Overbey, Hawkins, Wright & Vance

$875,000

Wrongful Death

David Hawkins and Sam Vance negotiated an $875,000.00 wrongful death settlement that related to a motor vehicle accident on behalf of their client.

$655,000

Personal Injury

Frank Wright won a plaintiff’s verdict of $655,000.00 here in Campbell County in a personal injury automobile accident case. The Plaintiff was driving to her son’s school when the defendant pulled out in front of her at an intersection in Appomattox. The Plaintiff had significant injuries resulting in what her doctors diagnosed as facet joint syndrome. She had to have facet injections and she ultimately underwent what was described as a very painful procedure called a rhizotomy.

$500,000

Personal Injury

David Hawkins, joined by Jim Hunter of O’Keefe & Spies, won a $500,000.00 jury verdict in Campbell County Circuit Court against the Lynchburg Livestock Market, Inc. Jack Hammack was an independent contractor who was called to repair a problem in the Market’s scale house. As he stepped out of the scale house door, a steer turned the corner and struck Jack in the stomach knocking him into the scale house door. Jack hit his head on the door jam and suffered a mild traumatic brain injury.

$343,996

Workers' Compensation

David Hawkins and his former law partner obtained $343,996.00 in workers compensation benefits on behalf of the widow of a deceased worker whose death arose in and during the course of his employment.

$267,912

Personal Injury

David tried a case in Campbell County where State Farm made no offer of settlement at all. The plaintiff was a very nice 78 year old lady who was rear ended, with moderate impact, by a likeable female defendant who simply made a minor mistake. The plaintiff went to the ER the next day with neck pain and was diagnosed with cervical strain. She then was seen over the next 2-3 months by her primary and PT for neck pain, and discharged as improved, not cured. Three months later she goes to her primary doctor with increased neck pain and is referred to Ortho. Ortho treats her over the next 2 years with a series of PT, neck injections, and nerve burns. No long lasting relief is gained.

$211,833

Personal Injury

David represented a 57 year old truck driver who was hit head on while driving his family on a secondary road. He had suffered from shoulder problems before the wreck with rotator cuff surgery some years before. He had been back to the doctor with a shoulder strain and sprain before the wreck. He went to the hospital and then to his orthopedic surgeon who advised him that he had torn the rotator cuff again as a result of this wreck.