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Workers’ Compensation – Worker sustains back injuries following fall, seeks PTD
Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission approves $1.05 million settlement for a worker with lumbar disc herniation and spinal cord stimulator implantation.
Worker run over by machine claims multiple serious injuries — $375,000 settlement
A 55-year-old Virginia worker, who was run over by a diesel-powered industrial street sweeper while working as part of paving crew, settled his worker’s compensation claim for $375,000.
‘Going-coming’ rule applicable in comp case
Virginia Court of Appeals rules that a worker injured en route to work in employer-arranged transport is eligible for compensation under workers' comp exceptions.
Hernia case settled, dated to injury in 2005 — $1,070,000 settlement
While working at an out of state trade show in 2005, the claimant suffered a hernia while lifting boxes. Due to nerve entrapment complications related to the hernia mesh repair, […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Car crash after back surgery causes additional injuries
- Medical Malpractice Jurors side with cardiologist over treatment of strokes
- Negligence and Tort- Ice pack use during tattoo removal causes frostbite
- Workers’ Compensation Struck by metal door at workplace, plaintiff sustains subdural hematoma
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Woman struck by vehicle loses senses of taste, smell
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pedestrian struck by car while in parking lot
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Driver fractures right leg in tractor-trailer collision
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Motorcyclist hit by car suffers two broken wrists
- Medical Malpractice – Young patient commits suicide while on psychoactive drugs
- Motor Vehicle Negligence- Art teacher’s hand injured in collision
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Sentence for ‘unusually heinous’ conduct is affirmed
- Criminal – Sentence wasn’t unreasonable despite deportation consequences
- Appeals – Waiver in plea agreement forecloses most arguments on appeal
- Appeals – Appellant’s informal brief forfeited appellate review
- Employment – Failure to exhaust administrative remedies dooms Title VII suit
- Jurors – Dishonest juror didn’t violate defendant’s Sixth Amendment rights
- Criminal – Motion to suppress backpack denied where defendant abandoned item
- Civil Rights – Officer denied immunity in fatal shooting case
- Civil Rights – No qualified immunity on excessive force police K-9 claim
- Criminal – Probable cause includes dog’s positive alert for narcotics
- Criminal – Evidence supports obstruction of justice conviction
- Search & Seizure – Inventory search exception applies to warrantless search
