Workers’ comp an issue in fall on hospital steps – $112,500 Settlement 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: May 16, 2011
Tags: Chesapeake Circuit Court, Premises Liability
On July 22, 2008, plaintiff was employed part-time as a CPR coordinator and health educator at a subdivision of the defendant hospital, located in South Hampton Roads. She completed her shift, clocked out for the day and walked over to the main hospital building to have lunch with her coworkers and teenage son, who was [...]
Shipyard worker blames Exxon for mesothelioma – $25,000,000 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 4, 2011
Tags: Judge Timothy S. Fisher, Maritime, Million-Dollar Verdicts, Newport News Circuit Court, Premises Liability
A former ship repair supervisor contracted mesothelioma almost 30 years after he last worked for Newport News Shipbuilding on oil tankers owned by Exxon Mobil Corp. Plaintiff, now 72, contended that the disease was caused by his exposure to asbestos in the engine and boiler rooms of 17 ships he worked on from 1966-77, some [...]
Complex regional pain syndrome develops from fall in parking lot – $3,000,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: March 28, 2011
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury, Premises Liability
The plaintiff was injured when she stepped into a hole in a parking lot. She was treated at a Patient First for a sprained ankle. Within weeks, however, she began to develop classic signs of complex regional pain syndrome, including pain in her lower extremity, color changes, edema, temperature changes, hair loss and allodynia. The [...]
Patient attacks psychiatrist in Va. Beach hospital – $5,350,000 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 13, 2010
Tags: Judge Norman A. Thomas, Million-Dollar Verdicts, Norfolk Circuit Court, Premises Liability
Plaintiff, a psychiatrist, was attacked in March 2007 by a mental patient who thought plaintiff has stolen his Quran. The attack occurred at the Virginia Beach Psychiatric Center, a 100-bed, 300-employee hospital. The assailant approached plaintiff twice immediately before the attack, the second time forming his hand into the shape of a gun, pressing it [...]
Ornamental bell falls on restaurant patron, causes brain injury – $1,200,000 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: June 7, 2010
Tags: Judge T.J. Markow, Premises Liability, Richmond Circuit Court
The plaintiff, a 46-year-old construction worker, was injured while eating dinner with a friend at the defendant’s restaurant. A four-pound ornamental clay bell that was attached to a metal display stand on top of the booth above the plaintiff detached from the stand and fell two feet onto the plaintiff’s head. The plaintiff sustained a [...]
FedEx franchise owner bitten by dog at customer’s home – $285,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 19, 2010
Tags: Premises Liability
This case resulted from a dog attack while the plaintiff, a FedEx franchise owner, was delivering a package to the defendant’s home. The large dog jumped on him and bit him several times during a prolonged attack. Plaintiff suffered multiple injuries to the face, back and right abdomen. He was taken to the hospital where [...]
Premises Liability – Landlord/Tenant Mold Remediation – Eye Mold
By Deborah Elkins
Published: March 8, 2010
Tags: Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn, Premises Liability, Supreme Court of Virginia
A tenant who alleges defendant landlord and property manager misrepresented that mold infestation in his apartment had been remediated, resulting in damage to him from mold growing in his eye and mold infestation of his personal property, can sue defendants for negligence and fraud, and the Supreme Court of Virginia reverses the trial court decision [...]
Tenant falls in drainage pipe in apartment complex yard – Defense Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 18, 2010
Tags: Henrico County Circuit Court, Judge Burnett Miller, Personal Injury, Premises Liability
A 34-year-old female slipped into an exposed 6-inch drainage pipe located in a grassy common area of an apartment complex. Plaintiff had been a tenant of the specific apartment for over one year and a tenant of the apartment complex for approximately nine years. According to plaintiff, she slipped into the drainage pipe and became [...]
Student injured in fall through uncovered window well – $1,100,000 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 11, 2010
Tags: Premises Liability, Williamsburg/James City County Circuit Court
Plaintiff was a student at the College of William and Mary in October 2003, when she attended as a social guest a party given by Beta Theta Pi at its on-campus house. During the party she and several friends went outside of the house to a patio area, where other members of the fraternity and [...]
Lack of guardrails blamed in death from fall into cistern – $1,260,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 14, 2009
Tags: Fairfax Circuit Court, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death
As the Town of Warrenton was constructing a new visitor center, a 19th-century cistern was uncovered just below ground level directly in front of the center’s front door. The town decided to preserve the cistern by building a 16-inch tall red brick wall around the cistern. The cistern and the short brick wall became part [...]
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