July 27, 2018
Comments Off on GEICO offered $9K before suit, case settled for $275K – $275,000 Settlement
This was a contested liability and damages case. GEICO offered only $9,000 before suit and refused to negotiate any further until right before trial, when the case settled for $275,000. The plaintiff, a 58-year-old male turned left on a green ...
Tagged with: Automobile Accident Prince William Circuit Court Settlement
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July 27, 2018
Comments Off on Claimant fell from roof, hurt spinal cord – $1,221,282 Settlement
Claimant sustained a spinal cord injury when he fell from a roof in 2017. The employer accepted the claim and the Commission entered an award order. The parties began settlement negotiations in 2018. After several weeks a final settlement figure ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission Workers' Compensation
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July 27, 2018
Comments Off on Woman, rear-ended on bridge, suffered TBI, PTSD – $1.6 Million Verdict
Plaintiff suffered a traumatic brain injury and severe post traumatic stress disorder after a CRST, Inc. tractor-trailer, being driven by the defendant, Charles Hitchcock, slammed into her small, disabled vehicle as it sat on the side of a highway bridge ...
Tagged with: Judge Joe Heaton Million-Dollar Verdicts Personal Injury Verdict
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July 27, 2018
Comments Off on Mom had history of birth with dystocia, baby has Erb’s palsy – $1.2 Million Settlement
The plaintiff mother was admitted to the hospital in the care of her obstetric group following an office visit at 39 weeks with signs of labor. She suffered from obesity. The obstetrical group was aware of a history of prior ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Obstretrical malpractice
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July 13, 2018
Comments Off on Gynecologist was not negligent in performing hysterectomy – Defense Verdict
Annette Clements alleged that the defendant gynecologist negligently injured her right ureter during a laparoscopic hysterectomy on May 14, 2014. The patient had been diagnosed with symptomatic fibroids and an enlarged uterus and authorized the defendant gynecologist to surgically remove ...
Tagged with: Judge Joseph J. Ellis Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Spotsylvania Circuit Court
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July 6, 2018
Comments Off on Woman suffered brain damage, died at nursing home – $450,000 Settlement
Jane Doe was a patient at a nursing home, rehabbing from a stroke. She had an underlying condition that required a tracheostomy and had a permanent trach. Doe was alert and summonsed help because she was having difficulty breathing. Help ...
Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Settlement Virginia Circuit Courts
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July 6, 2018
Comments Off on Towel left inside patient caused massive infection – $2 Million Verdict
The plaintiff was a 49-year-old woman who had abdominal surgery in February 2015. The defendant surgeon closed her wound but left a blue surgical towel, measuring 22” x 16”, in the wound. Such towels are NEVER to be introduced into ...
Tagged with: Fredericksburg Circuit Court Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Verdicts
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July 6, 2018
Comments Off on Mom had history of birth with dystocia, baby has Erb’s palsy – $1.2 Million Settlement
The plaintiff mother was admitted to the hospital in the care of her obstetric group following an office visit at 39 weeks with signs of labor. She suffered from obesity. The obstetrical group was aware of a history of prior ...
Tagged with: Malpractice Million-Dollar Settlements
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July 6, 2018
Comments Off on Doctors did not diagnose appendix cancer in 66-year-old – $2 Million Settlement
As of 2013, plaintiff, age 66, was generally healthy, independent, active and enjoying retirement with his wife. Following some urologic issues, he was seen at defendant urology practice. A CT urogram was ordered by defendant urologist and performed on July ...
Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Settlements
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July 2, 2018
Comments Off on Man suffers spine injury in rear-ender inside Tunnel – $295,000 Settlement
On a rainy day, traffic came to an abrupt stop inside the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel and plaintiff was rear-ended. The defendant blamed the considerable amount of water on the roadway for not being able to stop in time. Plaintiff initially ...
Tagged with: Motor Vehicle Collision Newport News Circuit Court Settlement
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