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May 4, 2026
Motor Vehicle Negligence Woman struck by vehicle loses senses of taste, smell
A $1.225 million settlement was reached in Fairfax County Circuit Court for a woman who lost her senses of taste and smell after being struck by a vehicle.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Workers’ Compensation Struck by metal door at workplace, plaintiff sustains subdural hematoma
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Woman struck by vehicle loses senses of taste, smell
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pedestrian struck by car while in parking lot
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Driver fractures right leg in tractor-trailer collision
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Motorcyclist hit by car suffers two broken wrists
- Medical Malpractice – Young patient commits suicide while on psychoactive drugs
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Art teacher’s hand injured in collision
- Premises Liability- Gas grill explosion left mom with severe burn injuries
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Crash video showed force of Tesla rear-end collision
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – 74-year-old injured in two-vehicle crash
- Employment- Arbitrator finds unfair labor practices by school
Opinion Digests
- Labor- Bonus plan is exempt from ERIA
- Civil rights – Officer denied immunity in fatal shooting case
- Criminal – Defendant granted resentencing for violation of supervised release
- Habeas Corpus – Military courts had jurisdiction over Navy Captain’s offenses
- Criminal – Claimed sentencing error deemed harmless
- Civil Practice – District court didn’t abuse discretion in refusing to extend expert deadline
- Criminal – Man convicted for role in robbery that ends in murder
- Search & Seizure – Search of defendant’s backpack was not unlawful
- Criminal – Man convicted of strangling, assaulting and abducting his romantic partner
- Criminal – Woman ordered to pay victim $4,359.28 for vehicle damage
- Evidence – Court didn’t err in admitting unavailable witness’s testimony
- Criminal – Sexually violent predator recommitted to Commonwealth’s custody
