pacemaker. At the time of admission,...

2019
$210,000

Settlement – Motor Vehicle Accident Daniels v. Sandridge, Isle of Wight Circuit Court

Plaintiff was hit by a car running a stop sign. Plaintiff was taken to the hospital for back and neck...

2019
$100,000

Confidential

Jane Doe was admitted to Roe Nursing Home with severe dementia and was confined to the dementia lock-down unit. She...

2018
$1,200,000

Dollar Settlement – Obstetrical Medical Malpractice Confidential

The plaintiff mother gave birth to a young girl with shoulder dystocia. Plaintiff mother claims that she requested a C-section...

2018
$450,000

Settlement-Nursing Home Malpractice Confidential

Plaintiff had uncontrolled diabetes and underwent an amputation of his right leg, above the knee. The surgery was successful and...

2018
$450,000

Settlement – Nursing Home Negligence Confidential

Jane Doe was a patient at a nursing home, rehabbing from a stroke. She had an underlying condition that required...

2018
$420,000

Settlement-Assisted Living Facility Negligence Confidential

92 year old resident of an assisted living facility, with increasing dementia and failing physically, was left alone for about...

2018
$375,000

Nursing Home Malpractice Settlement Confidential

Doe was a resident at Woe Nursing Home and was bed bound. She had a prior pressure sore, which had...

2018
$300,000

Settlement-Assisted Living Facility Negligence

Confidential (2018) Jane Roe, age 90, fractured her hip and after surgery was admitted to Woe assisted living facility. She...

2018
$246,500

Settlement-Personal Injury-Automobile Accident Tryphonas v. Hardison

Plaintiff driver was hit from the rear with minimal property damage. She suffered injuries to her back and a concussion....

2018
$135,000

Assisted Care Negligence Settlement Confidential

Client was a resident at an Assisted Living Facility. She suffered from severe dementia. She was a known risk for...

2018

Nursing Home-Confidential Settlement

Jane Doe was a 92 year old total assist resident who had dementia. She was transferred to a shower chair...

2017
$500,000

Settlement-Mild-Traumatic Brain Injury/Auto Collision

Flowers v. Dwier-Selden, Circuit Court City of Richmond (2017) Plaintiff’s vehicle was rear ended on Richmond Road in Albemarle County,...

2017
$500,000

Settlement-Nursing Home

John Doe v. Moe Nursing Home (2017) Plaintiff’s estate sued for death of loved one. Decedent was a long-term resident...

2017
$450,000

Decubitis Pressure Sore Case

Jane Doe v. Woe Nursing Home, Virginia Circuit Court (2017)-Confidential Doe suffered a progressive condition that made her bed bound...

2017

Nursing Home Malpractice-Confidential

Doe was admitted to Woe nursing home following a stroke. He was at high risk for skin breakdown. He was...

2016
$1,500,000

Jury Verdict

Estate of Gerald Teeuwen, deceased v. Drs. Birk and Lowden-Chesapeake Circuit Court (2016) Gerald Teeuwen was a 77-year-old bicycle racer...

2016
$662,500

Settlement – Nursing Home Malpractice

John Doe vs. Nursing Home (2016) Plaintiff’s decedent, a 90 year old woman was rolled off of her bed and...

2016
$600,000

Settlement – Nursing Home Malpractice

Frances Doe v. Woe Nursing Home (2016) Doe, age 90, suffered from dementia and was impulsive. She required extensive assistance...

2016
$450,000

Settlement – Nursing Home Malpractice

Annie Doe v. Woe Nursing Home (2016) Doe, age 87, was totally dependent upon one staff for bathing. She was...

2016
$300,000

Settlement – Nursing Home Malpractice

Doe v. Moe Nursing Home (2016) In this confidential settlement, Doe, age 73, suffered from long standing mental illness, was...

2015
$1,550,000

Million Dollar Settlement – Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Spears v. Atlas Honda, Circuit Court, Bristol, VA (2015) Case was tried before a Bristol, VA jury and settled on...

2015
$500,000

Settlement – Traumatic Brain Injury

Maurakis v. Glenn – Client knocked to ground by car in parking lot causing dizziness, memory deficits and post-traumatic headaches...

2015
$350,000

Settlement – Virginia Nursing Home Malpractice

Confidential – settlement of case for resident who was assaulted by another resident (2015)

2015
$125,000

Settlement – Medical Malpractice – Federal Tort Claims Act

Callahan v. United States of America, U.S.D.C Richmond (2015) Retired veteran fell from a ladder at home and suffered a...

2015
$125,000

Settlement – Facial Scar and Headaches

Gabris v. Ashman, Norfolk Circuit Court (2015) College student’s vehicle struck from rear, suffering a broken nose and cut in...

2014
$300,000

Settlement – Personal Injury Pedestrian/Automobile Collision

Jimenez v. Jane Doe (2014) Plaintiff, an E-3 US Naval Seaman, was struck by Defendant’s vehicle as a pedestrian walking...

2014
$290,000

Negotiated Settlement – Auto Collision

Kinzey v. Jane Doe (2014) Plaintiff was driving his 2000 Honda Accord on Old Donation Parkway approaching the intersection of...

