Plaintiff was partially paralyzed when she fell five stories down an open shaftway in a residential apartment building in which she was a guest of a resident. Plaintiff and a companion opened an unlocked closet door, stepped over a 36-inch ...

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Plaintiff was a 3-year-old boy shopping in a retail store when merchandise fell from the top shelf, breaking his arm. He underwent surgery and had a closed reduction and intramedullary nailing of left radius shaft fracture, an open reduction and ...

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Where a plaintiff was injured on a defendant’s property while performing work that did not provide any special benefit to the defendant, the plaintiff could not sue the defendant on the ground that he was an invitee at the time ...

Tagged with: Judge Mark Davis Premises Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Client fell approximately 20 feet to the ground, landing on his neck on a friend’s hunting property. Client could not feel or move his legs or his arms, nor take a deep enough breath to call for help. It took ...

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On Dec. 11, 2016, the 83-year-old plaintiff went to lunch with her family at a Richmond area restaurant after church services. Shortly after checking in at the hostess stand, the hostess asked the plaintiff and her party to follow her ...

Tagged with: Judge Catherine Hammond Premises Liability Richmond Circuit Court Settlement

Plaintiff, a student at a Virginia public university, tied her hammock to two concrete columns in an open, public area on campus. One of the 800 pound columns fell on her, crushing her abdomen and pelvis. Two people were injured ...

Tagged with: Judge William N. Alexander II Million-Dollar Settlements Premises Liability

A guest at the Omni Homestead did not demonstrate that the hotel had either actual notice of ice she slipped on or constructive notice, based on the hazardous condition allegedly caused by operating the outdoor fountain in sub-freezing conditions. Background ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard M. Gergel Personal Injury Premises Liability Tort Unpublished Opinion

Plaintiff, a senior citizen, was a customer at a local restaurant. As she was walking through the dining area, she caught her foot on a black, rubber mat which was not flush with the floor causing her to fall to ...

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Plaintiff stepped on an unsecured water meter cover. Her foot fell through resulting in surgery to re-attach the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th metatarsal bones that had separated from the tarsal bones. Fairfax Water initially denied the claim, stating lack ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge JoAnne F. Alper Mediated Settlement Premises Liability

Client, a 60-year-old licensed plumber, arrived at defendant’s farm to estimate the cost of installing water lines for cattle. When he arrived, the farmer was extracting a dead calf from a first-calf heifer with a rope attached to a farm ...

Tagged with: Fauquier County Circuit Court Judge Diane McQuade Strick­land Million-Dollar Settlements Premises Liability