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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>Coast Guard officer suffered electric shock from boatlift &#8211; $525,000 Settlement&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The plaintiff was a 33-year-old Coast Guard security officer transferred to Virginia. Several weeks after moving into a rental property with several docks and electric boatlifts, he and his roommates were fishing off the property’s dock. While standing on a narrow dock, he spread his arms and touched adjacent metal boatlift parts, completing an electrical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman hurt in grocery wins $5M&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/02/06/woman-disabled-in-slip-and-fall-wins-5m-in-gloucester/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gloucester County Circuit Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Walter J. Ford]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A disabled Gloucester County woman has won a record-tying $5 million verdict for a fall in a supermarket. But her path to that victory wasn’t easy – she was shut out by the first jury she faced and needed a trip to the Supreme Court of Virginia to gain a second trial of her claim. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retiree injured at Smith Mountain Lake vacation home &#8211; $800,000 Settlement&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/02/04/retiree-injured-at-smith-mountain-lake-vacation-home-800000-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plaintiff and his family rented a vacation home in Smith Mountain Lake during June 2011.  The home is situated on a hill looking down on the lake. To access the lake and boat dock from the home, the vacationers must utilize a stone paver staircase. On the second day of vacation, the plaintiff was walking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Infant suffers brain injury  from mother’s slip &amp; fall &#8211; $3,250,000 Settlement&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/02/04/infant-suffers-brain-injury-from-mothers-slip-fall-3250000-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An infant suffered a traumatic brain injury after his mother slipped and fell on the defendant’s property. As a result of the mild to moderate TBI, the child suffers from seizures, mild hemiparesis, one side visual neglect and social developmental delays. Defendants hotly contested the plaintiff’s life care plan, which ranged from $2,200,000 to $9,400,000. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six-year-old girl drowned at Shenandoah beach park facility &#8211; $1,000,000 Settlement&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/01/07/six-year-old-girl-drowned-at-shenandoah-beach-park-facility-1000000-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The family of the plaintiff’s decedent traveled to Half Moon Beach Park, a commercial outdoor recreational facility in Shenandoah County. The decedent, age 6, drowned in the park’s swimming area, in a shallow roped-off section designated for non-swimmers and young children. The drowning occurred in the presence of lifeguards employed by the defendants. The property [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman sprains ankle in grocery store parking lot trip &amp; fall &#8211; Defense verdict&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/10/29/woman-sprains-ankle-in-grocery-store-parking-lot-trip-fall-defense-verdict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judge Melvin R. Hughes Jr.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plaintiff alleged she tripped and fell over a curb stop in a Ukrop’s parking lot. She claimed that the curb stop was a hazard, namely that she could not see the curb stop because the lighting levels were low and a car was parked in the space. Plaintiff’s safety engineer intended to opine that wheel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jury Can Decide Staircase Fall Claim&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/09/10/jury-can-decide-staircase-fall-claim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Douglas E. Miller]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A prospective buyer who entered a Fannie-Mae-owned home and was injured when he walked down basement stairs that were missing multiple steps at the bottom can try his claims against Fannie Mae for negligence and negligence per se, but the Norfolk U.S. District Magistrate Judge dismisses plaintiff’s claim for public nuisance. Defendant relies on two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women was victim of mall kidnapping, car wreck &#8211; $2,600,000 Settlement&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/09/03/women-was-victim-of-mall-kidnapping-car-wreck-2600000-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 61-year-old decedent was the plaintiff’s wife of 25 years. She was abducted from the parking garage of a regional mall at 1:20 p.m. on Sept. 13, 2008. Her abductors were two teenagers who had shoplifted a replica gun designed to look like a Walther 9mm. The abductors loitered in the parking structure for more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mall abduction case settled for $2.6M&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/08/29/mall-abduction-case-settled-for-2-6m/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/08/29/mall-abduction-case-settled-for-2-6m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax County Circuit Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Charles James Maxfield]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The husband of a woman killed in an abortive abduction and robbery in Northern Virginia has recovered $2.6 million in settlements with both the mall where she was abducted and a convenience store where she was forced to try to get money from an ATM. The husband claimed both businesses were liable for failing to [...]]]></description>
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