#21 – $1.51 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Confidential
Type of Case: Motorcyclists, husband and wife, hit by police car
Attorneys: James C. Lewis, Randall E. Appleton, Virginia Beach
Summary: A police cruiser drifted into the lane of oncoming traffic and struck plaintiffs head on after sideswiping a pickup truck. Plaintiff’s attorneys developed evidence that the policeman had been diagnosed a year earlier with sleep apnea [...]
#20 – $1.55 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Confidential
Type of Case: Failure to diagnose vascular injury related to broken leg
Attorney: Jonathan L. Thornton, Norfolk
Summary: The 15-year-old plaintiff hyperextended his knee while playing basketball and sustained a markedly displaced tibial-fibular fracture.
The defendant orthopedist placed the leg in a cast but did not request a vascular consultation until 20 days after the injury, despite complaints [...]
#19 – $1.6 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Frank Hraczo v. Seneca Excavating & Landscaping Inc.
Type of Case: Negligence, truck driver injured at a landfill
Attorneys: David L. Marks, Steven M. Frei, Gobind Sethi, Reston
Summary: Plaintiff, the operator of a Roll-On truck loaded with demolition debris, was directed to a spot in the Lorton landfill to dump his load. The trailer of another truck [...]
#18 – $1.75 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Omar v. LTF Club Operations Company Inc.
Type of Case: Wrongful death, drowning of 5-year-old girl in fitness center pool
Attorneys: Jeffrey M. Schwaber, Ivonne C. Lindley, Rockville, Md.
Summary: A 5-year-old child drowned in a fitness center pool in Centreville. Attorneys for the child’s mother contended that the teenage lifeguards failed to observe the child and delayed [...]
#17 – $1.86 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County v. Hayfield Farms Community Association II
Type of Case: Condemnation of common area of homeowners association
Attorney: Paul B. Terpak, Fairfax
Summary: Fairfax County initially offered $106,000 for the common area of a homeowners association that it needed to replace wetlands destroyed by road construction. Both sides agreed that the property had [...]
#15 (tie) $2.1 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Doe v. Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority
Type of Case: Personal injury, pedestrian hit by bus in a crosswalk
Attorneys: Mark A. Towery, Chidi I. James, Peter S. Everett, Robert J. Stoney, Fairfax
Summary: Plaintiff, a paralegal, was struck in a crosswalk by a Metrobus at 7th Street and Pennsvylania Avenue in Washington. The driver was at first unaware [...]
#15 (tie) – $2.1 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Confidential
Type of Case: Traumatic brain injury from application of forceps at birth
Attorneys: Charles J. Zauzig III, Melissa G. Ray, Woodbridge; Stephen W. Bricker, Richmond
Summary: An infant suffered a traumatic brain injury when an obstetrician attempted a forceps rotation of the fetus, a procedure she had never used before. Plaintiff’s attorneys contended that the mother should [...]
#14 – $2.16 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Ott v. “Acme Aerial Lifts”
Type of Case: Wrongful death, industrial accident
Attorneys: Mark A. Towery, Chidi I. James, Peter S. Everett, Robert J. Stoney, Fairfax
Summary: A mechanic was killed while inspecting a boom-supported aerial lift. He fell 80 feet from the lift’s work platform when the boom became unstable and tipped over during the inspection.
Plaintiff’s attorneys [...]
#13 – $2.22 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Barnes v. Mitchell
Type of Case: Above-knee amputation, pelvic fracture in traffic crash involving police car
Attorneys: John C. Shea, Andrea J. Geiger, Louis D. Snesil, Richmond
Summary: The 18-year-old plaintiff was a passenger in a tow truck that crashed when a police officer attempted to move between the tow truck and a tractor-trailer as the tow truck [...]
#12 – $2.4 million
By Sarah Rodriguez
Published: January 28, 2009
Allen v. City of Petersburg
Type of Case: Wrongful death, traffic crash involving police car
Attorneys: Paul D. Hux, Petersburg; P. Christopher Guedri, Douglas A. Barry, Richmond
Summary: A couple in their 70s were killed when a police cruiser driving 65 mph in a 35 mph zone without lights or siren struck their vehicle at an intersection [...]
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