Higgerson Buchanan is a multi-faceted construction company, established in 1946, and located in Chesapeake. It operates from a 207-acre intermodal facility located between Dominion Boulevard and the Elizabeth River. Higgerson uses its large acreage in several integrated ways. It operates ...

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Public employees take to the roads, where they frequently encounter other citizens. In fact, there may be close encounters, involving motor vehicles, that lead to personal injury suits. These suits require lawyers and courts to figure out who can be ...

Tagged with: Chesapeake Circuit Court Judge Marjorie T. Arrington Personal Injury

A defendant sergeant for the sheriff’s department who allegedly rear-ended plaintiff while driving two work inmates in a city vehicle to a job site does not have sovereign immunity from a personal injury action filed by plaintiff. Routine driving activities ...

Tagged with: Chesapeake Circuit Court Judge Marjorie T. Arrington Negligence Virginia Circuit Courts

Plaintiff was a 44-year-old postmenopausal woman who was referred to the defendant OB/GYN on Dec. 15, 2009, for complaints of right-sided pelvic pain. A pelvic ultrasound revealed a nearly 12 cm complex solid mass in the area of her right ...

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

A Chesapeake Circuit Court upholds the Department of Motor Vehicles’ license revocation, on remand, of appellant’s personalized license plate displaying the text “ICUHAJI”; although the license holder argues his direct appeal from DMV’s second revocation of the license plate is ...

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Plaintiff was bitten in the face and hand by a 130-pound Akita while petting the dog in the defendants’ home. Plaintiff and defendants were at a neighborhood gathering when plaintiff and a witness accompanied one of the defendants to her ...

Tagged with: Chesapeake Circuit Court Judge Randall D. Smith Personal Injury

A woman’s offer to retrieve extra refreshments from her home for a neighborhood party left her liable for a $125,000 jury award when her dog bit the neighbor who accompanied her to her home. Veterinarian records had flagged the defendants’ ...

Tagged with: Chesapeake Circuit Court Judge Randall D. Smith Negligence Personal Injury

A woman suing defendants whose male Akita dog bit her on the arm and face will have to face her post-incident statement to animal control that she was “very intoxicated and did not remember a lot” about the incident; but ...

Tagged with: Chesapeake Circuit Court Judge Randall D. Smith Negligence Virginia Circuit Courts

Plaintiff was severely injured when the defendant intentionally picked him up and threw him over a second-story balcony railing at a hotel. Plaintiff incurred medical expenses of $52,000 and suffered permanent facial injuries. [13-T-063] Type of action: Personal injury Injuries ...

Tagged with: Chesapeake Circuit Court Judge E. Preston Grissom Million-Dollar Verdicts Personal Injury

The plaintiff’s lip was cut during the removal of a temporary crown. Plaintiff alleged that the defendant used a dangerous dental tool and excessive force while attempting to remove the temporary crown, instead of using safer alternatives. Plaintiff alleged that ...

Tagged with: Chesapeake Circuit Court Judge V. Thomas Forehand Jr. Medical Malpractice