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Plaintiff was awarded total disability from the Railroad Retirement Board in 1998 for degenerative spine disease weakness, pain of his right shoulder and gout. Plaintiff entered the defendants’ hardware store from a public entrance and slipped and fell on a ...

Tagged with: Judge David J. Novak Negligence Settlement U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Claimant is a 42-year-old quadriplegic as a result of a fall from a second story balcony. Claimant lives at home by himself in a rental house. He has no contact with any family members and requires 24/7 home health care ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission Workers' Compensation

Plaintiff stepped on an unsecured water meter cover. Her foot fell through resulting in surgery to re-attach the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th metatarsal bones that had separated from the tarsal bones. Fairfax Water initially denied the claim, stating lack ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge JoAnne F. Alper Mediated Settlement Premises Liability

At age 3, plaintiff had a facial tumor removed from the right side of his face. As a result, the growth centers of his face were altered resulting in the right side being smaller. He had numerous surgeries over the ...

Tagged with: Defense Verdict Judge John R. Doyle III Medical Malpractice Norfolk Circuit Court

On the night of Aug. 10-11, 2017, two friends, Graham McCormick and J. Randolph “Rand” Hooper went for a boat ride on Carter’s Creek in Lancaster County. The boat belonged to Rand’s father, Gary Hooper, who had given Rand permission ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael C. Allen Million-Dollar Settlements Richmond Circuit Court Wrongful Death

This lawsuit was brought by a patient who presented to the hospital in the early morning hours of Dec. 24, 2014. The patient was 33 weeks pregnant and complaining of severe abdominal pain and continuous contractions. However, no contractions were ...

Tagged with: Chesapeake Circuit Court Judge John W. Brown Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts

This case arose from a T-bone car accident on June 10, 2015. Plaintiff was proceeding through an intersection with a green arrow, when the defendant ran his red light and struck plaintiff on his driver’s side. Defendant claimed contributory negligence. ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Randy I. Bellows Personal Injury Verdict

Robert Benedict, the plaintiff, had been employed as a commercial truck driver for a company named Essex Concrete. On Nov. 14, 2014, plaintiff departed on his route for the day, which involved driving a fully loaded cement mixer to a ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert E. Payne Million-Dollar Verdicts Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Plaintiff claimed that a police officer who encountered him used excessive force, causing him to suffer serious burns with permanent disfigurement. Plaintiff was hospitalized for 222 days and underwent 34 surgeries. Retired Judge Michael C. Allen with The McCammon Group ...

Tagged with: Excessive Force Million-Dollar Settlements

Plaintiff was a passenger traveling on westbound Interstate 64 during Friday afternoon rush hour. Defendant failed to brake when the heavy traffic stopped and rear-ended the vehicle in which plaintiff was riding, causing a chain reaction crashing into the next ...

Tagged with: Newport News Circuit Court Personal Injury Settlement