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In December 2018, a Lynchburg man was traveling through the City of Buena Vista on a job assignment when a police officer pulled him over for having an expired inspection sticker. The sticker had expired four days earlier. The man ...

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Decedent was 85 years old when she entered the nursing home for physical rehabilitation after suffering from a cerebral injury and some mental diminishment. The nursing home records indicate that while at the facility, decedent was neglected, poorly fed and ...

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Plaintiff’s decedent was a 72-year-old internationally known lawyer. An avid athlete, decedent would routinely end his day by using the fitness center’s steam shower. While using the steam shower one evening, decedent became ill and ultimately unconscious. Decedent was found ...

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Plaintiff’s husband, who was operating a vehicle in which plaintiff was a passenger, was traveling west on U.S. Route 58 in Mecklenburg County when he entered a cut-through in the median. He was intending to cross eastbound Route 58 and ...

Tagged with: Judge S. Anderson Nelson Mecklenburg County Circuit Court Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Negligence

Plaintiff was a Jones Act seaman at the time of his chain of command’s order to assist with bringing in a long wire cable onto the vessel he was working. The vessel was cruising in the Pacific Ocean off the ...

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Plaintiff, a trainer of military, police and guard dogs, was transporting eight dogs in a van southbound on Interstate 81 in Shenandoah County when a tractor-trailer operated by defendant suddenly cut in front of her, crashing into the guardrail and ...

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This lawsuit was brought by plaintiff following a total abdominal hysterectomy that was performed in 2013. Plaintiff had consulted the defendants with complaints of heavy menses; it was later discovered that the plaintiff had three large uterine fibroids. The decision ...

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Defendant failed to yield at a stop sign and struck the side of plaintiff’s SUV, causing it to roll over multiple times. Plaintiff was able to crawl out of the vehicle and check on the occupants of defendant’s vehicle. Plaintiff ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Judge Lynn S. Brice Personal Injury Verdict

Plaintiff, 14, and her grandfather were on their way to lunch when their vehicle was rear-ended by defendant driver. Defendant was operating his personal vehicle insured with liability limits of $100/300. Plaintiff’s grandfather, who received fatal injuries, had relocated to ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury

A 41-year-old woman presented to the hospital for a laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy. Her post-operative pain was managed by lidocaine. She later developed lidocaine toxicity and the lidocaine was discontinued; however, the patient then developed anaphylaxis. The doctor ordered an EPI ...

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