Doctor injury spinal nerve during biopsy – $1.85 Million Verdict

June 11, 2018 Comments Off on Doctor injury spinal nerve during biopsy – $1.85 Million Verdict (access required)

The case involved a 33-year-old woman who underwent a lymph node biopsy in August 2011. During the procedure, the defendant ENT doctor transected the plaintiff’s spinal accessory nerve, causing permanent atrophy and paralysis of the trapezius muscle with significant pain, ...

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Woman’s use of eyelids damaged in surgery – $800,000 Verdict

April 30, 2018 Comments Off on Woman’s use of eyelids damaged in surgery – $800,000 Verdict (access required)

Patient, a 70-year-old Taiwanese woman, sought cosmetic surgery to remove the “puffiness” in her eyelids. She went to defendant (plastic surgeon) who recommended a blepharoplasty (a procedure to remove fat from her eyelids). During the blepharoplasty, defendant severed the tendon ...

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Plaintiff had right to accelerate payments after default – $1,462,500 Verdict

January 2, 2018 Comments Off on Plaintiff had right to accelerate payments after default – $1,462,500 Verdict (access required)

The trial involved a breach of contract arising from the purchase of Mr. Holman’s ownership interest in Dominion Mechanical. Plaintiff Stephen Holman sought to accelerate principal and interest payments, and attorney’s fees equal to 25 percent of the unpaid balance, ...

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Comp Denial Based on Phony Forgery Claim

August 25, 2017 Comments Off on Comp Denial Based on Phony Forgery Claim (access required)

The Virginia Employment Commission’s handling of a medical technologist’s proffers of proof that she did not falsify a doctor’s note, and denial of unemployment compensation based on her “misconduct,” are reversed as “arbitrary and capricious” by the Fairfax Circuit Court. ...

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Tax Payments Protected Nonconforming Structures

August 1, 2017 Comments Off on Tax Payments Protected Nonconforming Structures (access required)

A Fairfax Circuit Court reverses a Board of Zoning Appeals’ decision ordering owners to remove two nonconforming structures from property they have owned and paid taxes on since 1998; the county’s failure to separately assess taxes on two structures on ...

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Data Center Loses Fraud Suit Against Seller

May 3, 2017 Comments Off on Data Center Loses Fraud Suit Against Seller (access required)

Although a data center purchased by plaintiff lost its largest client, Amazon, 13 months after the sale, plaintiff’s suit against defendant seller alleging multiple counts of fraud and breach of contract fails after a three-week trial in Fairfax Circuit Court. ...

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Whistleblowers Get Bigger Cut of VFATA Win

May 3, 2017 Comments Off on Whistleblowers Get Bigger Cut of VFATA Win (access required)

In this whistleblower case under the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, in which the commonwealth chose not to intervene, the Relators’ share of the $1.25 settlement for defendants’ fraudulent conduct is 28 percent of the entire proceeds, not the net ...

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