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Client fell approximately 20 feet to the ground, landing on his neck on a friend’s hunting property. Client could not feel or move his legs or his arms, nor take a deep enough breath to call for help. It took ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Premises Liability

On Feb. 18, 2015, plaintiff’s decedent, a 28-year-old male with history of “slipped” laparoscopic gastric band presented to Inova Fairfax Hospital’s emergency department for symptoms consisted with band complications. The patient was worked up by the emergency department staff, had ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Michael F. Devine Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts

The guardian ad litem alleged that the widow was unfaithful to her husband during the time leading up to his death and had been arrested for possession of drugs. The GAL argued she deserved nothing for sorrow, mental anguish and ...

Tagged with: Botetourt County Circuit Court Judge Joel Branscom Motion Verdict

Doe was a patient in a nursing home for rehabilitation after suffering a hip fracture. She had a prior sacral pressure injury that healed, but placed her at high risk for further skin breakdown in that area. On Sept. 15, ...

Tagged with: Settlement Wrongful Death

Plaintiff, a 48-year-old female, underwent a laparoscopic hysterectomy, later converted to an open procedure, on Oct. 3, 2013, performed by the defendant OB-GYN and his partner. In the three days following surgery, plaintiff was unable to void, with suspicion of ...

Tagged with: Hampton Circuit Court Judge Christopher W. Hutton Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Verdicts

In February 2017, a 16-year-old boy, accompanied by his mother, presented to his primary care physician’s office with a chief complaint of coughing up blood after approximately two weeks of sickness. His symptoms also included fever, weakness, congestion, and coughing. ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death

This case arose out of a typical two-car collision as the defendant driver turned left through an intersection where the plaintiff had a solid green light for some distance. The defendant was operating a van for a medical oxygen company ...

Tagged with: Judge Thomas S. Shadrick Norfolk Circuit Court Personal Injury Settlement

The defendant, a life-long water-skier, had approximately 20 years of accident-free experience operating jet skis on Lake Gaston. Prior to the voyage that resulted in the plaintiff’s being injured, the defendant ensured that all his passengers wore life-jackets, went over ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury Prince William Circuit Court

During a delivery on May 16, 2003, the defendant, an obstetrician and gynecologist, encountered a shoulder dystocia. In response, the defendant performed various delivery maneuvers to safely deliver the plaintiff including the McRobert’s position, suprapubic pressure, Rubin’s, and delivery of ...

Tagged with: Henrico County Circuit Court Judge Gary Hicks Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts

The case involved a 43-year-old man who was injured as a result of an ATV accident. He was taken the emergency room where imaging revealed that he had broken several ribs and injured his spleen. A coil was inserted into ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Verdict