Ex-Virginia personal injury attorney Stephen Conrad was sentenced by a federal court judge to serve 11 year in prison for stealing over $4,000,000 in settlement funds from clients. Through his attorney, Conrad apparently asked for leniency, citing financial hardship and gambling and drug addictions.

What’s so amazing about this is the size of the theft. How did this guy continue to get so many clients and to steal from so many before he was caught. Weren’t these folks paying attention to their cases? Who was referring cases to him. He wasn’t well known as an accomplished personal injury attorney. How was the public so hoodwinked?

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I have updated our report on Virginia Car Accident settlements and verdicts, which consumers may use to add to their information knowledge about Virginia personal injury cases before hiring an attorney.

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On the morning of May 25, a three-car accident on I-581 in Roanoke resulted in two people receiving transport to

Carilion

Roanoke

Memorial

Hospital for the personal injuries they suffered.Virginia State Police Sgt. Matthew Brannock says that fortunately, the injuries aren’t life-threatening.

According to Brannock, the accident took place at approximately 11:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes just south of

Orange Avenue

. He said that the crash was caused by one vehicle trying to change lanes and striking another vehicle. A third vehicle was merging onto the Interstate at the same time as the crash and was also involved.

After the crash, two lanes of the interstate had to be shut down for approximately 20 minutes.

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On May 28, a 21-year-old Navy man died in a local hospital a week after a car accident in

Virginia Beach in which he suffered massive personal injuries.

On the morning of May 21, Daniel Mayberry was a passenger in a vehicle which crashed shortly after midnight on

Shore Drive

. On May 28, he was pronounced dead at 10:58 a.m. at

Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. The driver, who is also a locally stationed Navy man, is still in serious condition.

The police report says that the two men were driving east on

Shore Drive

and the driver failed to negotiate a left turn. The vehicle ran into several trees, knocked down a utility pole, flipped multiple times, and left a trail of debris across three blocks. According to police, speed and alcohol were both factors in the crash.

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Recently, a truck driver from Virginia was sentenced to five years of probation and 12 months house arrest for causing a multiple vehicle crash last summer in Kentucky which resulted in the death of a teenager from

Alexandria due to the personal injuries she received.According to investigators, 43-year-old Gregory Gibson was the driver of the tractor-trailer which ran a red light and struck a pickup truck in which Heather Evans, who died as a result, her mother, and two other children were passengers.

In addition to the sentences of probation and home incarceration, Gibson will be prohibited from driving any trucks on public roads for a five year period. However, he will be allowed to operate a truck in the parking lot and between loading docks at his company.

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According to Sgt. David Cooper of the Virginia State Police, a woman from Grottoes died at approximately 11 a.m. on Sunday, May 25 after received critical personal injuries in a three-car

Augusta County crash on Friday, May 23. 
Police said that 40-year-old Cheryl Sheaves required transport to the University of Virginia Medical Center around 7 a.m. on Friday. She was driving her 1994 Ford Thunderbird southbound on U.S. 340 near Stuarts Draft when she was hit head-on by 21-year-old Jeremy Rasnake, who police say was driving northbound and had crossed the center line in his 1988 Ford Bronco. 
According to Cooper, Rasnake told police at the scene that he believed he had fallen asleep. He was arrested on Friday on charges of driving under the influence and driving on a suspended license in addition to receiving a citation for failure to wear a seat belt, according to police.

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According to authorities, on Saturday, May 24, an eastbound pickup ran off

Snead Road

in

South Richmond and struck a parked car shortly before 11:30 p.m. The impact caused the car to spin around and hit two bystanders, resulting in their deaths from the severe personal injuries they received.

According to police, Carmen Alejandro Garcia-Hernandez, the driver of the truck, attempted to flee the scene of the crash on foot. He was stopped by witnesses until police arrived. He was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and felony manslaughter.

Forty-year-old Joseph Owens and 44-year-old Catherine Jones received transport to VCU Medical Center, where police say they were pronounced dead shortly after 1:00 a.m.

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Shortly before midnight on Thursday, May 22, a 27-year-old

Harrisonburg woman was arrested by Virginia State Police. The police believe that she inflicted personal injuries upon her boyfriend on Tuesday, May 20 by running over him.

Police arrested April Smith on charges of felony malicious wounding, felony unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, misdemeanor reckless driving, and misdemeanor domestic assault. She is being held without bond in Rockingham County Jail. The victim was in critical condition as of May 23 at the University of Virginia Medical Center. 
Police and medics responded to a call around 10 p.m. on Tuesday for a pedestrian who had been struck by a vehicle. Thirty-eight-year-old William “Pat” Asbury was discovered with critical personal injuries. He received transport to

Rockingham Memorial Hospital before being airlifted to U.Va. According to his friends, he suffered several personal injuries such as a head injury and a broken leg. 
According to troopers, it appears that Smith drove a 1991 Chevy Beretta off the side of the road while Asbury was walking along the shoulder. Asbury was hit by the car and sent flying through the air, according to what witnesses told police. 
According to police, witnesses say that Smith intentionally hit him after an argument.

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On June 26, personal injuries were sustained in a

Gretna car crash that resulted in one man’s death and another’s hospitalization.

According to Virginia State Trooper A.D. Dishman, at approximately 8:45 a.m. on the day of the crash, 31-year-old

Gretna resident Brandon Dalton was driving a 2002 Chevrolet pickup truck that belonged to Haymes Brothers Construction on Route 40 near

Pittsville Road

. She said that

Dalton overcorrected after his vehicle ran off the right side of the road and he crossed the double yellow line, striking a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado.

According to Dishman, the Silverado belonged to Rocky Mount concrete company Pro Con Inc. and was driven by 48-year-old

Rocky Mount resident Larry Austin.

Dishman says that the impact caused

Dalton’s truck to be thrown back over to the right side of the road and burst into flames. She said that he was not wearing a seatbelt and apparently died upon impact.

Dishman said that Austin, who was wearing his seatbelt, received air transport to

Lynchburg General Hospital.

Because of the crash, traffic was blocked for nearly four and a half hours.

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Metro has agreed to a settlement worth $2.3 million in a suit filed by a man whose wife died of the personal injuries she sustained after being struck by a Metrobus in 2007. Gregory Schoenborn said he filed the suit in order to hold the agency accountable for the February 14, 2007 accident that took the life of his wife, 59-year-old Martha Stringer Schoenborn, and her friend and Federal Trade Commission co-worker, 54-year-old Sally Dean McGhee. The women were in a downtown Washington D.C. crosswalk when the bus hit them. In September, the bus driver, Victor Kolako, entered a plea of guilty in U.S. District Court to two felony counts of negligent homicide. He received a sentence of a year in prison. 

Schoenborn’s suit was filed in U.S. District Court. The family of McGhee has also filed a wrongful death suit, which is set to go to trial on October 17. 

On the day of the accident, Schoenborn and McGhee, both residents of Alexandria, had just left their workplace and were crossing with the “walk” signal when Kolako hit them after failing to look while making a left turn. 

In 2007, five people died in Metrobus accidents.

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