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  • Notice of hazard the issue in slip and fall at center - $11,000 Verdict 
    A Spotsylvania County jury returned a plaintiff’s verdict in a hotly contested slip-and-fall case against a local mall.
    The slip and fall took place on Nov. 19, 2006, in the Spotsylvania Mall. The plaintiff, a 17-year-old female, slipped as a result of a clear, wet, sticky substance on the common area floor between two fast food [...]

  • Amputation of patient’s legs blamed on tardy surgeon - Defense Verdict 
    On March 1, 2007, plaintiff underwent a radical neck dissection and laryngectomy for treatment of stage 4 laryngeal cancer. The surgery took approximately 10 hours. The next day, at approximately 8:30 a.m., the defendant hospital’s intensive care unit nurse noted that the plaintiff had purple mottled feet bilaterally which she recognized to be a sign [...]

  • No damage to vehicle, but driver has back strain - $125,000 Verdict 
    This case stemmed from an automobile accident with no visible property damage. Plaintiff suffered neck and back strains, which eventually led to cervical and lumbar surgery after other treatment. There had been prior degeneration and prior treatment.
    [10-T-115]
    Type of action: Personal injury
    Injuries alleged: Neck and back
    Name of case: Iris Keeve vs. Tiffany Ramos
    Court: Fredericksburg Circuit [...]

  • Injury from intentional crash covered by UM insurance - $401,000 Verdict (plus interest) 
    Plaintiff was a 70-year-old man whose son had two children with the defendant. The defendant got into a dispute with the plaintiff’s son, and came over to the plaintiff’s house on the morning of March 6, 2009, and smashed out windows of plaintiff’s vehicles.
    The police arrested her and she was taken away and then released. [...]

  • Causation an issue in low-impact collision - $117,000 Verdict 
    Plaintiff was involved in a low-speed, rear-end collision, which the plaintiff described as a “bump” on Oct. 30, 2005. There was little to no visible property damage.
    Defendant and her passengers all denied being aware that the defendant’s vehicle touched the plaintiff’s vehicle. Plaintiff did not report any injuries at the scene. Three days later, [...]

  • Plaintiff rear-ends defendant, claims he pulled in front of her - $175,000 Settlement 
    This case stems from an automobile accident in which the plaintiff rear-ended the defendant.
    Plaintiff contended that the defendant pulled in front of her. Contributory negligence was an issue.
    Plaintiff’s injuries healed amazingly well.
    [10-T-116]
    Type of action: Personal injury
    Injuries alleged: Non-displaced neck fracture requiring no treatment and having no permanency; fracture of lower arm which was [...]

  • Woman bitten in separating her pet from another dog - $250,000 Settlement 
    Plaintiff let her dog out into her yard in the morning hours. Defendant’s dog was at large and came into plaintiff’s yard and attacked plaintiff’s dog. Plaintiff jumped on defendant’s dog and separated the animals. Thereafter defendant’s dog turned and bit plaintiff on her hand.
    Defense claimed assumption of the risk and contributory negligence. Plaintiff’s counsel [...]

  • Mediation allocates insurance among dead, injured in crash - $507,365 Settlement 
    Plaintiff’s decedent, a 64-year-old woman, was among 10 passengers traveling in a van owned by her church during a trip from Winchester to a church revival in Florida. While traveling through South Carolina, the driver of the van, a church deacon, fell asleep and the vehicle overturned. Six passengers were injured. The injuries included two [...]

  • Driver has chronic back pain from crash at intersection - $300,000 Verdict 
    The plaintiff, a 51-year-old female, was T-boned while doing approximately 45 mph on a four-lane suburban road. The defendant, a cab driver, was shooting across the highway from one shopping center to another and claimed he never saw the plaintiff. He was ticketed for failure to yield and pleaded guilty.
    At trial, the defendant never [...]

  • Hummer hits motor scooter, kills operator in Chesapeake - $1,250,000 Settlement 
    On May 30, 2009, plaintiff’s decedent was operating her motor scooter on a city roadway in Chesapeake. The defendant, age 16, was driving a Hummer/H3 and pulled out in front of decedent’s scooter. The resulting collision caused her death.
    Prior to the crash, the parents of the minor driver had been advised of their son’s [...]

| Date published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:21:53 +0000
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