Virginia Medical Malpractice Archives - Medical Malpractice Lawyers

$225,000 Virginia Dental Malpractice Settlement For Untreated Lesion

October 24, 2026

A Virginia dental malpractice case was settled for $225,000 ($28,582.65 for past medical expenses and greater than $30,000 for anticipated future medical expenses) on June 11, 2026, for a woman who had panoramic and CBCT X-rays in April 2021 and in March 2022 that showed a growing radiolucent shadow[...]

$1,750,000 Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict Affirmed Despite Exclusion Of Defense Expert

September 22, 2026

The Court of Appeals of Virginia affirmed the $1,750,000 Virginia medical malpractice verdict in favor of a man who had undergone an appendectomy but the surgeon failed to remove his entire appendix, thereby requiring further surgery. The Virginia appellate court rejected the Defendant’s argum[...]

$1.775M Virginia Medical Malpractice Settlement For Stroke From Aneurysm That Ruptured During Unnecessary Surgery

August 9, 2026

On March 20, 2026, a Virginia medical malpractice case was settled during the first week of trial after the defendant’s expert testified. The case had been tried twice before: the first trial ended in a verdict for the plaintiff that was reversed on appeal, and the second trial resulted in a h[...]

$1.5M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligently Performed Colonoscopy Requiring Splenectomy

July 31, 2026

On May 9, 2026, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1.5 million for an improperly performed colonoscopy that required a splenectomy, leaving the patient immunocompromised for the rest of her life. On March 5, 2024, the plaintiff underwent a colonoscopy performe[...]

$500,000 Virginia Medical Malpractice Settlement For Surgery On Wrong Area Of Back

July 30, 2026

On April 30, 2026, a Virginia medical malpractice lawsuit that alleged that a surgeon operated on an area of a patient’s back that was lower than the intended area was settled for $500,000. The plaintiff did not claim medical expenses and the settlement was for her noneconomic damages. The Vir[...]

$1.5M Virginia Failure-To-Refer Medical Malpractice Verdict Overturned On Appeal

April 23, 2026

The plaintiff in a Virginia medical malpractice case who suffered loss of sight in one eye after eye surgery had an expert in ophthalmology and cataract surgery testify during trial that the defendant eye surgeon stimulated inflammation, eye pressure, and the possibility for a retinal tear in the pl[...]

$1.475M Virginia Medical Malpractice Settlement For Newborn Who Suffered Permanent Leg Injury Due To Failure To Timely Diagnose And Treat Aortic Coarctation

March 9, 2026

One day after a full-term baby was successfully delivered at a medical center, the newborn was given routine screenings for congenital heart defects. Echocardiograms were subsequently ordered and performed to determine if the newborn had a congenital heart defect, such as aortic coarctation (narrowi[...]

Virginia Supreme Court Applies Continuing Treatment Rule In Dismissing Medical Malpractice Case

February 24, 2026

On June 30, 2021, Renee Jauregui (“Jauregui”) filed a complaint asserting a medical malpractice claim against Dr. Cothran. In her complaint, Jauregui claimed that she had seen Dr. Cothran, an OB/GYN, for several pregnancy related visits between May and October 2018. Jauregui alleged that, during[...]

$1M Medical Malpractice Settlement For Failure To Communicate HPV Test Results

December 20, 2025

In June 2025, a Virginia medical malpractice case was settled for $1.15 million in which the plaintiff alleged that her doctor’s office failed to tell her the results of an HPV test that caused a delay in being diagnosed with cervical cancer and resulting in a poor prognosis for Stage IVB cerv[...]

$2.1M Virginia Medical Malpractice Settlement For Misdiagnosed Nasopharyngeal Cancer

November 29, 2025

In July 2025, a Virginia medical malpractice case involving the alleged failure of a neuroradiologist to diagnose the plaintiff’s nasopharyngeal cancer from an MRI in 2022, which delay allegedly led to the cancer proceeding from Stage Two (curable) to Stage Four (incurable) when the cancer was[...]

Virginia Appellate Court Orders New Trial For Refusal To Instruct Medical Malpractice Jury As To Superseding Cause In Cesarean Delivery Without Anesthesia Case

November 22, 2025

Elizabeth Bandy was admitted to Reston Hospital Center on August 13, 2021, for an induced delivery of her first child. Her regular physician recommended they induce her labor because she was past her due date. On Sunday, August 15, 2021, as Ms. Bandy’s labor progressed, Dr. Mirza Baig, the only an[...]

$3.3M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Brachial Plexus Injury During Childbirth

November 5, 2025

On February 26, 2025, a Virginia birth injury medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3.3 million for a baby who experienced shoulder dystocia followed by brachial plexus injuries during his birth at 39 weeks, on April 12, 2019. During labor, the baby’s heart rate showed re[...]

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