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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 – Patient suffers stroke from ruptured aneurysm
- Premises Liability- Man suffers paralysis after bench tipped back
- Medical Malpractice – Botched tubal ligation results in childbirth
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pickup truck passenger dies from crash injuries
- Medical Malpractice-Patient received spleen injury during colonoscopy
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers complications from improper cyst removal
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Henrico driver sustained wrist fracture in five-car collision
- Medical Malpractice-Patient dies following blood loss in surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Defense points to plaintiff’s prior collision, stressors
- Medical Malpractice – Ingrown toenail removal leads to CRPS type 2
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
Opinion Digests
- Arbitration – Court decides whether nonparty to arbitration agreement can enforce it
- Constitutional – Circuit court applied wrong standard in church dispute
- Civil Procedure – Medical malpractice statute of limitations doesn’t apply to claims against hospital
- Bankruptcy – Creditor can’t examine debtor under Bankruptcy Code § 707(b)(1)
- Administrative – Court construes Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
- Taxation – County’s tax assessment was ‘plainly wrong’
- Negligence – Release doesn’t bar rider’s negligence claim against horse owner
- Bankruptcy – Motion to reinstate Chapter 7 petition previously dismissed by court is denied
- Wills and trusts – Court applied incorrect statute of limitations to breach of trust claims
- Administrative – Doctor’s attacks on license suspension order fails
- Habeas Corpus – Petition attacking military court martial is dismissed
- Parent and Child – Stepmother awarded custody of stepchildren over father’s objection
