Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, and Insurance Disputes Case Results

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Auto Accident--Broken Nose and Assorted Contusions

Type of Action - Automobile Accident - Gap in Treatment

Type of Injuries - Broken nose and assorted contusions. Plaintiff had a full recovery after nasal surgery. Herniated disk which was disputed.

Name of Case - Jordan v. Seifu

Court/Case No. - Fairfax County Circuit Court; Law 174550

Judge or Jury - None

Special Damages - $5,611 in first three months after accident. Then there was an 18-month gap followed by $3,239 in diagnostic and physical therapy care.

Awarded or Settled - The case settled about three weeks prior to trial.

Amount - $45,000

Attorney for Plaintiff - Benjamin W. Glass III, Fairfax

Defendant's Expert - Herbert Lane Jr., M.D.

Insurance Carrier - Allstate (primary); Farm Bureau (UIM coverage)

Other Useful Information - Plaintiff was hit head-on by defendant on Oct. 14, 1996. Defendant had crossed the center line and plaintiff alleged that defendant deliberately crossed center line so as to not be inconvenienced by truck which had temporarily blocked his lane. Plaintiff sought punitive damages for defendant's alleged willful conduct.

The defendant never participated in discovery and was fined for not appearing at his deposition.

Plaintiff was treated for a broken nose and assorted bruises in initial three-month period. There was then a gap of approximately 18 months during which plaintiff did not seek medical care although her back continued to hurt. A herniated disk was subsequently found. This was a non-surgical disk. Plaintiff contended the disk was related to the accident and defendant argued that no mention had been made of the back pain in first three months of accident.

Defendant sent plaintiff to a defense examination by Herbert Lane Jr., M.D. The doctor's report stated, "I do feel this herniation by history is associated with the accident of October 14, 1996, and I do feel that she will require some future treatment for that condition."

Two weeks later Dr. Lane filed an "addendum" to his report wherein he stated that he was in error in associating the herniation with the accident. He claimed that he had now "more carefully" evaluated her complaints and the medical records and determined that there was no causal relationship between the disk and the accident.

Plaintiff filed a motion to strike the "addendum" and that motion was pending when the case settled. Plaintiff had previously successfully opposed a defense motion for an Ear, Nose and Throat defense medical examination on the basis that defendant had not shown good cause for the examination.

Testimonials

• I never once felt stressed during the process of pursuing the case, only confidence and a shared sense of being on the right side. You and your staff are truly remarkable.
• As a personal injury attorney and medical malpractice attorney in Virginia, I do not know a more ethical,professional,and aggressive when appropriate attorney in Northern Virginia.
• Ben Glass is a rare breed, he is an ethical lawyer with impressive integrity.
• I found Ben while searching for info on car insurance. He had done some videos with an insurance agent in Virginia that were really helpful when purchasing my first policy (can't be under mom and dad's forever!).
• I commend Mr. Glass for his excellent communications skills. Even a novice can understand his succinct, first-person narrative writing style.

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