As ABRAMS LANDAU is currently pursuing Default Judgment in a personal injury case in Northern Virginia, Leesburg and Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau was pleased to see that a Virginia Circuit Court judge entered the Order in the amount of $5,000,000.  In this Louisa County case, the Plaintiff was seriously injured when a log fell on him at a lumber yard alleged negligence by defendant trucker for releasing the log off the truck before he was clear.  The defendants did not appear at trial, hence the plaintiff’s counsel was able to ask the court for “default judgment” which is a judgment for the injured party when the other side does not show up to contest the allegations.

The plaintiff was working at a lumber yard unloading logs from a logging truck. The logging truck was owned and operated by the defendant owner of defendant tractor sales company. Plaintiff and the defendant truck driver were working together to unload the logs when the negligent truck driver reportedly released the chains holding the logs on the truck before plaintiff was clear. As a result, a large log fell on plaintiff and seriously injured him.  The plaintiff suffered numerous injuries requiring several surgeries and resulting in severe pain and an abnormal gait.  As the defendants did not appear for trial, a default judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $5,000,000.