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This case arose out of a rear-end car accident on Oct. 4, 2016. The defendant struck the plaintiff’s vehicle in the rear and pushed it into the car in front of her. The plaintiff injured her neck, back, shoulder and ...

Tagged with: Auto Accident Judge Kenneth R. Melvin Portsmouth Circuit Court Verdict

On Feb. 1, 2016, plaintiff TM, who was 7 years old, was riding with JD, his 10-year-old classmate, in a van driven by JD’s mother, “Defendant One.” Both TM and JD were riding in the rear seat with their seatbelts ...

Tagged with: Auto Accident Mediation

A tractor-trailer and motor vehicle collision occurred in North Carolina. However, the tractor-trailer driver, the automobile driver and a passenger were Virginia residents, therefore the suit was filed in a Virginia circuit court with North Carolina law being substantive. Plaintiff ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury Settlement

Decedent was a 56-year-old female who had multiple sclerosis for approximately 30 years, end stage renal disease and diabetes. She had been confined to a wheelchair and resided in a nursing facility for 13 years. Decedent had been loaded into ...

Tagged with: Martinsville Circuit Court Settlement Wrongful Death

During a cardiac catheterization procedure, plaintiff’s cardiologist violated at least five different warnings and improperly attached an air-filled syringe to the wrong catheter. Thereafter, the cardiologist injected 20ml of air into plaintiff’s radial artery, which caused an “arterial air embolism,” ...

Tagged with: Mediation Medical Malpractice Settlement

The plaintiff, a 57-year-old female, was driving to work northbound on Jefferson Davis Highway in Stafford County. Plaintiff came to a complete stop as she waited for southbound traffic to clear so she could make a left turn when she ...

Tagged with: Motor Vehicle Accident Personal Injury Settlement Stafford County Circuit Court

Plaintiff, a 10-year-old girl, was traveling in an interstate bus with her mother when the driver lost control and drove off the highway. More than 50 passengers were injured, as well as several fatalities. Plaintiff, who is not a Virginia ...

Tagged with: Mediation Personal Injury

At about 2:30 a.m. on July 31, 2018, a family from Hampton, on the way to Disney World, was motoring down Interstate 95 in Glynn County, Georgia. Traffic was light and their SUV was traveling in the right-hand lane. Some ...

Tagged with: Settlement Wrongful Death

The claimant suffered a hernia while lifting boxes at an out-of-state trade show in 2005. Due to nerve entrapment complications related to the hernia mesh repair, the claimant required multiple surgical procedures over the years. The wage portion of the ...

Tagged with: Settlement Workers' Compensation

Plaintiff, a 72-year-old male, was mowing his lawn when he was attacked by the defendant’s labrador-mix dog. The dog bit the plaintiff’s right hand and wrist and knocked him down to the ground. The defendant then took the dog inside ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury Settlement