An 18-year-old construction worker was struck in the head by a heavy piece of equipment while on the job.

He suffered a severe traumatic brain injury. Efforts to return the plaintiff to some form of gainful employment failed, and he was eventually placed in a residential brain injury rehabilitation facility. The employer’s workers’ compensation carrier agreed to plaintiff’s entry of permanent and total disability benefits. At mediation, attorney Craig Davis ensured that the disability benefits and non-Medicare covered treatments were settled for a cash payment of million. He received a Medicare Set-Aside of 234,989. A special needs trust was set up to administer the proceeds and the MSA. The payout is more than two times the largest reported workers’ compensation settlement in Virginia.