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Virginia Appellate Court Affirms $1.2M Medical Malpractice Verdict

April 9, 2024

The Court of Appeals of Virginia stated in its January 30, 2024 published opinion: “Following a four-day trial in this medical-malpractice case, the jury awarded Loretta Butts-Franklin $1,183,000 in damages against Tina C. Rodrigue, M.D., Chelsea Baker Smith, and Hampton Roads Neurosurgical As[...]

$2.5 Million Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Inadequate Anesthesia During C-Section

January 24, 2024

On June 21, 2023, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2.5 million in favor of a woman who alleged that she was not provided adequate anesthesia during her Cesarean section delivery. The Virginia medical malpractice lawsuit alleged that she was in the hospital a[...]

$2.1M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict Upheld On Appeal Despite Defense Request For Mistrial

January 10, 2024

Background Facts In March 2019, Dr. Colleen Connor, an employee of Mid-Atlantic Women’s Care, P.L.C., performed a total abdominalhysterectomy on Gloria Kontaratos, with assistance from Dr. Seifeldin Sadek, a medical resident. At approximately 11:00 a.m. on the day following surgery, Kontaratos rep[...]

$2M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict Upheld For Fall And Death Caused By Hospital Stretcher Not Properly Locked

January 9, 2024

An 86-year-old retired Greek Orthodox priest, who walked with a quad cane, fell while undressing for an ultrasound, suffering head and brain bleeds that resulted in his death. After the priest was admitted into the intensive care unit, he was interviewed by Dr. Tadros. In a written medical report, D[...]

$5M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Breathing Tube Placed In Esophagus Instead Of Trachea, Leading To Death

January 5, 2024

A 50-year-old man was rescued from a fire in his trailer. He was unconscious for an unknown period of time when he was rescued, but he did regain consciousness at the scene. The man was transported from the scene to Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center in Emporia, Virginia, where he was diagnos[...]

Despite Man’s 53-Hour Erection, ER Doctor Cleared Of Malpractice

December 21, 2023

A man who claimed that he suffered loss of sexual function after suffering an erection that lasted 53 hours filed a Virginia medical malpractice case against an emergency room physician whom he claimed breached the standard of care in failing to properly and timely diagnose and treat his severe test[...]

$625,000 Virginia Medical Malpractice Settlement For Cauda Equina Syndrome Following Kyphoplasty

December 5, 2023

A Virginia medical malpractice settlement has been reached in the amount of $625,000 in a case alleging the improper performance of an in-office thoracic kyphoplasty procedure resulting in emergency hospitalization for cauda equina syndrome that required surgery. On September 8, 2021, the 77-year-ol[...]

$850K Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death From Too Much Propofol During Colonoscopy

November 24, 2023

On May 5, 2023, a Virginia medical malpractice claim was settled for $850,000 for the death of a woman who was given too much propofol over too short a period of time during a colonoscopy procedure, resulting in her death. The woman had been on dialysis for more than two years. She also had diabetes[...]

$1M Medical Malpractice Settlement For Low Potassium Leading To Cardiac Arrest In Hospital

November 23, 2023

On May 23, 2023, a Virginia medical malpractice wrongful death claim was settled in the amount of $1 million for the death of a 55-year-old woman who died in a hospital because her low potassium level upon arrival was not timely or appropriately treated, leading to cardiac arrest and death. The woma[...]

$3M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Delayed Treatment Of Knee Infection Following Surgery

September 13, 2023

$3M For Delayed Treatment Of Knee Infection Following Surgery: On February 16, 2023, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3 million after about five hours of deliberations for a 63-year-old man who suffered osteomyelitis that led to permanent knee fusion because[...]

Defense Verdict In Virginia Medical Malpractice Case Against Anesthesiologist

July 28, 2023

Verdict In Malpractice Case Against Anesthesiologist: On February 2, 2023, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the defendant anesthesiologist after a four-day trial and less than two hours of jury deliberations in a Virginia medical malpractice case that sought $4 mi[...]

$1.4M Settlement For Failure To Diagnose Prostate Cancer Recurrence

July 8, 2023

$1.4M Settlement For Failure To Diagnose Prostate Cancer Recurrence: On September 27, 2022, a Virginia medical malpractice case involving the failure to timely diagnose recurrence of prostate cancer in a man in his early sixties who had previously undergone a radical protastectomy was resolved durin[...]

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