A Virginia jury awarded Annette Ritzmann over $12 million for a brain injury she sustained after falling outside of a gas station, possible the largest slip and fall award ever granted in Virginia. Stephen M. Smtih, Brain Injury Attorney and founder of the Brain Injury Law Center, won the largest mild traumatic brain injury verdict ever awarded and is recognized as an international expert in brain injury litigation.
Ritzmann was walking into a Miller Mart to buy gas and a newspaper, when she slipped on a puddle that had been neglected for so long it had grown slimy and slippery with algae. Miller Mart officials admitted to having known about the danger before her accident. Immediately after falling and landing on her chest and chin, Ritzmann was not aware of the severity of her injuries.
When she returned to work a few days later, symptoms began to surface. She was unable to concentrate and perform her usual tasks. Now she has seizures and there is little hope that she will ever be well enough to return to work.
