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Plaintiff’s decedent was a 3 ½-year-old child who presented to her pediatrician’s office with complaints of vomiting and high fever. The decedent was seen only by a nurse practitioner who diagnosed gastroenteritis and prescribed fluid replacement and Tylenol, and then ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Settlement

William Johnson, age 51, had longstanding cardiac arrhythmia resulting in cardiomyopathy and a severely reduced ejection fraction (29 percent). In February 2015, he underwent an endocardial ablation procedure in an attempt to cure the arrhythmias. The procedure failed. On March ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Brett A. Kassabian Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts

While waiting at a stop light, plaintiff’s vehicle was rear-ended by a commercial truck hauling a trailer, with a combined weight of over 10,000 pounds. Defendant corporation claimed that the defendant driver, who was driving the vehicle on the weekend ...

Tagged with: Auto Accident Million-Dollar Settlements

This claim arose from a collision which occurred on June 10, 2016 on Shady Grove Road in Hanover. The plaintiff was slowing to turn into her driveway while driving a 2005 Honda Accord when she was struck in the rear ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury Settlement

This was a vehicular accident at a highly traveled intersection controlled by traffic signals. This accident involved a large, loaded dump truck weighing approximately 64,000 lbs. which struck a passenger car and killed a young woman who was approximately nine ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death

Jane Roe, 90, fractured her hip and after surgery was admitted to Woe assisted living facility. She suffered dementia and she was not considered a good rehab candidate. The surgeon prescribed 0.5 ml of 20 mg/ml solution for pain. However, ...

Tagged with: Nursing Home Malpractice Settlement

Claimant was a performer who was injured when a planned stunt went wrong. He fell from a height landing flat and hard striking the right side of his face. He was rendered unconscious for an hour. As a result of ...

Tagged with: Deputy Commissioner Angela F. Gibbs Million-Dollar Settlements Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission Workers' Compensation

Decedent’s vehicle was found pointing north in the median separating the northbound and southbound lanes of Route 29 south of Lynchburg. There was an approximately 8-foot section of pine log protruding from the windshield that appeared to have broken off. ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death

On Sept. 9, 2012, the plaintiff was 2 ½ years old. She lived with her mom, her older brother, and a friend in an apartment complex in Petersburg. At approximately 2:35 pm, the friend left the apartment and was walking ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael C. Allen Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury

This was a personal injury action arising from a motor vehicle collision that occurred in April 2015 in Loudoun County. At the time of the collision, a marketing representative from Polyface Inc. was on a two-day business trip from Central ...

Tagged with: Judge Lorraine Nordlund Loudoun County Circuit Court Personal Injury Verdict