Richmond Jury Awards Bus Accident Victim $8 Million Against GRTC
November 18, 2009
Today, after two years of chronic pain, accident victim Ms. Meikiu
Lo was awarded $8,000,000 by a jury of her peers against Greater
Richmond Transit Company. On September 21, 2007 at 7:30 am Ms. Lo, a 32
year old research librarian with Library of Virginia, was walking to
work. The accident took place at 8th and Marshall in downtown Richmond,
Virginia where she was only one block from work.
Ms. Lo waited
at the side walk at the intersection until she had a pedestrian walk
signal. With the walk signal, she proceeded to walk in the cross walk
across the street. When she was 2/3 of the way across the street in the
cross walk, a GRTC bus made a right hand turn off Marshall Street onto
8th Street and ran over Ms. Lo.
Ms. Lo sustained numerous
traumatic injuries to her neck and right shoulder and sustained
fractures of her right pelvis and left hip.
She sought legal counsel with the law firm of Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen and was represented by attorneys Jason W. Konvicka and J. David Douthit.
Despite undergoing numerous surgeries and extensive rehabilitation Ms.
Lo continues to live in chronic, daily pain. Ms. Lo and her attorney
sued GRTC for $8,000,000 for her injuries. GRTC admitted liability
before trial and the case was tried in front of a jury on November 18,
2009 on the issue of damages only.
On November 18, 2009,
plaintiff's counsel requested $8,000,000 and the jury awarded Ms. Lo
$8,000,000 after one hour of deliberation.
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For more information, contact Jason W. Konvicka at 866-388-6408.
Click here to view the Richmond Times Dispatch coverage of the story.
