Kramer v. Commonwealth

On June 17, 1999, Robert Jack Kramer (“Kramer”) was employed by and acting within the scope of his employment with the Virginia Department of Transportation. Kramer was in one of the Commonwealth’s trucks when it was struck by an uninsured motorist and Kramer was killed.

On December 14, 2000 in a separate suit brought on behalf of the Estate, the Circuit Court of the City of Virginia Beach entered judg ment against the uninsured motorist in the amount of $650,000 in compensatory damages, $350,000 in punitive damages and $8,547 in funeral expenses. In this declaratory judgment action brought by…