RECENT UNUSUAL CASES

Because the results obtained in specific cases depend on a variety of factors unique to each case, past case results do not guarantee or predict a similar result in future cases undertaken by a lawyer or law firm.

• Runaway railcar
  $ 10,000,000 - City of Richmond employee received serious and permanent brain and head injuries when struck by a Norfolk Southern boxcar with faulty brakes.
• Tractor-trailer wheel adjustment accident P.P. v. Super Service, Inc.
  $ 2,500,000 - Tractor-trailer driver injured while helping another driver “slide the read tandem” on his trailer.
• Elevator malfunction
  $ 975,000 - Client fell down elevator shaft at work after stepping through open door expecting car to be there.
• Boat Accident
  $862,500 - Bolt broke allowing onboard motor to enter boat; amputation of lower portion of left arm.
• Nursing home abuse
  $ 810,000 - 80-year-old assisted living resident facility resident shaken violently by an employee because she failed to get dressed as instructed and suffered a subdural hematoma leading to her death.
• Nursing home rape
  $ 750,000 - 60-year-old nursing home resident recovering from stroke was raped by an employee while he was changing her clothing.
• Missing safety railing causes fall
  $575,000 - Home inspector for county suffered multiple fractures when he fell from unprotected second floor landing at house under construction.
  
• Nursing home resident knocked down
  $ 380,000 - Elderly resident at nursing home knocked down by employee, causing broken hip.
• Fork lift injury
  $ 375,000 - Truck driver struck by a fork lift at a job site sustained multiple fractures to his right foot and ankle.
• Special equipment operations, tractor-trailer driver injured while attaching trailer
  $ 350,000 - Truck driver helping to attach trailer to a tractor at a job site received internal injuries from being crushed by a yard jockey that slipped from gear and pinned him to a trailer.
• Trash bin lid amputation
  $ 350,000 - Lid from large trash bin fell on child’s hand amputating a portion of his finger.
• Martial arts class kicking injury
  $325,000 - Student at Tae Kwon Do class suffered brain injury from being kicked in the head by instructor.
  
• Gunshot accident
  $ 300,000 - Gunshot wound to the neck with spinal cord injury when a friend found a gun under a bed in a motel room they were occupying and shot client while examining the gun.
• Injury to eye
  $ 300,000 - 7-year-old boy was injured when his friend threw a rock that stuck him in the eye.
• Lawnmower Accident
  $ 285,000 - Arbitration award to the family of a lady who was struck and killed by a pickup truck while operating a riding lawnmower on a public highway.
• Ambulance passenger injury
  $ 275,000 - Elderly woman in an ambulance broke her left arm when the driver swerved and caused an attendant in the back of the ambulance to fall onto her.
• Apartment house, fall on steps
  $ 271,407 - Tenant injured in a fall at his apartment complex walking down exterior steps when the bull nose stripping on the stairs pulled away.
• Employment mental disability discrimination
  $267,000 - Mentally retarded man harassed by his supervisor suffered severe emotional distress.
• Hunting injury
  $ 200,000 - Hunter slipped while crossing a small creek and accidentally shot fellow hunter in arm.
• Defective shopping bag
  $ 195,000 - Store personnel put jar of mayonnaise in defective bag which broke causing mayonnaise jar to break; customer fell in mayonnaise breaking her ankle.
• Church camp “zip line” rope failure
  $ 187,500 - While demonstrating a rope climbing maneuver at a church camp, chaperone fell from a “zip line” strung between two trees that camp personnel improperly secured, causing multiple orthopedic injuries.
• Movie theater fall on highly polished floor
  $ 180,000 - Moviegoer slipped and broke her leg while stepping from a carpeted aisle onto concrete floor that had been too highly polished.
• Loading Dock Accident
  $ 150,000.00 - Worker fell off dock when trucker pulled suddenly away from dock during unloading process.
• Infant injured due to flying dump truck tire
  $150,000 - Passenger in car injured when wheel and tire came off dump truck; airbag struck face causing eye injuries.
• Railroad passenger injury
  $ 135,000 - A passenger slipped and broke her left leg while boarding an Amtrak train in the rain when Amtrak personnel rushed her onto the car.
• Dog Attack
  $ 125,000 - 12 year old bitten in face by neighbor's dog.
• Boating Accident
  $ 120,762 - Family member drug behind boat due to improperly fastened tube.
• Motorcycle Accident
  $ 120,000 - Student claimed instructor startled her in motorcycle training class; fractured right knee.
• Dog attack
  $100,000 - German Shepherd exhibited for adoption by the S.P.C.A. attacked and bit a child on the face at a grocery store parking lot.
• Homicide
  $100,000 - Farmer shot and killed by his neighbor during an argument over a bull on the neighbor’s property.
• Balcony collapse at University of Virginia
  $ 100,000 - Client sustained broken leg when pinned under a collapsed balcony of a University of Virginia building during graduation ceremonies.
• Plane crash
  $ 100,000 - Fatality from a small engine plane crash en route to New York.
• Elevator Malfunction
  $ 100,000 - Fan injured when elevator malfunctions and falls.
• Grocery store fall
  $ 100,000 - Food Lion customer fell on wet carpet at store entrance of store and injured his knee. Food Lion manager was caught lying about existence of warning cones.
• Porch railing failure
  $95,000 - Guest at mobile home fell and broke his wrist when the handrail on the front porch gave way.
• Gunshot accident
  $ 90,000 - Client shot by a friend while demonstrating new pistol.
• Uncle's dog bites niece
  $89,000 - Niece was bitten on her face while playing with Uncle’s dog.
• Negligent repair of mountain bike
  $80,000 - Bicyclist injured knee in mountain trail accident due to negligent repairs at bike shop.
  