2014
$230,000

Arbitration Award

Long v. Medical Facilities of America (2014) Nursing home malpractice case; resident falls from bed and fractures her neck while...

2013
$2,100,000

Orthopedic Injuries

Remley v. Ruiz (2013) Plaintiff was severely injured when he fell from a second story hotel balcony. The verdict included...

2013
$1,550,000

Million Dollar Settlement – Tractor Trailer Truck Collision-Traumatic Brain Injury

Smaw vs. Raymond S. Buffington and New Prime, Inc., Norfolk Circuit Court (2013) Plaintiff suffered a mild traumatic brain injury...

2012
$3,700,000

Million Dollar Settlement – Traumatic Brain Injury in Trucking Accident

Confidential – (2012) Plaintiff was a passenger in a tractor trailer truck on I-81. Defendant came across the median in...

2012
$1,000,000

Million Dollar Settlement – Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Confidential (2012) Plaintiff was struck on the top of his head by a metal stabilizer bar. He suffered balance disorder...

2012
$525,000

Settlement – Trucking Accident

John Doe vs. Moe Trucking and Jane Doe vs. Moe Trucking (2012) Tractor-Trailer truck lost control and crashed into a...

2012
$250,000

Mild Concussion

Longtin vs. Gibson, Norfolk Circuit Court (2012) Plaintiff, a 62 year old elementary school teacher who was considering retirement, was...

2012
$190,000

Jury Verdict – Auto Collision

Hofheimer v. McKenna, Virginia Beach Circuit Court (2012) Plaintiff suffered a concussion injury and loss of gag reflex. Plaintiff had...

2012
$190,000

Settlement – Intersection crash led to mild TBI

Kemick v. McCarley, Virginia Beach Circuit Court (2012) Plaintiff was traveling west-bound on Dam Neck Road in Virginia Beach. The...

2012
$105,450

Jury Verdict – Auto Collision

Alan v. Gray, Chesapeake Circuit Court (2012) Plaintiff suffered knee injury resulting in arthroscopic surgery, and also suffered aggravation of...

2011
$1,350,000

Million Dollar Settlement – Traumatic Brain Injury

Jones v. Capitol Finishes, Inc., Norfolk Circuit Court (2011) Shipyard worker injured when an explosion ripped through a crew head...

2011
$1,195,000

Million Dollar Settlement – Traumatic Brain Injury

Campbell v. Capitol Finishes, Inc., Norfolk Circuit Court (2011) Shipyard worker injured on September 15, 2007 in an explosion on...

2011
$1,000,000

Million Dollar Settlement – Traumatic Brain Injury

Moore v. Capitol Finishes, Inc., United States District Court, Norfolk Div. (2011) Moore had a congenital defect, Arnold Chiari I,...

2011
$450,000

Mediated Settlement

Harris v. Commercial Ready Mix Products, Inc., et al. U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Virginia (2011) Mack truck...

2010
$900,000

Settlement – Traumatic Brain Injury Auto Accident

Walker v. Buck and Re-Steel Supply Company, Inc., U.S. District Court – Eastern District Norfolk (2010) Plaintiff was injured when...

2010
$750,000

Jury Verdict – Medical Malpractice

Holland v. Dixon M. Rollins, M.D. and Suffolk Radiology Associates, Inc. (2010) 72 year old decedent underwent a gastrografin enema...

2010

Confidential Settlement – Nursing Home Wrongful Death

Virginia Circuit Court (2010) Elderly nursing home resident died as a result of a fall sustained at the nursing home....

2010

Confidential Settlement – Assisted Living Center Wrongful Death

John Doe v. Roe Assisted Care Facility Virginia Circuit Court (2010) Wrongful death settlement in favor of surviving children of...

2009
$2,500,000

Million Dollar Settlement – Traumatic Brain Injury / Trucking Case

Jane Doe v. Roe Trucking Co. (2009) Plaintiff, a 60 year old, part-time pre-school teacher, was a passenger in a...

2009
$1,100,000

Million Dollar Settlement – Traumatic Brain Injury / Trucking Case

Jane Doe v. Roe Trucking Company (2009) Plaintiff, a 58 year old school principal, was a passenger in a school...

2009
$800,000

Settlement – Traumatic Brain Injury Car Accident

Jane Doe v. Janet Roe, Chesapeake Circuit Court (2009) A woman suffered a mild traumatic brain injury in a two...

2009
$750,000

Jury Verdict – Assisted Living Sexual Assault Case

Crewe v. Cote De Neige – Assisted Living Center Newport News Circuit Court (2009) Plaintiff, a 56 year old mentally...

2008
$3,500,000

Million Dollar Settlement – Traumatic Brain Injury/Auto Crash

Kuffel v. City of Chesapeake, et. al. (2008) Plaintiff, a teenage girl, was riding as a passenger in a Ford...

2008
$900,000

Settlement – Auto Accident / Orthopaedic Injuries

Walters v. City of Chesapeake, et. al. (2008) Plaintiff, a teenage boy, was headed south on Dominion Boulevard just north...

