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This case involved a collision between a tractor-trailer and a passenger car. The vehicles were traveling in opposite directions on a curved two-lane road separated by double yellow lines. Liability was hotly contested. Each driver contended that the other crossed ...

Tagged with: Judge Pamela S. Baskervill Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury

On Sunday, July 17, 2016, the plaintiff was operating her Harley Davidson motorcycle in the middle lane of Hull Street Road in Chesterfield County approaching its intersection with Duckridge Boulevard. The defendant attempted to merge from the right lane into ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Motor Vehicle Collision Settlement

Plaintiff developed ORN following a difficult tooth extraction by the defendant. During the extraction, the plaintiff’s jaw was fractured but this was not discovered until many weeks thereafter, at which time he was also diagnosed with Stage III ORN disease. ...

Tagged with: Judge Diane McQuade Strick­land Medical Malpractice Roanoke Circuit Court 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

On Aug. 26, 2013 at approximately 2:20 p.m., plaintiff, a young mother in her mid-30s, was found sitting at the bottom of her stairs in her home by her mother unable to speak. This was a notable change from when ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Settlements

Doe was a resident at Woe Assisted Living, due to dementia. In the late evening hours of Dec. 18, 2016, Doe exited the front doors of the facility. The front door of the facility was insecure when it should have ...

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Plaintiff was a laborer performing demolition work when a spark of uncertain origin caused a highly flammable chemical to explode, burning his entire body. The cause of the explosion was vigorously disputed by multiple defendants. [18-T-148] Type of action: Wrongful ...

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

An African-American male, 46, presented to Dr. Dalton for a hip replacement. He was the father of six and operated a towing/salvage business in Richmond. He was persuaded to consent to an anterior approach total hip replacement. The procedure took ...

Tagged with: Judge Gregory L. Rupe Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Verdicts Richmond Circuit Court

Plaintiff was a laborer performing demolition work when a spark of uncertain origin caused a highly flammable chemical to explode, burning over 90 percent of his body. The cause of the explosion was vigorously disputed by multiple defendants. [18-T-147] Type ...

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

Plaintiff, the successor trustee of a family trust, sued the defendant, the former trustee of the family trust, for transferring over five million dollars out of the family trust’s account at a federal credit union. Taking into account funds that ...

Tagged with: Conversion Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Jan L. Brodie Million-Dollar Verdicts