Date: 05-31-1997

Case Style: Lockett v. Ware

Case Number: 27521

Judge: Walter J. Ford

Court: Circuit Court of Hampton County, Virginia

Plaintiff's Attorney: Stephen M Smith of Joseph Smith, Ltd., Hampton, Virginia.

Defendant's Attorney: Allen W. Beasley of Breeden, Macmillian & Green, P.L.C., Norfolk, Virginia.

Description: Automobile accident - failure to yield - disputed nature and extent of injuries which Plaintiff, an elementary school principal, sustained. Plaintiff claimed closed head injuries, L4-L5 herniation, TBI, mid-peripheral left neuro-vestibular dysfunction which he claimed caused coordination problems and blurred vision and cognitive problems from TBI.

Outcome: For Plaintiff for $2 million.

Plaintiff's Experts: Melvin R. Simpson, Hampton, Virginia, general practitioner; James L. Phillips, Hampton, Virginia, orthopedic surgeon; Richard B. McAdam, Hampton, Virginia, neurosurgeon; Peter J. Vonu, Hampton, Virginia, plastic surgeon; Robert I. Solomon, Newport News, Virginia, neurologist and neuro-opthamologist; Lynn Warner, Newport News, Virginia, neuropsycholoigst; Harold E. Cloud, Jr., Hampton, Virginia, general practitioner; Charles DeMark, Portsmouth, Virginia, vocational rehabilitation; Gregory J. O'Shankick, Richmond, Virginia, neuropsychiatrist; Frank M. Butts, Richmond, Virginia, audiologist; and Jennifer A. Znotens, Richmond, Virginia, clinical speech pathologist.

Defendant's Experts: None.

Comments: None