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Virginia Supreme Court Remands Opioid Medical Malpractice Case For Jury’s Consideration Of Punitive Damages

April 12, 2020

In its opinion filed on April 9, 2020, the Virginia Supreme Court held: “the Circuit Court of Prince William County erred by striking the evidence supporting a claim for punitive damages against a physician who repeatedly prescribed narcotic pain medication to a patient. Under the particular f[...]

Virginia Supreme Court Determines Trial Court Erred By Granting Judgment To Defendants Mid-Trial In Medical Malpractice Case

March 5, 2020

The Virginia Supreme Court held in its opinion filed on February 13, 2020 in a Virginia medical malpractice wrongful death case, “On a motion to strike at the conclusion of Shareef’s case-in-chief, the circuit court was required to view all of his evidence in the light most favorable to him,[...]

Virginia OBGYN Arrested And Charged With Performing Unnecessary Surgeries Without Patient Consent

December 2, 2019

A 69-year-old Virginia OBGYN was arrested on November 7, 2019 on one count of health care fraud and one count of making false statements relating to health care matters arising out of a whistleblower’s complaint that he was performing unnecessary surgeries on female patients without their cons[...]

Virginia Judge Refuses To Vacate $2.3M Medical Malpractice Default Judgment Because Defendant’s Resident Agent Was Timely Served

November 13, 2019

On October 7, 2019, a Virginia judge denied the defendant Orthopedics practice’s motion to vacate a $2.3 million default judgment in a Virginia medical malpractice case where a jury had awarded the plaintiff $2.5 million in compensatory damages, which was later reduced to $2.3 million pursuant[...]

Virginia Supreme Court Reverses And Remands Plaintiff’s Verdict In Nursing Home Rape Case On Respondeat Superior Issue

October 7, 2019

In its opinion filed on August 30, 2019, the Virginia Supreme Court held that the trial court had made erroneous evidentiary rulings regarding the admissibility of expert testimony in a nursing home negligence case where the plaintiff contended that the defendant nursing assistant molested and raped[...]

Defense Verdict In Favor Of Radiologist In Virginia Medical Malpractice Case Alleging Misread CT Scan

September 20, 2019

On August 29, 2019, a federal medical malpractice jury, after a three-day trial, returned its verdict in favor of the defendant radiologist in a Virginia medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendant radiologist negligently failed to diagnosis an intestinal volvulus in a[...]

Virginia Supreme Court Affirms $800,000 Cosmetic Surgery Malpractice Verdict For Eye Injury During Procedure

September 16, 2019

The Supreme Court of Virginia, in its opinion filed on August 29, 2019, upheld an $800,000 jury verdict in a cosmetic medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff claimed that the defendant performed a blepharoplasty procedure on her (i.e., a cosmetic procedure performed to remove puffiness, or e[...]

$1.06M Prison Medical Malpractice Verdict

August 23, 2019

A federal jury recently returned its verdict in favor of an Ohio man who was the victim of medical malpractice in a Virginia correctional facility in the amount of $1.06 million ($708,671 in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages) for the permanent hand injury he suffered as a result [...]

Virginia Dental Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Unsterilized Instruments Used On 9-Year-old

May 25, 2019

On May 9, 2019, a Virginia dental malpractice lawsuit was filed in which the parents of a 9-year-old patient allege that they were called by the dental practice where their child had been treated to inform them that the dental instruments used on their child were cleaned but may not have been proper[...]

$3.4M Virginia Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict For Obese Patient Who Aspirated During Surgery

February 4, 2019

On January 23, 2019, a Virginia medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a Virginia medical malpractice wrongful death case in the amount of $3.4 million against one of the defendant doctors. After two and a half weeks of trial, the jury awarded $385,451 for expense[...]

Virginia Supreme Court Discusses Liability For Unauthorized Disclosure Of Confidential Medical Information

November 20, 2018

In its opinion filed on November 1, 2018, the Supreme Court of Virginia (“Virginia Supreme Court”) discussed the liability of a medical practice for its employees’ unauthorized access to and disclosure of a patient’s confidential medical information. The plaintiff’s com[...]

Virginia Nursing Home Sued For Wrongful Death After Resident Fell From Hoyer Lift

May 18, 2018

It has been reported that the estate of a Virginia nursing home resident has filed a Virginia nursing home wrongful death lawsuit against a local nursing home for the death of the resident eight days after the resident fell and was severely injured while a nursing home employee was using a Hoyer lif[...]

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