Blinded employee agrees to $16.5M settlement 
By Peter Vieth
Published: May 21, 2013
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury
A Virginia machine shop employee blinded in a 2009 accident involving an automated machine tool has settled claims totaling $16.5 million. The manufacturer and seller of a so-called CNC machine and the manufacturer and seller of a specialized tool used in that machine all agreed to the deal, according to lawyers for the employee. The [...]
Toddler suffered brain injury in fall from hotel balcony – $10,900,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: May 20, 2013
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Norfolk Circuit Court, Personal Injury, Premises Liability
The 2-year-old plaintiff was severely injured at a hotel when he fell through a second floor balcony railing landing head first on the pavement below. The balcony railing was missing a vertical bar, resulting in a 12-inch-wide opening. The plaintiff suffered a skull fracture and a right subdural hematoma. Emergency surgery was performed by Dr. [...]
College student’s cognitive struggles linked to 1999 accident – $1,700,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: May 16, 2013
Tags: Clarke County Circuit Court, Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury
On March 15, 1999, a tractor-trailer operated by the defendant truck driver crossed over the center line of Route 340 in Clarke County, and ran nearly head-on into a Toyota Corolla driven by the plaintiff’s father. The truck driver had not seen a car slowing in front of him to make a left turn, braked [...]
Waiting to file suit aids in $1.7M settlement
By Correy E. Stephenson
Published: May 16, 2013
Tags: Clarke County Circuit Court, Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury
Thirteen years after a serious accident, a 20-year-old college student reached a $1.7 million settlement in a suit over her mild traumatic brain injury. Seven years old at the time of the accident, the plaintiff (whose name and other identifying information remain confidential) was riding in the front seat when a truck ran nearly head-on [...]
Massive bleeding during hysterectomy resulted in brain damage – $1,600,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: May 13, 2013
Tags: Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Settlements
The plaintiff alleged that defendant obstetricians inadvertently cut blood vessels in and around her pelvis during a laparoscopic hysterectomy and failed to timely convert to an open procedure to find the bleeders and stop the bleeding. The surgery began at 1:35 p.m. on March 17, 2011. It should have taken two hours with minimal blood [...]
Severe injuries left plaintiff unable to work – $5,500,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 15, 2013
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury
A 59-year-old woman was involved in a severe motor vehicle accident in Northern Virginia. As a result of the accident, she sustained serious injuries involving a C2 fracture, C8 to C9 fracture, severe fracture of the femur, left knee and other miscellaneous injuries. Her medical bills were in excess of $760,000 and she was forced [...]
Implantation of pain pump led to bowel perforation, death – $1,550,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 1, 2013
Tags: Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Settlements
Plaintiff’s decedent died on Feb. 1, 2012, days after what should have been a routine medical procedure to implant an intrathecal pain pump, which is a medical device used to deliver pain medications directly to a patient’s spinal fluid. The procedure called for the defendant to tunnel subcutaneously between the pump placed into the patient’s [...]
Plaintiff shot by third party on commercial premises – $3,000,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 1, 2013
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Norfolk Circuit Court, Personal Injury
This commercial premises liability case involved recovery for independent third party criminal acts. The plaintiff suffered gunshot wounds to the abdomen and chest, minor kidney damage and post-traumatic stress disorder. [13-T-048] Type of action: Personal injury – premises liability Injuries alleged: Gunshot wounds to abdomen and chest with surgical repairs, minor kidney damage, PTSD Court: [...]
Patient dies after small bowel perforation went undetected – $1,500,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: March 25, 2013
Tags: Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Settlements, Wrongful Death
The plaintiffs’ decedent was a 46-year-old mother of five. She underwent a laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (“LSH”), a procedure where the uterus is removed but the cervix is preserved, in October 2009. During the procedure, defendant gynecological surgeon caused a 5 mm perforation in the decedent’s small bowel, which went undetected. While recovering in the post-anesthesia [...]
Child who suffered burns has guaranteed payout of $3.5M – $3,000,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: March 18, 2013
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Norfolk Circuit Court, Personal Injury
The plaintiff, age 7, was playing in his family’s yard in Chesapeake in March 2010 when he came in contact with a communications cable that had been left on plaintiff’s property by the defendant. The plaintiff touched the cable in such a way and/or moved it so that it came in contact with an overhead [...]
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