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Plaintiff was a passenger on a luxury boat that was speeding in a no-wake zone in Naples, Florida. The boat ran aground. Plaintiff was thrown against a safety rail and fractured her right orbit. [14-T-196]   Type of action: Personal ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury

Plaintiff, an 11-year-old girl, suffered a permanent brachial plexus injury during her birth that left her with a severe permanent disability. In 2003, plaintiff’s mother received prenatal care from defendants. Prior to labor, plaintiff’s mother had gained an excessive amount ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice

On May 25, 2009, the 20-year-old plaintiff was involved in a major auto accident in Winchester. Plaintiff’s boyfriend and driver of the car in which she was a passenger died at the scene. Plaintiff was pulled from the burning wreckage ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Judge James P. Jones Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts

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Virginia Lawyers Weekly presents the compilation of Important Opinions from January to December 2014. You’ll find more than 375 cases from 2014 highlighted. “Important Opinions” show up on the cover of the paper each week and in an online recap. ...

Tagged with: Important Opinions

The family of a baggage train driver killed in a collision with a mobile lounge has settled its wrongful death claim against the operator of Dulles International Airport for $2 million. Lawyers for the family tell The Washington Post the ...

STAUNTON (AP) Dominion Resources is suing more than 40 landowners in Virginia who won’t allow the company to survey their properties for a proposed natural gas pipeline. Dominion filed lawsuits earlier this week against 20 property owners in Nelson County ...

A woman who said she was fired for cooperating in an investigation of her supervisor can sue for emotional distress as part of her state law claim for wrongful discharge, a federal magistrate judge in Harrisonburg says. Susan Bocock alleges ...

Tagged with: Employment Federal Courts Judge Joel Hoppe Judge Michael F. Urbanski

An Alexandria lawyer surrendered his law license to the Virginia State Bar last month after his siblings accused him of taking assets from his mother’s estate for his personal use. The amount at issue was in six figures, according to ...

FAIRFAX (AP) Fairfax County’s top prosecutor says his efforts to investigate a fatal shooting by a county police officer were thwarted by the county’s refusal to release records to him. In a letter to a U.S. senator made public Tuesday, ...