Problem importing into FCPX from SD card

Hi, I'm having a problem importing some videos from a micro SD card into FCPX. It is some helmet camera footage shot at 720P @ 30fps. It's a .mov file.
My problem is when I go to the "import media" window, I can see the files on the import screen. I can also skim and play the files before they are imported. The first time I tried to import them, I got an error message (which I unfortunately didn't write down). After I clicked "OK" on the error message, I could still see the file thumbnail, but if I hovered my mouse over it, the thumbnail turned black. I then restarted FCPX, and tried again. I found that I could still see, skim, and play the file, but when I choose to "import selected" the little pie shaped downloading icon doesn't appear anymore and the file doesn't attempt to import.
Should I go to Disk Utility and do a "Verfiy Disk" and "Repair Disk" (if necessary) or might I permanantly delete the corrupted file if I "fix" it by repairing the disk?
I have a screenshot of the import screen if needed, but the resolution is terrible. I'll need to take another one if it would be beneficial to see it.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Glen

A screen shot would be good..
If you have mulltple files and you know which one is a problem, select just the others and import them.
Try copying the entire card to your HD and seeing whether it will import from your computer.
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