Metro Verdicts Monthly’s cover graph is failure to diagnose breast cancer settlements and verdicts in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. By some estimates, between 8% and 12% of cancer cases are initially misdiagnosed. It is hard to call one type of cancer misdiagnosis case more tragic than another. Every misdiagnosis…
Jury Verdict Research published a new Maryland specific study on the median compensation awards for car, truck, and motorcycle accidents. In cases that go to trial, the median recovery was $11,328. Only in 1% of the cases did the jury award more than $500,000. The plaintiffs prevailed and received a…
This page is about head injuries and their settlement compensation in personal injury lawsuits. Our lawyers see a lot of head injuries in our practice. Head injuries to automobile occupants have been shown to be a major cause of death and permanent brain injury. We see head injuries that range…
The average premises liability verdict is $643,099, according to Jury Verdict Research’s review of premises lawsuits around the country. The median verdict in these cases is $98,160. Claims against recreational facilities were higher. The average verdict is $1,007,704 and the median verdict is $125,000. JVR defines these cases as a…
In the past, I have written on the settlement amount for fractured legs. Now, in a relentless, unyielding effort to cover the settlement and trial value of every bone in the human anatomy, let’s thin-slice broken legs a little thinner. So we will look at femur fractures generally but drill…
Our law firm has handled a lot of vertebrae fractures in car, motorcycle, and truck accident cases over the last 20 years. A vertebrae fracture can be a serious, significant, and permanent injury to the musculoskeletal system. You wouldn’t wish this fracture on anyone. What is the Settlement Value of…
The Maryland legislature is currently considering a new law that would force auto insurance companies to offer enhanced uninsured motorist coverage (also known as “stacking” or “stacked” UIM coverage) as the default option for Maryland drivers. The new bill would make this enhanced coverage an opt-out policy feature (similar to…
What is the median verdict and settlement value of shoulder surgery lawsuits? . The average settlement/verdict in Washington D.C. is $59,500. Maryland is less than half that: $42,636. The average settlement/verdict in a shoulder surgery case in Virginia is $60,000. Our law firm has handled many shoulder surgery cases from…
What is the Average Value for Vision Loss Cases? Metro Verdicts Monthly graph this month is the median verdict and settlement value of “vision loss” personal injury cases. Omitting defense verdicts, the average settlement/verdict in Washington D.C. is $500,000. What do you think the average is in Maryland? Somehow, I…
Chemical hair relaxer (also known as hair straightener) is a product used by millions of African American women. New medical research now shows that chronic exposure to the chemicals in hair relaxer products disrupts the hormone system and leads to an increased risk of uterine cancer. Product liability lawsuits are…