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Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard M. Gergel Personal Injury Premises Liability Tort Unpublished Opinion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

Defendant Wal-Mart Stores seeks summary judgment in this slip-and-fall case. Virginia law applies. The only evidence in the record is the deposition testimony of Plaintiff Mary Diggs and her companion at Wal-Mart on the day in question. The facts drawn ...

Tagged with: Judge Norman K. Moon Negligence Personal Injury Premises Liability Tort U.S. District Court - Western District

On Nov. 3, 2015, the plaintiff, 59, was picked up by his octo­genarian father out­side of his apartment building. Because of the plaintiff’s co-mor­bidities, including a prior stroke, toe amputation, and pancreas and kidney transplants, he did not drive. The ...

Tagged with: Judge Thomas S. Shadrick Million-Dollar Settlements Premises Liability Roanoke County Circuit Court Settlement

Plaintiff, a 6-year-old girl, sued a national health club facility for injuries alleged­ly suffered after she fell from a tractor tire maintained on the fa­cility’s turf field. During early eve­ning hours while wait­ing for a swim lesson, plaintiff, her younger ...

Tagged with: Judge Stephen Sincavage Loudoun County Circuit Court Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Personal Injury Premises Liability

An elderly woman exited a commercial facility in Hampton Roads and lost her balance on an entrance-way ramp. The 83-year-old plaintiff, who already walked with a cane for support, was unable to balance herself when the ramp caused her to ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael C. Allen Norfolk Circuit Court Premises Liability Settlement

A county-operated nursing home can’t be sued under federal civil rights law for a patient’s death after repeated falls during her residency, a Charlottesville federal court has ruled in a case of apparent first impression in Virginia. The court rejected ...

Tagged with: Judge Glen E. Conrad Premises Liability U.S. District Court - Western District