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Car-School Bus Crash – Multiple Injuries Type of Action Personal injury – automobile negligence Type of Injuries The plaintiff sustained traumatic injury to her colon, jejunum and kidneys which required extensive surgical repair, including a reversible colostomy. She sustained a ...

Contact With Power Line – Fall From Ladder Type of Action Personal injury Type of Injuries Alleged organic brain injury – broken collar bone – cuts and psychological injuries Name of Case Lowery v. Virginia Electric and Power Company Court/Case ...

Auto Accident – Single-Car Crash – Head Injury Type of Action Personal injury – single-car crash Type of Injuries Closed head injury, brain damage affecting loss of memory, concentration and mood lability, small facial lacerations and coma. Name of Case ...

Failure to Diagnose Bacterial Meningitis – Brain Damage Type of Action Medical negligence – failure to diagnose bacterial meningitis Type of Injuries Brain damage, spastic tetraplegia, hydrocephalus – 12-month-old infant Name of Case Kenneth and Peggy Price individually and for ...

Auto Accident – Multiple Injuries – 12-year-old Type of Action Personal injury Type of Injuries Extensive injuries, particularly injuries to facial bones Name of Case Lanier v. Parrish Court/Case No. U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, No. 3:92CV455 Name ...

Wrongful Death – Failure to Recognize Life-Threatening Condition Type of Action Negligence – medical malpractice – wrongful death Name of Case James L. Seward Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Timothy W. Seward, Deceased v. Dr. Hedley N. Mendez Court/Case ...

FELA – Employee Struck By Door – Back Injuries Type of Action Federal Employer’s Liability Act (FELA) Type of Injuries C 1-2, 2-3 posterior cervical fusion and L3-4, L4-5, L5-S1 laminectomy with foraminotomy Name of Case Ralph R. Hodges v. ...

Defective Auto Shredder Conveyor – Loss of Arm Type of Action Products liability Type of Injuries Loss of arm, fractured ribs Name of Case Jones v. Newell Industries Inc. Court/Case No. Chesapeake Circuit Court, Law No. 25225-M Judge or Jury ...

Auto Accident – Wrongful Death Type of Action Death by wrongful act – auto accident – negligence Name of Case Edward E. Eavers, Adm. of Estate of Wilma Louise Eavers, deceased v. Jerry Wayne Fink Court/Case No. Circuit Court of ...

Vaginal Delivery of Breech Baby – Spinal Cord Injury – Wrongful Death Type of Action Medical malpractice – wrongful death – emotional distress Name of Case Coe, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Infant Coe, Deceased v. ...