Rios v. Hicks - $3.5 Million Jury Award for Newport News Drunk Driving Victim
Sep 22, 2015OUTCOME: $3.5 Million Jury Verdict
A jury in Newport News, VA awarded a middle school teacher $3.5 million after she was seriously injured by a drunk driver. The case, Rios v. Hicks, Law No. CL1301854T-01, involved a 2011 automobile acc ... ident where the middle school teacher, Jennifer Rios, suffered anoxic brain damage, multiple broken bones, a collapsed lung, traumatic pancreatitis, respiratory failure, hemorrhagic shock, internal bleeding and a host of other injuries after being hit by the intoxicated driver.