In this auto-accident case, a Prince William County Circuit Court declines to apply the Maryland cap on non-economic damages because the court finds the cap does not affect substantive rights in a wrongful death, but merely affects the remedy; but ...

Tagged with: Judge Craig D. Johnston Negligence Prince William County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Plaintiff was traveling through an intersection on a green light. The defendant ran the red light, causing the cars to collide with great force in the middle of the intersection. Plaintiff suffered broken bones in her left hand. The case ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury Prince William County Circuit Court

At 10:30 a.m. on May 1, 2008, the decedent, age 80, was brought to the Prince William Hospital Emergency Department by ambulance with complaints of severe back and right hip pain, nausea and vomiting, which had started that morning. Awake, ...

Tagged with: Judge Mary Grace O'Brien Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Prince William County Circuit Court Wrongful Death

The plaintiff alleged she was the owner of a townhouse condominium unit that in 2008 had water intrusion from an unknown source. She complained to the condo association. The association hired a handyman to look for the source of the ...

Tagged with: Contract Premises Liability Prince William County Circuit Court

Although the Prince William County Circuit Court has independent authority to decide a vested rights controversy raised by two letters issued by the zoning administrator, the court chooses not to exercise this authority at this time and will stay further ...

Tagged with: Judge Craig D. Johnston Land Use & Zoning Prince William County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Plaintiff was in the third vehicle in a three-car rear-end collision. His vehicle sustained a damaged bumper and he transported himself to the hospital hours after the collision. Plaintiff suffered aggravation of a pre-existing desiccated disc at the L5-S1 level ...

Tagged with: Judge Lon Edward Farris Personal Injury Prince William County Circuit Court

The plaintiff passenger and the defendant driver were out drinking and celebrating the driver’s birthday when the driver lost control on “ice” and her vehicle struck a tree. Following the collision, the plaintiff was trapped inside the vehicle and had ...

Tagged with: Personal Injury Prince William County Circuit Court

In January 2007, Lyons Den Underground Inc. was installing fiber optic cables in the plaintiff’s residential neighborhood as a subcontractor to Verizon. After the property of the plaintiff was marked by Miss Utility, employees of the defendant drilled horizontally across ...

Tagged with: Judge Craig D. Johnston Negligence Prince William County Circuit Court

The minor plaintiff was delivered by the defendant doctor on Aug. 7, 2005. The mother, who was from Mexico, had received no prenatal care. During the delivery, the defendant encountered a severe shoulder dystocia, which was reduced after approximately five ...

Tagged with: Judge Mary Grace O'Brien Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Verdicts Prince William County Circuit Court

Plaintiff, the mother and personal representative of the estate of an infant who died at day 16 of life, sued a neonatologist who had provided care for the newborn in a hospital nursery, immediately after birth. She alleged that the ...

Tagged with: Judge Lon Edward Farris Medical Malpractice Prince William County Circuit Court Wrongful Death