May 28, 2019
Comments Off on Man had seizure, killed woman in head-on wreck – $1 Million Settlement
This wrongful death case settled at mediation two weeks prior to trial with no offers being made until the mediation. On March 7, 2017, the defendant had a medical event that caused him to cross over the grassy median and ...
Tagged with: Judge Jane Marum Roush Loudoun County Circuit Court Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death
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May 28, 2019
Comments Off on Fall at apartment building leaves man a paraplegic – $4 Million Settlement
The plaintiff suffered multiple level spinal cord fractures when he fell over a railing and landed on a parking area below the stairway. A spinal cord fusion was performed, but he never regained use of his lower extremities. [19-T-052] Type ...
Tagged with: Judge Michael C. Allen Million-Dollar Settlements Premises Liability
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May 2, 2019
Comments Off on Man hit from behind by boom left quadriplegic – $2.6 Million Settlement
In late April 2014, the claimant was riding on a large construction vehicle on the farm owned by his employer. He was working on a Saturday, which was not his normal workday. He and the employer had been moving a ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation
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May 2, 2019
Comments Off on Man suffered brain injury, PTSD after rear-end collision – $1.8 Million Settlement
The subject accident occurred on Sept. 11, 2014. Stephen Spicer was stopped in a line of traffic when he was struck in the rear by a tractor-trailer operated by the defendant driver. Substantial property damage resulted. [19-T-051] Type of action: ...
Tagged with: Buckingham County Circuit Court Judge Thomas S. Shadrick Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury
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April 25, 2019
Comments Off on False Claims action against Duke nets $112.5M settlement – $112,500,000 Settlement, plus attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses
In May 2013, Joseph M. Thomas, the relator, brought a False Claims Act action on behalf of the United States of America against Duke University and Duke University Health System (together, “Duke”). William M. Foster, Ph.D., and Erin N. Potts-Kant ...
Tagged with: False Claims Judge Catherine C. Eagles Million-Dollar Settlements U.S. District Court - Middle District N.C.
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April 25, 2019
Comments Off on Man suffered hearing loss, mild TBI from industrial accident – $1.15 Million Settlement
Plaintiff, a heavy equipment mechanic, suffered permanent hearing loss and tinnitus with continuing balance problems and falls. As a result of the injury and subsequent falls, plaintiff developed mild traumatic brain injury symptoms and could not return to his old ...
Tagged with: Industrial Injury Judge Diane McQuade Strickland Million-Dollar Settlements Virginia Circuit Courts
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April 22, 2019
Comments Off on Woman suffered sepsis after not taking antibiotics – $1.08 Million Settlement
Plaintiff, a 35-year-old mother of two, woke up in the middle of the night with severe pain in her back. She drove herself to the Emergency Room, where she came under the care of a board-certified emergency physician. The doctor ...
Tagged with: James E. Brydges Jr. Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Settlements
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April 22, 2019
Comments Off on Comp claim was based on work-related car wreck – $1,047,455 Settlement
The claimant sustained multiple injuries in a work-related motor vehicle accident. Compensability of the claim was initially accepted; however, it was later withdrawn. Prior to the settlement the carrier paid $1,202,311 in indemnity and medical benefits bringing the total value ...
Tagged with: Deputy Commissioner William Culbreth Million-Dollar Settlements Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission Workers' Compensation
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April 22, 2019
Comments Off on After neck surgery, man’s breathing tube pull-out prompted brain injury – $2 Million Settlement
On April 24, 2017, the decedent was a passenger in a vehicle driven by a friend that was traveling on an interstate roadway. The driver lost control of the vehicle, which left the roadway and crashed into a ditch. As ...
Tagged with: Judge Michael C. Allen Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Settlements
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April 22, 2019
Comments Off on Man, 88, rear-ended by tractor-trailer – $1.25 Million Settlement
This personal-injury action arises out of a tractor-trailer crash that occurred on April 14, 2017, in Stafford County. At the time of the crash, Robert McGowan, 88, was driving his car in the right lane of Interstate 95 North. The ...
Tagged with: Judge Michael C. Allen Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury
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