Type of action: Personal injury Injuries alleged: Cervical and lumbar strains/sprains, intercostal strain, spondylolisthesis at L4-S1 requiring surgery Name of case: Anderson v. Bagheri Court: Richmond City Date resolved: 1/6/2021 Special damages: Approximately $10,000 of undisputed medical bills. Approximately $425,000 ...

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Type of action: Personal injury Injuries alleged: Tinnitus Special damages: $5,000 Verdict or settlement: Settlement Amount: $150,000 Attorney for plaintiff (and city): William R. “Rob” Sievers, Charlottesville Description of case: On March 11, 2020, plaintiff was traveling southbound in the ...

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Type of action: Personal injury Injuries alleged: Fractured pelvis, ribs, and shoulder. Plaintiff, a 60-year-old woman, will likely require life-time use of a cane for mobility. Tried before: Mediation Date resolved: 11/03/2020 Special damages: $446,000 Verdict or settlement: Settlement Amount: ...

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Where a truck driver died from hypothermia and drowning in Chesapeake Bay after the tractor-trailer he was driving went through a guardrail, sovereign immunity bars claims by the driver’s estate against the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel (CBBT) District. Overview ...

Tagged with: Judge Leslie L. Lilley Personal Injury Virginia Beach Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

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 ...

Tagged with: 15th Circuit Court Judge William E. Glover Personal Injury Virginia Circuit Courts

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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