Type of action: Personal injury Injuries alleged: Four non-displaced rib fractures; kidney laceration grade 3; multiple cervical Atlas fractures of the neck, fracture of the C1 anterior arch of the base of head neck; glass in the eye, severe elbow ...

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Where a state prisoner alleged in a pro se complaint that he tripped and was injured while falling down stairs that the Department of Corrections negligently maintained, the trial court erred by dismissing the complaint with prejudice. Overview AlBritton, an ...

Tagged with: Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Personal Injury Virginia Supreme Court

Personal Injury Type of action: Personal injuries Injuries alleged: 5-year-old developed/exhibited symptoms of a MTBI as a result of tractor-trailer crash when he was 18 months old. Court: USDC-Western District of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Tried before: Mediation Date resolved: 6/30/2020 ...

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Where a municipality sought contribution and equitable indemnification from an excavating company that performed work two years earlier in the area where plaintiff was injured when she fell into a depression in the ground, the excavating company’s demurrer is sustained ...

Tagged with: Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Richard E. Gardiner Personal Injury Virginia Circuit Courts

Where plaintiff alleged a poisonous snake bit her as she entered defendant’s restaurant, demurrers to her negligence and negligence per se claims are sustained with leave to amend. A negligence count against the owner of a retention pond near the ...

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Type of action: Personal injury Injuries alleged: Cervical C-2 fracture, wrist fracture, mild concussion, severe abdominal and chest bruising Court: Chesapeake Circuit Court Tried before: Mediation Date resolved: 12/15/2020 Special damages: $96,000 in medical bills, no surgeries or future medicals ...

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Type of action: Personal injury Injuries alleged: Cervical spine injury Name of judge or mediator: Hon. B. Waugh Crigler (ret.) Date resolved: 11/11/2020 Verdict or settlement: Settlement Amount: $645,000 Attorney(s) for plaintiff (and city): Matthew W. Broughton, Andrew D. Finnicum ...

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Injuries alleged: Fractured wrists, pancake fractured elbow, facial lacerations to chin and lower lip, three chipped teeth Name of case: Anderson v. Walsh Court: Circuit Court for Fairfax County Date resolved: 8/17/2020 Special damages: $44,988 in medical bills and $6,237 ...

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Type of action: Personal Injury Tried before: Mediation Amount: $3,050,000 Attorney(s) for plaintiff (and city): James G. Harrison III, Richmond; Gregory S. Hooe and Tara A. Enix, Petersburg Description of Case : Client sustained injuries that rendered him permanently disabled. ...

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Defendant doctor’s demurrer to plaintiff’s personal injury claim is overruled because plaintiff has pleaded emotional distress accompanied by a physical injury. Decision “For the purpose of surviving a demurrer, a pleading is ‘sufficient if it clearly informs the opposite party ...

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