Costco employee denies striking plaintiff with pallet jack – Defense Verdict 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 8, 2013
Tags: Judge Herman A. Whisenant Jr., Loudoun County Circuit Court, Personal Injury
Plaintiff was shopping with his father at a Costco store in Sterling on June 4, 2009. Plaintiff alleged that while he was in the produce isle, Costco employee Jose Fonseca pushed a pallet jack containing a stack of grapes into his foot and ankle. Plaintiff sued for $500,000 and made demands before trial of $260,000 [...]
Informed consent to general anesthesia disputed – Defense Verdict 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: March 29, 2010
Tags: Fauquier County Circuit Court, Judge Herman A. Whisenant Jr., Medical Malpractice
Plaintiff, the widow of the decedent patient, contended that the defendant anesthesiologist and certified registered nurse anesthetist failed to obtain her husband’s informed consent to general anesthesia prior to knee replacement surgery on Oct. 19, 2006. Plaintiff alleged that the decedent, age 75, had told his orthopedic surgeon, his wife, adult children and friends that [...]

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