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Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
A group home resident suffered a subtrochanteric femur fracture after falling from a bed without side rails. The case settled for $500,000.
Premises Liability- Dog bite injury nets settlement
A $1 million settlement was reached in a Virginia dog bite injury case involving a left tibial plateau fracture and disputed liability.
Premises Liability- Man suffers paralysis after bench tipped back
A $2 million settlement was reached in Virginia for a man who suffered paralysis after a bench tipped backward causing a spinal cord injury.
Motor Vehicle Negligence – Defense points to plaintiff’s prior collision, stressors
Stafford County Circuit Court awards $175,000 verdict in Milligan v. Green involving concussion and PTSD claims from a 2017 motor vehicle collision.
Motor Vehicle Negligence – Plaintiff suffers mild TBI after being rear-ended
A $1.3 million settlement was reached in Augusta County for a plaintiff suffering mild traumatic brain injury after a rear-end collision.
Motor Vehicle Negligence- Driver fractures right leg in tractor-trailer collision
A $1.1 million settlement was reached in Chesterfield Circuit Court for a plaintiff who suffered a right tibial plateau fracture in a tractor-trailer collision.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Workers’ Compensation- Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice- Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Struck in face by forklift, woman suffers brain injury
- Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
- Medical Malpractice – Nursing facility patient dies after fracturing ankle in fall
- Medical Malpractice- Patient has bladder injury during colostomy reversal
- Premises Liability- Apartment guest burned by gas grill spewing fire
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Physician sustained hand injuries in crash
- Premises Liability- Dog bite injury nets settlement
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Woman suffers injuries after T-bone collision
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Man fails to vacate default judgment forfeiting approximately $21,000
- Negligence – Business not liable for failing to call ambulance
- Search & Seizure – Police lacked reasonable suspicion for stop and frisk
- Criminal – Man convicted of pinching officer during struggle
- Municipal – Heirs claim surplus funds following tax sale of real property
- Contract – Res judicata bars some of breach of contract claim
- Criminal – Circuit court’s probation decision is reversed
- Employment – Virginia court had subject-matter jurisdiction over remote worker’s claims
- Criminal – Record supports sentencing decision
- Insurance – Two carriers disagree over duty-to-defend responsibility
- Criminal – Inmate denied certificate of appealability on § 2254 petition
- Tort – Defamation suit reinstated against employer
