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State will pay $2.4M to settle fraud claims

By Peter Vieth
Published: May 8, 2012
Tags: Contract, Million-Dollar Settlements, Roanoke County Circuit Court

The commonwealth of Virginia will pay $2.4 million to settle claims of 73 former nursing students who said they were misled about the credentials of a community college nursing program.
The nursing students all were enrolled at Virginia Western Community College in Roanoke where school officials continued to claim the school had national accreditation for a [...]

Woman died from injuries sustained in car crash – $1,800,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 30, 2012
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Richmond Circuit Court, Wrongful Death

This case arose out of an automobile accident which occurred on June 17, 2010 at the intersection of Wilmer Avenue and Chamberlayne Avenue in Henrico County. The intersection was controlled by a traffic light, and two independent witnesses were prepared to testify that the defendant ran a red light, colliding with the plaintiff’s decedent, who [...]

Structured settlement for child’s brain injury totals $21M – $5,500,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 2, 2012
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Norfolk Circuit Court, Personal Injury

Plaintiff was a 3-year-old child seated in the back of her family’s automobile at a stoplight on a four-lane highway in Virginia Beach. The family was stopped waiting for the light to turn green. The defendant was operating a tractor-trailer that failed to stop at the intersection and rear-ended the plaintiff’s vehicle traveling approximately 40 [...]

Head-on collision caused strokes, moderate TBI – $2,250,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 2, 2012
Tags: Lancaster County Circuit Court, Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury

This case grew out of a motor vehicle collision that occurred on June 10, 2009, in Lancaster County. The plaintiff was traveling eastbound on Route 3 and the defendant driver was traveling westbound. The defendant was distracted by his radio, did not see a vehicle ahead turning left, and when he appreciated the vehicle turning [...]

Delayed C-section results in infant brain damage – $2,000,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: March 26, 2012
Tags: Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Settlements

The plaintiff alleged that defendant obstetrician failed to perform a timely C-section, despite the fact that the mother was attempting a vaginal birth after a previous C-section (VBAC), which carries a known risk of uterine rupture. There were recurrent late decelerations on the fetal heart rate monitor, protracted labor and a swollen anterior lip that [...]

Coverage dispute after wrongful death verdict resolved – $1,140,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: March 26, 2012
Tags: Henrico County Circuit Court, Million-Dollar Settlements, Wrongful Death

Plaintiffs were the administrator and the family/beneficiaries of the estate of an 18-year-old college student killed in a motor vehicle accident. The family secured a judgment against the driver of the car the decedent was riding in for $1,900,000. The present suit was a coverage case against the commonwealth seeking satisfaction of the judgment pursuant [...]

Man suffers permanent leg injuries in tractor-trailer accident – $4,000,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: March 12, 2012
Tags: Louisa County Circuit Court, Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury

Plaintiff was a 44-year-old husband and father of four who was a plant manager in Richmond at the time of the accident. He was severely injured on an Interstate highway when a tractor-trailer with a 34-foot dump body hit an overpass, causing the dump body to be ripped from the tractor-trailer and hurled through the [...]

Anesthesia error results in death following emergency c-section – $1,350,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: March 12, 2012
Tags: Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Settlements, Wrongful Death

A 36-year-old woman was admitted for the induction of labor following a normal prenatal course. During labor, fetal tracing became non-reassuring, prompting the treating obstetrician to order an emergency cesarean section. During the procedure, the defendant anesthesiologist failed to secure the patient’s airway. The defendant was unable to hear breath sounds on auscultation, which he [...]

Woman dies nine weeks after slip & fall, causation contested – $2,400,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 20, 2012
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Wrongful Death

The decedent was a registered nurse, wife and mother of two who fell on the steps at a commercial facility. The plaintiff alleged that the steps were not built according to the building code, such that the defendants were negligent per se.
Plaintiff further alleged the defendants were negligent pursuant to common law because they had [...]

Twelve for ’12: A look at the stories we’ll be watching in the coming year

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: Bankruptcy, Employment, Fairfax County Circuit Court, General Assembly, Hernandez, Judgeships, Justice William C. Mims, Legal Marketing, Million-Dollar Settlements, Million-Dollar Verdicts, Social Media, Supreme Court of Virginia News, Technology, Trends

For our annual Trends issue this year, we have identified a dozen different issues or points of departure that we’ll be watching in the coming year.
Twelve for ’12, we call it. Here’s the list:
STRESS ON THE COURTS
Read the lead story in this issue if you want a preview of coming attractions in courts across the [...]

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