Janet Roberts, a 70-year-old wife and mother of four, developed a sacral decubitus ulcer at home, which required a hospital ad­mission and antibiotics for a positive wound culture. She was discharged to the defendant nursing home on April 26, 2011, ...

Tagged with: Judge Bradley W. Finch Medical Malpractice Pulaski County Circuit Court Wrongful Death

A Pulaski County Circuit Court declines to set aside or remit a $14 million jury award for a plaintiff incapacitated by injuries he suffered after he collided with a tree while driving a 2008 Hyundai Tiburon whose side airbag failed ...

Tagged with: Judge Colin Gibb Negligence Pulaski County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

In February 2010, the 16-year-old plaintiff sustained a traumatic brain injury when the driver’s side airbag in his 2008 Hyundai Tiburon failed to deploy during an accident in which the car struck a tree. The injured teen’s parents, as guardians ...

Tagged with: Judge Colin Gibb Million-Dollar Verdicts Personal Injury Pulaski County Circuit Court

A Pulaski County jury has awarded $14 million to a Radford man who suffered a traumatic brain injury blamed on alleged safety lapses in his Hyundai car. The verdict may be a record for a products claim in Southwest Virginia. ...

Tagged with: Judge Colin Gibb Million-Dollar Verdicts Personal Injury Products Liability Pulaski County Circuit Court