Jury Gives $475,000 to Family for Post-Hurricane Damage

SUFFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Circuit Court jury has awarded a family $475,000 for personal injuries and property damage the plaintiffs said was caused by an insurance company's delay in sending an adjuster to inspect hurricane damage to their mobile home in 2003. Grant v. August Mutual Insurance Co., No. CL07-193 (Va. Cir. Ct., City of Suffolk)

Suffolk Circuit Court Judge Carl E. Eason Jr. denied an additional claim for bad faith damages against Augusta Mutual Insurance Co., which would also have allowed plaintiffs to demand attorney's fees.

Plaintiff Sandra Grant contended that she notified Augusta National, her home insurer, …