Virginia Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 2 of 9

$1.4M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Missed Ulcer Diagnosis In ER, Leading To Death

November 4, 2025

On March 17, 2025, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1.4 million for the death of a 30-year-old man who had a perforated duodenal ulcer that was misdiagnosed in the ER. The man went to a hospital ER on December 28, 2019, complaining of 10 out of 10 abdominal [...]

Virginia Appellate Court Rules Trial Court Did Not Err In Limiting Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Experts Testimony At Trial

October 22, 2025

Lindsay Sightler visited Dr. Ashley Lubecki, her OB-GYN, in September 2018 to confirm her pregnancy and because she “was concerned about a small mass . . . on the left side of [her] breast.” Dr. Lubecki “took a quick history” and referred Sightler for an ultrasound due to “a left palpable [...]

Virginia Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Defective Habit Instruction

October 21, 2025

Plaintiff Ann Reynolds Lee filed her Virginia medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. William Manson, UVA Physicians Group, and Dr. Troy Davis. She alleged that in September 2020, she underwent an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion at UVA Medical Center. Dr. Manson was Lee’s attending anesthe[...]

Five Families Whose Babies Were Allegedly Intentionally Injured By A Nurse In A Hospital’s NICU Have Settled Their Civil Claims

August 15, 2025

It was reported in late June that HCA Healthcare, which operates Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, has settled with five families whose babies allegedly had their bones broken by neonatal ICU nurse Erin Strotman or experienced other forms of neglect while in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit [...]

$5M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Following Dental Procedure

July 11, 2025

On May 2, 2025, a Virginia medical malpractice wrongful death jury returned its verdict in the amount of $5,021,000 after six hours of deliberations following a five-day trial for the death of a 30-year-old woman who collapsed and died from multiple pulmonary emboli in her lungs as her husband was a[...]

$1.5M Medical Malpractice Settlement Involving Rare Pregnancy Complication Leading To Brain Damage

June 14, 2025

On January 15, 2025, a Virginia medical malpractice claim involving a 21-year-old woman who was pregnant with her first baby in 2021 and who suffered brain damage as a result of a rare complication of pregnancy, was settled for $1.5 million. The Virginia medical malpractice claim was against her OBG[...]

Defense Verdict In Virginia Medical Malpractice Case Involving Perforation Of Colon During Colonoscopy

May 29, 2025

A Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the defendant gastroenterologist in January 2025 in a case that alleged that the gastroenterologist negligently performed a polypectomy during a screening colonoscopy on November 13, 2019, causing a colon perforation. The basis of [...]

$3.45M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Wrong Bariatric Surgery Performed

March 1, 2025

On July 12, 2024, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3.45 million in favor of the plaintiff, who suffered harm because her surgeon performed the wrong gastric procedure on her. The plaintiff had initially consulted with a physician associated with the Virginia[...]

Virginia Hospital Indicted For Healthcare Fraud Involving Unnecessary Surgeries

February 25, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on January 8, 2025 that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC) with healthcare fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States and interference with government functions. As alleged in the indictment, [...]

Virginia Appellate Court Applies Continuing Treatment Rule In Reinstating Medical Malpractice Case

January 24, 2025

Renee Jauregui filed a complaint in Fairfax County Circuit Court on June 30, 2021, asserting a medical malpractice claim against Dr. Shannon J. Cothran and Capital Women’s Care, LLC. Jauregui alleged that she informed Dr. Cothran of a lump in her breast during four pregnancy-related visits with Dr[...]

Three Rhode Island Physicians Received Reprimands On Same Day

January 18, 2025

On November 13, 2024, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) issued repirmands to three physicians, as follows: (1) RIDOH issued a reprimand to Todd Handel, MD following a medical malpractice settlement. According to RIDOH, “On or about January 4, 2023, a Complaint was filed against [Handel[...]

$1.5M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For New Mother Who Bled To Death Due To Untreated Rare Blood Disorder

December 12, 2024

On March 28, 2024, after nine hours of jury deliberations, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $1.5 million in favor of the family of a 41-year-old woman who died from a brain bleed due to a rare blood disorder, shortly after giving birth to her third child on A[...]

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