• Furniture store injury
  $75,000 - Customer in furniture store injured when recliner fell apart.
• Airplane luggage compartment
  $ 75,000 - Lap top computer fell from defective overhead luggage compartment and hit passenger in head.
• Hotel / motel negligent cleaning
  $ 75,000 - Days Inn motel guest stuck her finger on a used hypodermic needle left on the floor of her room, client to undergo testing for AIDS virus.
• Slippery platform at carnival
  $75,000 - Carnival patron slipped on wet carnival ride platform and broke her leg.
• Hunting accident
  $ 71,000 - Hunter mistaken for a deer was shot by another hunter.
• Airplane injury
  $60,000 - Passenger injured while using emergency chute
  
• Medical patient injured on transport van
  $ 67,000 - Amputee injured while being transported by VanGo when attendants allowed her to fall off the van on the stump of her leg.
• Wal-Mart cart injury
  $ 55,000 - Customer broke her leg when Wal-Mart employee pushed stock cart into her.
• Injury due to shopping cart
  $ 55,000 - Customer at home supply store was knocked to ground by improperly loaded shopping cart.
• Low hanging advertising banner
  $53,000 - Elderly customer hit head on low-hanging banner outside of hardware store causing her to lose balance and break her arm and hip in fall.
• Go-cart injury
  $50,000 - Unsupervised minor riding go-cart at birthday party ran off path into culvert and injured her face and teeth.
• Contaminated Food
  $ 50,000 - Customer contracted cholera From eating contaminated seafood
• Miniature golf park accident
  $50,000 - Elderly man fractured his elbow when he fell backwards off an elevated putting green that had no safety railing.
  
• Boat sinking, emotional distress
  $ 47,000 - Boat passenger suffered emotional distress after being forced to abandon a boat that caught on fire and sank in the Chesapeake Bay.
• Airport pavement hole
  $ 45,000 - Passenger at Richmond International Airport fell and broke her ankle in hidden hole in pavement.
• Fall on store sidewalk
  $40,000 - Lowe’s customer broke her leg tripping on small mound of dried concrete near entrance.
• Grocery Store Injury
  $ 40,000 - Boxes fell on patron's head causing injury.
• Wrong medication
  $40,000 - Long-time patient given medication to which she was severely allergic; allergies listed in patient’s chart.
• Shopping mall construction fence
  $ 36,000 - Customer in shopping mall parking lot struck on head by falling construction fence.
• Scaffolding fall
  $36,500 - Painter injured back after falling from scaffolding that was altered by another contractor.
• Injury due to thrown pencil
  $ 33,000 - 8th grade student struck in eye with pencil thrown by fellow student. 
• Airplane luggage compartment injury
  $ 30,000 - Passenger injured when a carry-on bag in an overhead compartment fell on her head during flight from London to New York.
• Burns From Hot Water
  $ 30,000 - Patient suffers third degree burns to foot after home nurse uses scalding hot water
• Falling merchandise at Wal-Mart
  $ 30,000 - Wal-Mart employee pushed a filing cabinet off of a top shelf onto shopper and injured her shoulder.
• Parking lot injury
  $ 25,000.00 - Elderly client, initially accused of fraud receives $25,000 and apology for her foot injury from insurance company.
• Elderly patient not monitored
  $25,000 - Elderly patient allowed to fall down stairs at home while she was supposed to be under the watchful eye of a nursing aide.
• Railroad passenger hit by fold-up sink
  $25,000 - Train passenger suffered concussion from being struck on head by fold-up sink.
• Roller coaster injuries
  $ 25,000 - Young child injured right foot while riding the Rebel Yell roller coaster at King’s Dominion.
• Wet carpet fall
  $ 25,000 - Client broke her wrist slipping on wet carpeted stairs during home carpet cleaning.
• Indecent exposure on city bus
  $ 25,000 - Driver of a Richmond City bus caused emotional distress to a female passenger by indecently exposing himself.
• Dog attack
  $ 25,000 - Child attacked and bitten by neighbor’s dog after getting off school bus.
• Car-jacking
  $ 25,000 - Good-Samaritan injured when motorist who flagged him down car-jacked him.
• Burns from Smoldering Ash
  $ 25,000 - Child stepped into a pile of hot ash causing 3rd degree burns to his foot.
• Wheel falling off car
  $ 22,500 - Wal-Mart customer injured in crash after wheel serviced by Wal-Mart fell off car as he drove away from store.
• Heavy equipment improperly secured on delivery truck
  $ 22,000 - An improperly secured compressor fell on worker as he was attempting to unload it from a truck.
• Slip and Fall
  $ 22,000 - Customer slipped on cellophane paper left on floor and broke a rib.
• Movie theater injury from lighting
  $20,000 - Client fell and broke her ankle at movie theater because stairway lighting was turned off.
  
