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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 [...]

20-year-old killed in scooter wreck – $1,500,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Wrongful Death

While on a scooter stopped at an intersection, the 20-year-old decedent was struck from behind by a commercial vehicle. The decedent was unmarried and had no children. His five siblings and parents shared the settlement proceeds.
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Type of action: Wrongful death
Date: Nov. 9, 2011
Special damages: $160,000 – medicals
Verdict or settlement: Settlement
Amount: $1,500,000
Attorney for plaintiffs: Stephen A. [...]

Man died after surgery, doctors prevail in death suit – Defense Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 16, 2012
Tags: Judge Mary Grace O'Brien, Medical Malpractice, Prince William County Circuit Court, Wrongful Death

At 10:30 a.m. on May 1, 2008, the decedent, age 80, was brought to the Prince William Hospital Emergency Department by ambulance with complaints of severe back and right hip pain, nausea and vomiting, which had started that morning. Awake, alert and screaming for morphine, decedent provided the triage nurse and ER physician, a defendant, [...]

Pastor killed in truck accident – $1,100,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 9, 2012
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Powhatan County Circuit Court, Wrongful Death

On Jan. 21, 2011, at approximately 8:30 a.m., decedent, the father of the plaintiff, was traveling westbound on U.S. Route 360 in Amelia County. The defendant failed to stop at a stop sign, failed to observe a blinking traffic control device and proceeded onto 360, a four-lane divided roadway. Decedent was traveling at about 55 [...]

Shooting case mediated after mistrial – $1,250,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 9, 2012
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Wrongful Death

Decedent was shot and killed during a traffic stop. A jury trial in March resulted in a mistrial because the jury could not reach a unanimous decision. Post-trial interviews of the jurors revealed a 6-1 split in favor of the plaintiff, and their verdict ranges.
Due to language in the primary insurance carrier’s policy, the first [...]

Trucker with sleep apnea crushed VW in wreck – $4,800,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 19, 2011
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Wrongful Death

A truck driver for a major trucking company fell asleep on Route 15 in Pennsylvania, woke up and applied brakes just before striking and crushing decedent’s VW Passat on Feb. 15, 2007. Discovery revealed that truck driver had complained of daytime sleepiness in September 2003 and undergone sleep apnea testing, which revealed mild sleep apnea. [...]

Identical twins were born prematurely and died

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 12, 2011
Tags: Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death

$375,000 Settlement
The plaintiffs alleged negligence by defendant radiologist and defendant obstetricians in their failure to diagnose and to treat in a timely fashion the twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) that the identical twins were experiencing in the womb. As a result, the babies were born prematurely and died shortly after birth.
Both negligence and proximate cause of [...]

Family can ask hotel about safety policies

By Paul Fletcher
Published: December 9, 2011
Tags: Judge Humes J. Franklin Jr., Personal Injury, Roanoke Circuit Court, Wrongful Death

The family of a woman who got separated on a care facility “field trip” to The Homestead and died after a fall down some stairs there can ask hotel personnel about the resort’s safety policies and procedures, a judge sitting in Roanoke has ruled.
Christopher W. Stevens, The Homestead’s lawyer, directed two resort employees not [...]

Man died 18 months after anoxic brain injury – $1,375,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 5, 2011
Tags: Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Settlements, Wrongful Death

The plaintiff’s decedent was involved in an automobile collision and suffered a herniated T-10 disk. A neurosurgeon performed an anterior thoracolumbar fusion surgery to treat the herniated disk several months after the accident. During the procedure, the surgeon damaged the patient’s aorta, causing a significant hematoma. Emergency repair surgery was performed immediately. However, the decedent [...]

Claim against ER doc in death case struck – Defense Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: November 28, 2011
Tags: Judge James H. Chamblin, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts, Wrongful Death

This was a medical malpractice case involving emergency medical treatment provided to the plaintiff, at the Loudoun Hospital Center on Oct. 30, 2004. At the time of presentation, the ER physician defendant was told that the plaintiff had recently had an artificial insemination procedure. Originally this was the only information the family could [...]

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