Editor's Pick COURT Lawsuit over Albemarle crash that killed unborn child ends in $1.7M settlement 'This is a very hard thing for a mother when she's seven months pregnant to lose a perfectly healthy child,' says woman's attorney HAWES SPENCER Charlottesville Daily Progress May 7, 2024 May 7, 2024 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A lawsuit prompted by a car crash that killed a young Charlottesville woman’s unborn child has resulted in a $1.7 million settlement.kAm#6AC6D6?E2E:G6D @7 E96 >@E96C 2?5 @E96C C6=2E:G6D H:== 9625 324< E@ p=36>2C=6 r@F?EJ r:C4F:E r@FCE |@?52J 7@C 2 962C:?8 E@ 56E6C>:?6 9@H E@ 5:G:56 E96 >@?6J 4@>A6?D2E:?8 7@C E96 562E9 @7 aa\J62C\@=5 t==6 r2C@=:?2 +2K2<@D’ F?3@C? 49:=5]k^AmkAm“t==6 92D 8@?6 E9C@F89 2 =@E[” 96C =2HJ6C[ #:492C5 pC>DEC@?8[ E@=5 %96 s2:=J !C@8C6DD] “%9:D :D 2 G6CJ 92C5 E9:?8 7@C 2 >@E96C H96? 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