Student Receives Over $10 Million for Suffering Life-Altering Injuries in Accident

Four years ago, a 15-year-old student at the Miller School of Albemarle suffered life-altering injuries when his lower torso was punctured by falling on a cut bamboo stalk near the Rivanna River. Last month, he emerged with a $10 million jury verdict that led to settlements totaling $10.75 million.

“The nature of the injury to our client is shocking,” says Kevin Biniazan, who represented the boy, known in privacy-protecting court documents as Q.A.P. “I think the jury got this right.”

This case began when Q.A.P., as a boarding sophomore at the private college-preparatory school near Crozet, was part of a group performing maintenance on the property of a Veterans of Foreign Wars lodge near the Rivanna River.

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