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		<title>Industrial worker suffered TBI, blindness due to machine failure &#8211; $14,000,000 Settlement&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/06/17/industrial-worker-suffered-tbi-blindness-due-to-machine-failure-14000000-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Jan. 20, 2009, the plaintiff was operating a high-speed CNC vertical machine for his employer when the tool that he had inserted into the machine catastrophically failed, was ejected out of the machine and struck the plaintiff in his face, causing devastating injuries including blindness and traumatic brain injury. At the time of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tractor-trailer pulled into path of oncoming motorcycle &#8211; $500,000 Verdict&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plaintiff was a 30-year-old Brunswick County deputy sheriff who was returning from a visit at his grandmother’s house to his residence on April 2, 2009, when he collided with a tractor-trailer. Plaintiff was driving a 2004 Kawasaki motorcycle. The motorcycle was continually referred to throughout the trial by the defense as a “crotch rocket,” but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Construction injury case reached settlement after mistrial &#8211; $1,350,000 Settlement&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/05/27/construction-injury-case-reached-settlement-after-mistrial-1350000-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 09:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The plaintiff was 19 years old when he was injured on July 31, 2007. He was working as a groundsman in Winchester, where his job was to change the massive auger on a piece of heavy equipment called a LoDril (which drills to depths of 60 feet), made by Bay Shore Systems. Plaintiff’s employer leased [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Despite conflicting testimony, slip &amp; fall case settles &#8211; $575,000 Settlement&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 09:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On her second night in a West Virginia hotel while on a work trip, plaintiff was advised to smoke outside the emergency door of the hotel lounge. Plaintiff alleged that upon re-entering, she tripped and fell, landing on her right knee. She offered multiple explanations regarding how she fell. The original complaint reflected her allegation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defendant was reading map prior to crash, plaintiff alleges &#8211; $400,000 Settlement&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/05/27/defendant-was-reading-map-prior-to-crash-plaintiff-alleges-400000-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 09:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chesterfield County Circuit Court]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plaintiff was a 24-year-old college student rear-ended in Chesterfield County by the defendant, a Children’s Hospital therapist who was attempting to drive and read Mapquest directions at the same time. Defendant alleged that the plaintiff stopped suddenly in front of her in response to traffic slowing suddenly. Impact was modest, as was the property damage. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Infant’s hotel balcony fall nets $10.9M settlement&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/05/24/infants-hotel-balcony-fall-nets-10-9m-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 10:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Correy E. Stephenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An almost $11 million settlement for a toddler who suffered a severe head injury after falling from a hotel balcony presented a conundrum on the timing of the lawsuit. The boy was two years old when he ventured onto a hotel balcony where a missing railing left a hole big enough for him to slip [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blinded employee settles case for $14M&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/05/21/blinded-employee-agrees-to-16-5m-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Virginia machine shop employee blinded in a 2009 accident involving an automated machine tool has settled claims for a total of $14 million. The settlement in the products liability case has a total payout of $16.5 million. The manufacturer and seller of a so-called CNC machine and the manufacturer and seller of a specialized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walmart customer seriously injured in slip &amp; fall &#8211; $11,250,000 Verdict&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/05/20/walmart-customer-seriously-injured-in-slip-fall-11250000-verdict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judge J. Martin Bass]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plaintiff was a customer at a Walmart store in Stafford County. A Walmart employee had mopped the floor and left the area to get a warning cone. While the employee was gone, plaintiff came into the area. Plaintiff did not see the wet floor, slipped on it, and was badly injured. Plaintiff’s injuries are painful, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toddler suffered brain injury in fall from hotel balcony &#8211; $10,900,000 Settlement&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/05/20/toddler-suffered-brain-injury-in-fall-from-hotel-balcony-10900000-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>College student’s cognitive struggles linked to 1999 accident &#8211; $1,700,000 Settlement&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/05/16/college-students-cognitive-struggles-linked-to-1999-accident-1700000-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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