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Plaintiff, a 48-year-old female, underwent a laparoscopic hysterectomy, later converted to an open procedure, on Oct. 3, 2013, performed by the defendant OB-GYN and his partner. In the three days following surgery, plaintiff was unable to void, with suspicion of ...

Tagged with: Hampton Circuit Court Judge Christopher W. Hutton Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Verdicts

In February 2017, a 16-year-old boy, accompanied by his mother, presented to his primary care physician’s office with a chief complaint of coughing up blood after approximately two weeks of sickness. His symptoms also included fever, weakness, congestion, and coughing. ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death

This case arose out of a typical two-car collision as the defendant driver turned left through an intersection where the plaintiff had a solid green light for some distance. The defendant was operating a van for a medical oxygen company ...

Tagged with: Judge Thomas S. Shadrick Norfolk Circuit Court Personal Injury Settlement

The defendant, a life-long water-skier, had approximately 20 years of accident-free experience operating jet skis on Lake Gaston. Prior to the voyage that resulted in the plaintiff’s being injured, the defendant ensured that all his passengers wore life-jackets, went over ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury Prince William Circuit Court

During a delivery on May 16, 2003, the defendant, an obstetrician and gynecologist, encountered a shoulder dystocia. In response, the defendant performed various delivery maneuvers to safely deliver the plaintiff including the McRobert’s position, suprapubic pressure, Rubin’s, and delivery of ...

Tagged with: Henrico County Circuit Court Judge Gary Hicks Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts

The case involved a 43-year-old man who was injured as a result of an ATV accident. He was taken the emergency room where imaging revealed that he had broken several ribs and injured his spleen. A coil was inserted into ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Verdict

Plaintiff was a 57-year-old who drove a tractor-trailer hauling logs. At about 4:50 a.m. on June 11, 2015, he pulled into Milby’s Oil in West Point to fill up his truck. Milby’s has two diesel pumps. He was the only ...

Tagged with: Judge B. Elliott Bondurant King William Circuit Court Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Tort

Three clients were involved in a rear-end collision by a dump truck with a single liability limit of $1 million. Injuries were as follows – two herniated discs L4/L5 and L5/S1. The surgery was a laminectomy foraminotomy and discectomy. No ...

Tagged with: Judge James A. Willett Personal Injury Prince William Circuit Court Verdict

Claims against operators of two concurrent roadway construction projects on Interstate 495. Paving contractor milled three lanes of I-495, leaving a two-inch ledge between lanes three and four. Temporary Traffic Control contractor blocked off all three milled lanes in the ...

Tagged with: Judge Diane McQuade Strick­land Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death

Plaintiff, an on-duty truck driver, was struck head-on by a wrong-way speeding driver. Plaintiff suffered cervical injuries overlayed on pre-existing stenosis. Acute stress symptoms were present immediately at the scene. The PTSD and claimed TBI persisted. The combination of physical ...

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