#31 (tie) – $1.1 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Confidential
Type of Case: Impotence caused by “all natural” male sexual enhancement product
Attorneys: Thomas B. Shuttleworth, Paul D. Merullo and Lawrence H. Woodward Jr., Virginia Beach
Summary: A 27-year-old man bought a product advertised as an “all natural” male sexual enhancement product at a convenience store. The “all natural” product was in fact a generic form of [...]
#30 – $1.2 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Confidential
Type of Case: Wrongful death, failure to diagnose bacterial endocarditis
Attorney: David J. Pierce, Norfolk
Summary: A 24-year-old woman died from bacterial endocarditis of the mitral valve, a somewhat rare disease that can cause a variety of non-specific symptoms. Her attorney contended that the symptoms she did have – fever, chills, myalgia, weight loss, fatigue, lightheadedness, weakness [...]
#28 (tie) – $1.25 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Confidential
Type of Case: Wrongful death, traffic crash
Attorneys: J. Gregory Webb and M. Bryan Slaughter, Charlottesville
Summary: A 48-year-old mother of two daughters, ages nine and 12, was killed in a traffic crash in Nelson County. The daughters also were killed. The mother was not working but had planned to take a part-time job in the fall [...]
#28 (tie) – $1.25 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Confidential
Type of Case: Surgery to remove plaque in carotid artery conducted on wrong side
Attorney: Stephen C. Swain, Virginia Beach
Summary: Surgery to remove plaque in the left carotid artery was mistakenly conducted on the right artery. As a result, the blood flow from both arteries to the brain was restricted. Plaintiff suffers aphasia from the resulting [...]
#27 – $1.3 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Confidential
Type of Case: De-gloving to and multiple fractures of right hand, intersection collision
Attorney: Harrison Hubard Jr., Richmond
Summary: Plaintiff suffered a de-gloving injury and multiple fractures to her dominant right hand in a collision in which the defendant ran a red light. Plaintiff underwent painful skin-grafting procedures and surgeries, but still has limited use of a [...]
#25 (tie) – $1.35 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Confidential
Type of Case: Fractured hip in collision with school bus
Attorneys: George E. Allen III, Richmond
Summary: A school bus driven by a garage employee turned left in front of the 21-year-old plaintiff’s small car. Plaintiff suffered a comminuted, displaced fracture of the right hip, a fracture dislocation of the left great toe and a deep laceration [...]
#25 (tie) – $1.35 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Confidential
Type of Case: Neck and back injuries, traffic crash
Attorney: John C. Shea, Richmond
Summary: Plaintiff suffered neck and lumbar injuries when his tractor-trailer was hit by another rig at a plant. He underwent epidural injections and cervical disk surgery but contended that the injuries disable him from returning to work as a tractor-trailer driver.
The case was [...]
#24 – $1.45 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Doe v. HMO
Type of Case: Failure to report elevated PSA level from screening for prostate cancer
Attorneys: Gary Mims, Steve Frei, Reston
Summary: Plaintiff was not advised after a blood test for high cholesterol that his PSA was 5.6, substantially above the normal level of 0 to 4. When his PSA was checked again 21 months later, [...]
#23 – $1.48 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Stevens v. Hong
Type of Case: Wrongful death, traffic crash
Attorney: John C. Shea, Richmond
Summary: The 47-year-old decedent was a passenger in a van that was hit head on by a tractor-trailer that crossed the median on Interstate 81 in Harrisonburg. A resident of Buffalo, N.Y., she was unemployed and the mother of two adult daughters.
The case [...]
#22 – $1.5 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Commercial Pilot Doe v. Hotel
Type of Case: Electrical shock in hotel shower
Attorney: Richard N. Shapiro, Virginia Beach
Summary: An airline pilot suffered an electrical shock from an overhead light fixture in a hotel shower. He lost consciousness and fell out of the shower. Within hours, he had trouble with his left eye that was diagnosed as [...]
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