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$2M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Loss Of Sight After Cataract Surgery

July 2, 2023

$2M For Loss Of Sight After Cataract Surgery: On March 22, 2023, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2 million for a man who lost his sight in one eye due to an infection he suffered after undergoing cataract surgery. According to reports, the cataract surgeon [...]

$2.23 Million Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict For Wrongful Death From Sepsis

May 27, 2023

$2.23 Million Verdict For Wrongful Death From Sepsis: On April 3, 2023, a Virginia medical malpractice wrongful death jury returned its verdict in the amount of $2.23 million after a five-day trial and five hours of jury deliberations, beating the defense’s top settlement offer in the amount o[...]

$500,000 Physical Therapy Malpractice Settlement In Virginia

April 11, 2023

$500,000 Physical Therapy Malpractice Settlement: An unidentified woman who was wheelchair bound due to a spinal cord injury was admitted into a health care facility for physical therapy treatments. During one of her physical therapy sessions, the physical therapist had the woman attempt to stand be[...]

$1.6M Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict Affirmed

April 8, 2023

$1.6M Malpractice Verdict Affirmed: The Court of Appeals of Virginia (“Virginia Appellate Court”) upheld a $1.6 million medical malpractice verdict against an emergency room physician in its Memorandum Opinion dated February 7, 2023. The plaintiff had suffered a traumatic brain injury (T[...]

Virginia Appellate Court Limits Informed Consent Claims In Misdiagnosis Medical Malpractice Cases

March 4, 2023

Court Limits Informed Consent Claims In Misdiagnosis Cases: In its Opinion dated December 29, 2022, the Court of Appeals of Virginia stated: “This case presents two matters of first impression in Virginia medical malpractice law. First, can a claim that a physician proceeded without informed c[...]

$4M Prison Malpractice Verdict In Virginia For Inmate’s Death From Untreated Aortic Aneurysm

February 21, 2023

$4M Prison Malpractice Verdict Inmate’s Death: In December 2022, a Virginia medical malpractice jury found that a prison nurse employed by a private company under contract to provide health care services to prisoners ignored the desperate pleas of an inmate who had been complaining of excrucia[...]

Fourth Circuit Revives Claims Against Medical Software Developer

February 5, 2023

Claim Revived Against Medical Software Developer: In its unpublished opinion dated November 29, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) stated: In this product liability negligence action, Ruby L. Lowe, on behalf of her injured grandson[...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

Federal Appellate Court Sends Medical Malpractice Insurance Coverage Issue To State Court

August 12, 2022

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) stated in its published opinion filed on May 23, 2022, “This appeal requires us to determine whether the district court properly declined to exercise jurisdiction. Because the district court was w[...]

Virginia Senate Bill Would Eliminate Current Limitations On Medical Malpractice Damages

January 15, 2021

On January 13, 2021, Senate Bill 1107 was offered that is entitled “Limitation on recovery in certain medical malpractice actions,” which would eliminate the cap on the recovery in actions against health care providers for medical malpractice where the act or acts of malpractice occurred[...]

Virginia Supreme Court Holds Election Of Remedy Rule Did Not Preclude Virginia Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit

July 17, 2020

The Virginia Supreme Court stated in its opinion dated June 3, 2020 in a case where the trial court in Virginia had dismissed a Virginia wrongful death lawsuit against Virginia medical providers on the basis that the plaintiff had received a personal injury settlement against Kentucky medical provid[...]

Virginia Court Disallows Discovery Of Medical Malpractice Defendant’s Photographs Of Biopsy Slides

June 8, 2020

In a Virginia medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendants misdiagnosed the plaintiff with a specific cervical cancer for which she subsequently received treatment, one of the defendants, a pathologist, testified during her deposition that after the lawsuit had been fi[...]

Virginia Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Orthopedic Doctor For Undiagnosed Talus Fracture

May 19, 2020

A Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $882,000 in favor of a Loudoun County, Virginia sheriff’s deputy for the harm he suffered because the defendant orthopedic doctor failed to timely diagnose the talus fracture (ankle fracture) he suffered as a result of a[...]

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