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Doctor sued after prescribed medication caused neurological disorder – Defense verdict
Plaintiff was a 57-year-old woman with a long and complicated history of psychiatric illness. She came under the care of the defendant psychiatrist at the Hampton-Newport News CSB in April 2010 and remained under his care until June 2014. During his care of the plaintiff, the defendant psychiatrist prescribed a variety of psychotropic medications to […]
Hookah bar sued for manager’s failure to stop sexual assault – $225,000 Settlement
Plaintiff, a young woman, patronized a Virginia Beach bar for several hours and became intoxicated. She was possibly drugged. The Plaintiff walked out of the bar and passed a nearby hookah lounge. A bouncer working at the lounge approached her. The bouncer convinced the visibly impaired plaintiff to accompany him to his truck and they […]
Pat Down Needed for Hidden Hands
An officer investigating a citizen complaint of suspected drug activity after dark, in a neighborhood known for drug and prostitution activity, who encountered a group of five men standing in the roadway, was entitled to pat down defendant, who refused to keep his hands in the officer’s view after two requests; where officer safety is […]
Tractor-trailer rear ends car, kills passenger – $3,500,000 Settlement
A commercial driver in a tractor-trailer rear-ended a passenger vehicle on Interstate 64 in Norfolk on Dec. 17, 2009. Plaintiff’s decedent was a passenger in the car being operated by a friend who was driving slowly after a tire problem. The two vehicles caught on fire and decedent, a 25-year-old man, was trapped in the […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Plaintiff injured in crash with oncoming vehicle — $235,000 settlement
- Driver killed in rear-end collision with tractor-trailer — $1.5M settlement
- Man died from pancreatic cancer after delayed response — $1.8M settlement
- Worker fell off roof, rendering him a paraplegic — $1.25M settlement
- Driver sustained permanent hearing loss after traffic collision — $240,000 settlement
- Plaintiff suffered concussion in rear-end collision — $81,000 verdict
- Builder misrepresented home status to buyers — $675,000 verdict
- Low potassium led to cardiac arrest, death of patient — $1M settlement
- Excessive propofol caused death in dialysis patient — $850,000 settlement
- Pedestrian struck in crosswalk in hit-and-run incident — $300,000 settlement
- Navy veteran killed in collision with box truck — $1.85M arbitration award
- Motorcyclist ejected from bike in collision with SUV — $1.5M settlement
Opinion Digests
- Company owner dodges breach of contract suit
- Employee’s own allegations doom minimum wage claim
- Federal government defeats former employee’s claims
- Principal wasn’t entitled to exclusively remote work
- USPTO properly redacted info in responsive documents
- Untimely lawsuit allowed to proceed
- Engineering consultant dismissed from suit
- Rule 60 motion was filed too late
- Nonprofit directors immune from ex-employees’ claims
- City, employees immune from whistleblower claims
- Experts excluded in condemnation damages suit
- Judgment entered against company for horse’s death
