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The minor plaintiff’s mother was admitted to INOVA Fairfax Hospital on March 10, 2010, for labor and delivery. The prenatal course and labor were uneventful. At the time of delivery of the head, the defendant obstetrician recognized a shoulder dystocia ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge John M. Tran Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Verdicts

Plaintiff was the restrained driver of a GMC pickup truck sitting at a stoplight when he was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer. The plaintiff had preexisting back problems and had undergone two prior back surgeries with good recoveries. He was headed ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael C. Allen Personal Injury Settlement

In a moderate-impact motor vehicle negligence case, the plaintiff claimed various personal injuries. Plaintiff’s most serious injury was a basilar artery brain aneurysm that required the surgical placement of a stent. The stent then failed, causing a pontine stroke that ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Judge Steven C. McCallum Personal Injury Verdict

On Mother’s Day 2015, the decedent drove to his home in Bedford County. Shortly thereafter, he was confronted by the defendant who alleged the decedent had driven too fast through the neighborhood and almost hit his dogs. The defendant had ...

Tagged with: Bedford County Circuit Court Judge Malfourd W. "Bo" Trumbo Settlement Wrongful Death

On May 3, 2016, a 19-year-old man was visiting his sister’s apartment, and started to walk down an outdoor stairway to the deck of the apartment below. As he was about halfway down, he stopped to pet a neighbor’s dog ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury Roanoke Circuit Court

On Oct. 18, 2016, plaintiff Albert Weadon, then 78 years old, was crossing Mount Vernon Avenue in a marked crosswalk at its intersection with E. Oxford Street in the Del Ray section of Alexandria. Defendant Carol Layer, a City of ...

Tagged with: Alexandria Circuit Court Judge JoAnne F. Alper Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury

A malpractice suit was filed as a result of permanent paralysis following neurosurgery. Details are confidential. [18-T-112] Type of action: Medical Malpractice Injuries alleged: Permanent Paralysis Verdict or settlement: Settlement Amount: $1,975,000.00 Attorneys for plaintiff: Dan Frith and Lauren Ellerman, ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Settlements

Plaintiff, a retiree, hit his head on the driver’s side window when he was struck by a careless commercial driver who lost control of his truck. The tractor-trailer sideswiped plaintiff’s vehicle, causing the plaintiff’s minivan to spin several times before ...

Tagged with: Hopewell Circuit Court Judge Michael C. Allen Personal Injury Settlement

Doe underwent above the knee amputation and was discharged from the hospital to Woe nursing home for rehabilitation. The family members would testify that they found his bed, wound dressing and diaper were full of feces and urine on numerous ...

Tagged with: Nursing Home Malpractice Settlement

The case involved a Kaiser Permanente oncologist providing poor follow-up care to a post-mastectomy patient with silicone implant reconstruction. Ultimately the patient developed a desmoid tumor, medial to her right implant, that grew uncontrollably to a large size and in ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Grace Burke Carroll Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Verdicts