{"id":1143,"date":"2015-08-14T22:18:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T22:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/family-of-pedestrian-struck-in-fairfax-virginia-receives-975000-settlement\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T13:18:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:18:49","slug":"family-of-pedestrian-struck-in-fairfax-virginia-receives-975000-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/family-of-pedestrian-struck-in-fairfax-virginia-receives-975000-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of pedestrian struck in Fairfax, Virginia receives $975,000 settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The family of a government employee who died after being struck in a Fairfax crosswalk recently\u00a0settled their wrongful death lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0with the driver\u2019s insurance company for just under $1 million. The victim was on his way to work when he was struck by a driver at approximately 6:45 AM near Fort Belvoir in Fairfax, Virginia. The lawsuit was filed by the victim's\u00a0parents and siblings.<\/span><\/p>\n

The driver\u2019s insurance company, USAA, initially declined to offer the victim\u2019s family any form of compensation for his death. USAA alleged the victim contributed to\u00a0his own death\u00a0by wearing\u00a0dark clothing would would allegedly make him difficult to see in early morning hours.<\/span><\/p>\n

Virginia is one of only a handful of jurisdictions in the U.S. which allow defendants to defend against lawsuits by claiming victims were\u00a0contributorily negligent. Under the doctrine of contributory negligence, victims of severe injuries may be unable to recover any compensation for their injuries if the court believes they were even slightly at fault in an accident.<\/span><\/p>\n

While The Cochran Firm, D.C. did not represent the victim\u2019s family in this case, our firm is experienced with handling wrongful death claims and defending victims against claims of contributory negligence by defendants. Wrongful death claims allow a decedent\u2019s family to file for damages on their loved one\u2019s behalf and help them relieve the stress of financial burdens placed on them by a loved one\u2019s passing.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Virginia, families may recover compensation for the pain and suffering they suffered for the loss of their loved one. Families of decedents may also recover for their loved one\u2019s hospital bills, medical and funeral costs, and any income or services they relied upon which the victim provided. There is no cap on damages in wrongful death claims in Virginia, unless the death occurred as a result of medical malpractice.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The family of a government employee who died after being struck in a Fairfax crosswalk recently\u00a0settled their wrongful death lawsuit\u00a0with the driver\u2019s insurance company for just under $1 million. The victim was on his way to work when he was struck by a driver at approximately 6:45 AM near Fort Belvoir in Fairfax, Virginia. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Family of pedestrian struck in VA receives $975k settlement","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11621,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions\/11621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}