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While slowing to stop at a traffic signal on J. Clyde Morris Boulevard, in the City of Newport News, plaintiff’s sedan was struck from behind at a high rate of speed by a work truck driven by the defendant driver, ...

Tagged with: Judge Lawrence R. Leonard Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury U.S. District Court - Eastern District

On March 1, 2016, at around 6:06 a.m., the decedent drove his truck to work on Interstate 64 in Rockbridge County. He travelled at the posted speed limit. A tractor-trailer was going up a hill on 64 traveling at a ...

Tagged with: Roanoke Circuit Court Settlement Wrongful Death

On Feb. 25, 2016, the plaintiff was working as a sign/roadway contractor and was descending from a flatbed trailer, when he fell. His foot became trapped on the step and when he fell, his right knee dislocated severely. He was ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael C. Allen Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Settlements

In April 2012, plaintiff began receiving prenatal care for her seventh pregnancy. During the course of her prenatal care, the history, physical examinations, and tests showed the plaintiff had an increased risk for encountering shoulder dystocia during a vaginal delivery, ...

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On March 2, 2012, the plaintiff was stopped at a red light at the 3100 block of Shore Drive in Virginia Beach. The defendant was driving at approximately 30 miles per hour behind the defendant and rear-ended her vehicle. While ...

Tagged with: Judge Charles E. Poston Personal Injury Settlement Virginia Beach Circuit Court

Plaintiff, a 46-year-old male, was an inpatient at the hospital due to an acute COPD exacerbation when he spilled coffee on his lap and burned himself. Plaintiff also had myoclonus, or involuntary jerking movements of the upper extremities, due to ...

Tagged with: Defense Verdict Judge James R. Swanson Medical Malpractice

Plaintiff, a 35-year-old male, was transported to the emergency department with complaints of syncope, chest pain and shortness of breath. A CT scan revealed bilateral pulmonary emboli. He suffered acute respiratory failure requiring resuscitation in the ED. An intraosseous catheter ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert S. Brewbaker Jr. Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Settlements

Boe is the surviving wife of a decedent husband who was 62 years old at the time of his death. The husband presented at his primary care physician with one to two weeks of complaints of shortness of breath on ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death

The decedent was a 35-year-old African-American man who was paralyzed and in a wheelchair. He had been shot 10 years prior and had suffered a T 3/4 spinal cord injury, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. People who have ...

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On Aug. 4, 2013 the plaintiff, a 66-year-old diabetic, underwent a laparoscopic nephrectomy based to remove a worrisome mass disclosed on a CT scan performed several weeks before. The CT report suggested an MRI assessment, but no MRI was performed. ...

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