Proven verdicts and settlements won by Breit Biniazan

A Richmond Circuit Court jury awarded $360 million to three former adolescent patients who were sexually abused by Dr. Daniel Davidow, the medical director of Cumberland Hospital for Children, during what he called routine femoral pulse exams.

Richmond Circuit Court, Virginia · 2024Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

A Charles City County jury returned a $20 million verdict for a ten-year-old boy who suffered third-degree burns across 25 percent of his body after contacting 13,200 volts inside an inadequately secured Virginia Power substation next to his Richmond apartment complex, and the Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed the award in full.

Supreme Court of Virginia (affirming trial verdict) · 1999Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$17.61 millionSettlementTop 20 in Virginia · #5

Nine boys abused by a Colonial Heights church youth leader secured a $17.61 million global settlement in July 2025, wrapping up nearly nine years of civil litigation and paying out four times what the defendants' insurers claimed they owed.

Colonial Heights, Virginia · 2025Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$15 millionVerdictTop 20 in Virginia · #6

A Charlottesville jury awarded $15 million in May 2022 to the mother and sister of Yeardley Love, a University of Virginia lacrosse player killed by her former boyfriend in 2010, more than a decade after his criminal conviction.

Charlottesville Circuit Court, Virginia · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$11.5 millionSettlementTop 20 in Virginia · #8

A federal judge approved an $11.5 million settlement for a Virginia Beach Navy family whose son was born with severe brain damage at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam in 2014, after attorneys Michael Imprevento and Kevin Biniazan sued the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

U.S. District Court (Eastern District of Virginia) · 2019Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$11 millionSettlement

The City of Portsmouth paid its full $11 million insurance policy after a police pursuit through downtown traffic ended in a crash that killed Calvin Majette III and left his wife Temika Pleas with a permanent traumatic brain injury.

Portsmouth, Virginia · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$10.75 millionVerdictTop 20 in Virginia · #9

A 15-year-old Miller School of Albemarle boarding student suffered catastrophic internal injuries when he fell onto a cut bamboo stalk during a school-supervised service project, resulting in a $10 million jury verdict and total recoveries of $10.75 million.

Charlottesville Circuit Court, Virginia · 2022Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$10.3 millionSettlement

A 90-year-old Virginia woman who spent her days running her church food bank and delivering meals to disabled neighbors was left permanently wheelchair-bound after a box truck ran an intersection without yielding, and recovered $10.3 million in a pre-trial settlement resolved on January 28, 2025.

Virginia · 2025Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$10 millionVerdictTop 20 in Virginia · #12

A Newport News jury found the assistant principal of Richneck Elementary School grossly negligent and awarded $10 million to teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot in her classroom by a 6-year-old student on January 6, 2023.

Newport News Circuit Court, Virginia · 2025Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

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