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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 case arose out of the cardiac arrest and subsequent death of decedent, a 75-year-old woman during elective spine surgery. Plaintiff claimed that she suffered cardiac arrest as a result of hypovolemic shock from blood loss during the procedure that ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Verdicts Rockingham County Circuit Court

Plaintiff was a customer in a retail store that was undergoing renovations. A contractor was performing work above a display case when he accidentally kicked a cardboard sign that was framed with steel while climbing down a step ladder. The ...

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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 ...

Tagged with: Confidential Settlement Fairfax Circuit Court Wrongful Death

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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