2008
$350,000

Settlement – Nursing Home Case

A Virginia Nursing Home (2008) A 79 year old nursing home resident, was transferred to the nursing home for rehabilitation...

2008
$150,000

Jury Verdict – Auto Collision

Ellsworth v. Jeter, Hampton Circuit Court (2008) Man suffered a strained ankle with 16% partial impairment. The case was tried...

2008

Confidential Settlement – Medical Malpractice Against Hospital

(2008) 76 year old plaintiff had hip surgery with complications which resulted in an extended stay in the hospital. Plaintiff...

2007

Confidential Settlement – Wrongful Death Scalding Case

Norfolk Circuit Court (2007) A 63 year old handicapped woman died after being scalded by water emitting from her bathtub....

2006
$250,000

Jury Verdict – Traumatic Brain Injury Case

Armbrister v. McDade, Hampton Circuit Court (2006) Plaintiff, 17 years old, suffered a mild traumatic brain injury when Defendant broadsided...

2005
$3,000,000

Million Dollar Settlement – Traumatic Brain Injury / Dump Truck Case

Wood v. S.C. Jones, Inc., et al., Hampton Circuit Court (2005) Woman was traveling 40 mph when she collided with...

2005
$25,000

Nursing Home Malpractice

John Doe v. Nursing Home (2005) Plaintiff was a non-ambulatory, demented resident with severe Alzheimer’s who was fed through a...

2004

Confidential Settlement – Nursing Home Malpractice

John Doe v. Nursing Home (2004) 57 year old stroke victim admitted for rehabilitation and long term nursing care with...

2004

Confidential Settlement – Nursing Home Malpractice

John Doe v. Nursing Home (2004) In January 28, 2003, the decedent, age 74, was admitted to defendant nursing home...

2003
$2,400,000

Million Dollar Settlement – Traumatic Brain Injury / Bicycle Case

John Doe v. Swygert & Eastern Aluminum Supply, Virginia Beach Circuit Court (2003) 60 year old chiropractor, while riding bicycle,...

2003
$1,200,000

Million Dollar Settlement – Wrongful Death/DUI

Vega v. Looker, Virginia Beach Circuit Court (2003) Mrs. Vega, 41, was a passenger in a minivan. As the van...

2003
$275,000

Settlement – Nursing Home Negligence

John Doe v. Roe Nursing Home, Norfolk Circuit Court (2003) Plaintiff’s decedent, 95 years old, admitted to Nursing Home with...

2003

Confidential Settlement – Wrongful Death/Dialysis/Nursing Malpractice

Jane Doe v. Dialysis Center (2003) Decedent was exposed to harmful chemical during her regular dialysis treatment, resulting in fatal...

2002
$160,000

Settlement – Veterans Nursing Negligence

U.S. District Court, E.D.Va. Lauth v. United States (Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs) (2002) Death of 83 year old amputee from...

2002
$125,000

Settlement – Nursing Home Malpractice & Federal Tort Claims Act

Pearl Taylor v. U.S.A. and Confidential Nursing Home, U.S. District Court, Norfolk (2002) 99-year-old woman developed a Stage IV sacral...

2002
$108,000

Settlement – Medical Transport Negligence

Jane Doe v. Moe Transport, Inc., Virginia Beach Circuit Court (2002) Client falls and fractures hip and hip is pinned...

2002
$50,000

Settlement – Nursing Home Negligence

Jane Doe v. Moe Nursing Home, Richmond Circuit Court (2002) The plaintiff was admitted to defendant nursing home for skilled...

2001

Confidential Settlement – Medical Malpractice

Jim Doe v. Larry Roe, M.D., Virginia Circuit Court (2001) Family physician failed to diagnose prostate cancer resulting in loss...

2001

Confidential Settlement – Medical Malpractice

John Doe v. Mike Moe, M.D., Virginia Circuit Court (2001) Surgical negligence. Dr. Moe failed to wait for full effect...

2001

Confidential Settlement – Nursing Home Malpractice

Estate of Jane Doe v. Roe Nursing Home, Virginia Circuit Court (2001) Resident on pureed diet order gets access to...

2000

Confidential Settlement – Nursing Home Malpractice

John Doe v. Moe Nursing Home, Virginia Circuit Court (2000) Resident fell more than 30 times before the nursing home...

2000

Confidential Settlement – Medical Malpractice

Jane Doe v. John Doe, M.D., Virginia Circuit Court (2000) Mother of full-term baby is brought to hospital by OB/GYN...

$1,725,000

Million Dollar Settlement – Traumatic Brain Injury

Kellam v. Colvin and Dunkin’ Donuts Mid-Atlantic Distribution Center Inc., U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Virginia Plaintiff’s vehicle...

$300,000

Nursing Home Malpractice

Moe was admitted for rehab following a lung surgery and was expected to make a full recovery.  Moe’s condition unexpectedly...

Nursing Home Malpractice-Confidential

Roe was admitted for rehab following a stroke.  She had limited bed mobility and was incontinent.  A nursing aide was...

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