September 21, 2018
Comments Off on Man died following elective surgery, no one could say why – Defense Verdict
Plaintiff, 64, underwent elective sigmoid colectomy surgery performed by a general surgeon on Feb. 23, 2015, to correct diverticula and a fistula track that had developed between his cecum and bladder causing frequent infections. The surgery was uneventful and an ...
Tagged with: Judge Beverly W. Snukals Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Richmond Circuit Court
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June 18, 2018
Comments Off on Jury returns verdict for hurt woman in less than an hour – $1,249,979 Verdict
This was a T-bone motor vehicle collision in which the plaintiff was the front-seat passenger and suffered various injuries, including anosmia, a mild-traumatic brain injury and a neuroma to her hip. Only the hip injury and some soft tissue strains ...
Tagged with: Million-Dollar Verdicts Personal Injury Richmond Circuit Court
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May 21, 2018
Comments Off on Northern Neck wrongful death case settles for $4M – $4 Million Settlement
On the night of Aug. 10-11, 2017, two friends, Graham McCormick and J. Randolph “Rand” Hooper went for a boat ride on Carter’s Creek in Lancaster County. The boat belonged to Rand’s father, Gary Hooper, who had given Rand permission ...
Tagged with: Judge Michael C. Allen Million-Dollar Settlements Richmond Circuit Court Wrongful Death
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May 7, 2018
Comments Off on Abscess costs woman capacity to carry another child – $1.5 Million Verdict
The patient went to the emergency room with complaints of abdominal pain two days after being discharged following the birth of her first child via C-section. A CT scan was read as possibly showing an abscess on her uterus, and ...
Tagged with: Judge Melvin R. Hughes Jr. Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Verdicts Richmond Circuit Court
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April 30, 2018
Comments Off on Plaintiff claimed doctor injured urinary duct – Defense Verdict
Plaintiff underwent sigmoid resection surgery by defendant surgeon for acute diverticulitis. Plaintiff alleged that the defendant negligently transected her ureter, the urinary duct between the kidney and bladder. Plaintiff’s experts opined that the defendant should have identified, and if necessary, ...
Tagged with: Judge Bradley B. Cavedo Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Richmond Circuit Court
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April 23, 2018
Comments Off on Va. Cir.: Owner should have known hazard of unmarked step
After tripping and injuring herself on her way out of a commercial building, a plaintiff won a $60,000 verdict against the building’s owner. The jury found that the step was in an unsafe condition that the owner should have known ...
Tagged with: Evidence Judge Clarence N. Jenkins Jr. Negligence Personal Injury Richmond Circuit Court Tort Virginia Circuit Courts
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April 23, 2018
Comments Off on Plaintiff had trouble finding insurer for defendants – $56,443 Verdict
On May 28, 2015, defendant Roger Wilken was driving a tractor-trailer within the scope of his employment with Navigation Inc.; he made a wide right turn from the center lane on Jefferson Davis Highway and collided with the plaintiff’s vehicle, ...
Tagged with: Judge Theodore J. Markow Motor Vehicle Collision Richmond Circuit Court Verdict
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April 16, 2018
Comments Off on Unmarked is unsafe
A woman injured in a fall as she left a Richmond law firm has won a $60,000 jury verdict against the owner of the building in the city’s historic Shockoe Slip. Even though a judge blocked the plaintiff from use ...
Tagged with: Judge Bradley B. Cavedo Judge Clarence N. Jenkins Jr. Richmond Circuit Court
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February 19, 2018
Comments Off on Man in multi-vehicle wreck on I-95 had hurt back – $700,000 Settlement
Plaintiff was traveling northbound on Interstate 95 when a tractor-trailer changed lanes, striking a third vehicle in its blind spot. That caused that vehicle to strike the plaintiff’s pickup truck, which struck the jersey wall and crossed three lanes of ...
Tagged with: Personal Injury Richmond Circuit Court Settlement
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December 1, 2017
Comments Off on Virginia Tort Claims Act used in defamation suit – $125,000 Verdict
Plaintiff alleged in a complaint filed pursuant to the Virginia Torts Claims Act that a report published online by a state agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia in March 2013 defamed her. The jury found that the defendant had committed ...
Tagged with: Defamation Judge Bradley B. Cavedo Richmond Circuit Court Verdict
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