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This wrongful death case settled at mediation two weeks prior to trial with no offers being made until the mediation. On March 7, 2017, the defendant had a medical event that caused him to cross over the grassy median and ...

Tagged with: Judge Jane Marum Roush Loudoun County Circuit Court Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death

The plaintiff suffered multiple level spinal cord fractures when he fell over a railing and landed on a parking area below the stairway. A spinal cord fusion was performed, but he never regained use of his lower extremities. [19-T-052] Type ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael C. Allen Million-Dollar Settlements Premises Liability

Dr. Burgoyne, an oral surgeon, extracted the four developing wisdom teeth of a 12-year-old girl in August 2014. In the process of doing so, Dr. Burgoyne completely severed the child’s lingual nerve on one side (there are two nerves which ...

Tagged with: Augusta County Circuit Court Judge W. Chapman Goodwin Medical Malpractice Verdict

Plaintiff was driving on the Beltway when a tractor-trailer drifted out of its lane and struck her. There was minimal property damage to plaintiff’s vehicle. Plaintiff’s neck hurt following the collision. She was initially diagnosed with a cervical strain and ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Dennis J. Smith Personal Injury Settlement

In this medical malpractice case, a patient sued an emergency room physician and a radiologist for their substandard evaluation and treatment of supraglottitis, an infection of the epiglottis and surrounding supraglottic structures. In June 2016, the plaintiff presented to a ...

Plaintiff’s decedent, Jane Doe, was admitted to Glenburnie Rehabilitation and Nursing Center for rehabilitation after having been admitted to the hospital for a severe infection. At the time of admission, Doe had certain pre-existing health conditions making her more susceptible ...

This action arose out of a “T-bone” motor vehicle collision in James City County between an SUV operated by the defendant and a motorcycle operated by the plaintiff. The defendant was exiting a shopping center with the intention of crossing ...

Clarence Whitaker alleged that his wife’s 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe was defective because a critical wiring harness had become disconnected. Mrs. Whitaker was found dead between her car and the side of her house. Police found that the vehicle was ...

Tagged with: Defense Verdict Judge Michael F. Urbanski Products Liability U.S. District Court - Western District

In late April 2014, the claimant was riding on a large construction vehicle on the farm owned by his employer. He was working on a Saturday, which was not his normal workday. He and the employer had been moving a ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

The subject accident occurred on Sept. 11, 2014. Stephen Spicer was stopped in a line of traffic when he was struck in the rear by a tractor-trailer operated by the defendant driver. Substantial property damage resulted. [19-T-051] Type of action: ...

Tagged with: Buckingham County Circuit Court Judge Thomas S. Shadrick Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury