A 53-year-old man presented to an urgent care clinic with a chief complaint of chest pain radiating to his arms, back and mouth. He reported that the pain sometimes also made his teeth hurt. The man’s risk factors were highly ...

Tagged with: Mediation Medical Malpractice Settlement Wrongful Death

Doe 1 and Doe 2 are female adults with special needs who were enrolled in a sheltered workshop. Doe 1 and Doe 2 enjoyed going to the sheltered workshop, as it allowed them to have social interaction and perform meaningful ...

Tagged with: Mediation Negligence

On Feb. 1, 2016, plaintiff TM, who was 7 years old, was riding with JD, his 10-year-old classmate, in a van driven by JD’s mother, “Defendant One.” Both TM and JD were riding in the rear seat with their seatbelts ...

Tagged with: Auto Accident Mediation

During a cardiac catheterization procedure, plaintiff’s cardiologist violated at least five different warnings and improperly attached an air-filled syringe to the wrong catheter. Thereafter, the cardiologist injected 20ml of air into plaintiff’s radial artery, which caused an “arterial air embolism,” ...

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Plaintiff, a 10-year-old girl, was traveling in an interstate bus with her mother when the driver lost control and drove off the highway. More than 50 passengers were injured, as well as several fatalities. Plaintiff, who is not a Virginia ...

Tagged with: Mediation Personal Injury

Plaintiff, a woman in her mid-20s, was injured when she was burned while being prepared for a colposcopy after the birth of her child. Plaintiff had received concerning results from a Pap smear, which brought her back to the defendant ...

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Plaintiff was rearended on an Interstate 564 exit ramp as she was waiting to enter the naval base for work. She was transported from the scene by an ambulance to a local emergency room with complaints of cervical pain and ...

Tagged with: Mediation Motor Vehicle Accident Personal Injury Settlement

In the blink of an eye, the pandemic changed everything.  Even courts have curtailed their activities.  Yet, the disputes confronting our citizens have not abated. Lawyers have responded to these challenges by using phones, desktops, laptops and tablets to mediate ...

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These two wrongful death actions arose out of an incident on March 30, 2017, when a tractor-trailer was being operated on a two-lane road in Buckingham County. A school bus was approaching from the opposite direction. Both the school bus ...

Tagged with: Mediation Richmond Circuit Court Wrongful Death

A tractor-trailer and motor vehicle collision occurred in North Carolina wherein the tractor-trailer driver, the automobile driver and its passenger were Virginia residents, therefore a suit was filed in a Virginia Circuit Court with North Carolina law being substantive. Plaintiff ...

Tagged with: Judge Diane M. Strickland Mediation Personal Injury Settlement