• Dog bite ML v. JT
  $ 20,000 - Woman bit in both eyes by a friend’s dog when she reached down to pet the animal.
• Nail salon foot injury
  $20,000 - Woman received a deep laceration to her foot while receiving a pedicure, forcing her to limp barefoot down the aisle at her brother’s wedding the following day.
• Blood test improperly done
  $20,000 - Woman having blood test for life insurance application injured by repeated needle punctures in wrong area by nurse.
• Spider Bite
  $18,000 - Man was bitten by spider while staying at motel.
  
• Wheel fall-off
  $ 17,000 - Motorist crashed when the car he just had serviced at Pep Boys lost a wheel.
• Wal-Mart assault and false imprisonment
  $17,000 - Customer injured when Wal-Mart employees tackled him to the ground and held him in custody on erroneous assumption that he had shoplifted.
  
• Fall in open manhole
  $ 15,000 - Young girl injured when she fell into uncovered man hole at apartment building.
• Night club patron hit by falling object
  $ 15,000 - Patron in night club injured when sound speaker detached from ceiling and struck her head.
• Horse carriage ejection
  $ 15,000 - Passenger in a horse carriage in Charleston, South Carolina was thrown from the carriage when horse spooked by a car back-firing took off at a gallop.
• Dog bite
  $ 15,000 - Child bit in the face by neighbor’s dog.
• Skiing Injury
  $ 12,500.00 - Skier injures knee as a result of collision with snowboarder.
• T-bone car accident
  $ 12,500.00 - Delayed-onset post-traumatic stress disorder without any physical injuries.
• Dog bite attack
  $ 12,000 - Guest visiting friend’s home attacked by homeowners 5 dogs.
• Boat pier collapse
  $ 12,000 - Boater lacerated her leg when thrown in water by collapsing pier.
• Medical Malpractice
  $10,000 - Newborn's skin grew over id bracelet after doctor fails to remove child's bracelet prior to placing child in orthopedic harness.
• Lowe’s sidewalk fall
  $ 10,000 - Shopper injured by tripping on a wire strung across sidewalk in front of Lowe’s.
• Lowe’s sidewalk fall
  $ 10,000 - Shopper injured by tripping on a wire strung across sidewalk in front of Lowe’s.
• Window glass injury
  $ 8,847 - Home renter cut her hand when it went through a window in her rented home.
• Collapsing chair
  $5,000 - Visitor at County Correctional Facility injured when chair in waiting room collapsed.
• Restaurant injury from ice machine
  $5,000 - Client was injured when the lid flew off an ice machine and struck him in the eye.
• Hotel Injury
  $ 3,000.00 - Headboard fell on patron's hand.
• Night club stripper injured by bouncer A.P. v. MGB, Inc. and M.S.
  $ 3,000 - Off-duty stripper injured while being thrown out of club by bouncer.
• Falling merchandise
  $ 3,000 - Client was injured when items stacked on a shelf at Lowe’s fell on him.
• Glass in food
  $ 500 - Consumer was injured by broken glass found in a baby food jar.