August 10, 2018
Comments Off on Family lost three members in tractor-trailer wreck – $2 Million Settlement
A family lost its mother, father and grandmother in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer. The driver was alleged to have lost control in rainy conditions on a downhill grade killing all instantly. The driver consistently denied his negligence. There ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death
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July 27, 2018
Comments Off on Woman killed while walking through store parking lot – $3.5 Million Settlement
Plaintiff, a 48-year-old female married with two children, was a customer at a store in Northern Virginia. The plaintiff had exited the store and was walking towards the parking lot using a marked pedestrian crosswalk. An operator of a Ford ...
Tagged with: Judge Gerald Bruce Lee Judge Michael C. Allen Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death
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July 27, 2018
Comments Off on 18-year-old on bike was hit by tractor-trailer – $1.1 Million Settlement
On May 2, 2017 in the morning on a clear dry day, the plaintiff left his high school on his bike and was riding home. He was riding on the left side shoulder/sidewalk of a one-way road and needed to ...
Tagged with: Judge Thomas S. Shadrick Million-Dollar Settlements Negligence Personal Injury
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July 27, 2018
Comments Off on Claimant fell from roof, hurt spinal cord – $1,221,282 Settlement
Claimant sustained a spinal cord injury when he fell from a roof in 2017. The employer accepted the claim and the Commission entered an award order. The parties began settlement negotiations in 2018. After several weeks a final settlement figure ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission Workers' Compensation
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July 27, 2018
Comments Off on Mom had history of birth with dystocia, baby has Erb’s palsy – $1.2 Million Settlement
The plaintiff mother was admitted to the hospital in the care of her obstetric group following an office visit at 39 weeks with signs of labor. She suffered from obesity. The obstetrical group was aware of a history of prior ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Obstretrical malpractice
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July 6, 2018
Comments Off on Mom had history of birth with dystocia, baby has Erb’s palsy – $1.2 Million Settlement
The plaintiff mother was admitted to the hospital in the care of her obstetric group following an office visit at 39 weeks with signs of labor. She suffered from obesity. The obstetrical group was aware of a history of prior ...
Tagged with: Malpractice Million-Dollar Settlements
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July 6, 2018
Comments Off on Doctors did not diagnose appendix cancer in 66-year-old – $2 Million Settlement
As of 2013, plaintiff, age 66, was generally healthy, independent, active and enjoying retirement with his wife. Following some urologic issues, he was seen at defendant urology practice. A CT urogram was ordered by defendant urologist and performed on July ...
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June 18, 2018
Comments Off on Man, stopped for traffic, killed in rear-ender – $1.45 Million Settlement
Plaintiff’s decedent, a 60-year-old divorced man survived by his adult daughter, was fatally injured in an auto collision on one of the many Tidewater bridge crossings. Decedent, driving an old model sedan with a rear-mounted gas tank, was stopped for ...
Tagged with: Judge Robert S. Brewbaker Jr. Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death
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June 4, 2018
Comments Off on Workers’ Comp Settlement is second largest ever – $3.9 Million Settlement
Claimant is a 42-year-old quadriplegic as a result of a fall from a second story balcony. Claimant lives at home by himself in a rental house. He has no contact with any family members and requires 24/7 home health care ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission Workers' Compensation
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May 21, 2018
Comments Off on Northern Neck wrongful death case settles for $4M – $4 Million Settlement
On the night of Aug. 10-11, 2017, two friends, Graham McCormick and J. Randolph “Rand” Hooper went for a boat ride on Carter’s Creek in Lancaster County. The boat belonged to Rand’s father, Gary Hooper, who had given Rand permission ...
Tagged with: Judge Michael C. Allen Million-Dollar Settlements Richmond Circuit Court Wrongful Death
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