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Virginia Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants Due To Lack Of Causation Of Damages Expert Testimony

November 11, 2024

On January 16, 2019, the plaintiff filed a Virginia medical malpractice claim against Nurse PractitionerDarlene Olive; her company, Working Well, LLC; her supervising doctor, Dr. James W. Ross; and Dr. Ross’s company, Virginia Industrial Medicine. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants’ n[...]

Virginia Supreme Court Rules Merely Responding To Emails From Virginia Resident Does Not Permit Medical Malpractice Claim To Be Brought Against Out-Of-State Defendants In Virginia

July 20, 2024

Virginia’s Long-Arm Statute Virginia’s long-arm statute provides that a court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person who transacts business in the Commonwealth or “caus[es] injury in this Commonwealth by an act or omission outside this Commonwealth if he regularly does or solicit[...]

Virginia Appellate Court Reverses Remittitur Order In Medical Malpractice Case

July 4, 2024

In 2019, Anthonette Jasco (“Jasco”) filed a Virginia medical malpractice lawsuit alleging that Lawrence Shall, M.D. and his employer, Vann-Virginia Center for Orthopaedics, P.C., were negligent in failing to properly diagnose and treat her knee injury, which resulted in complex surgery, [...]

$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[...]

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Virginia Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants Due To Lack Of Causation Of Damages Expert Testimony

Virginia Supreme Court Rules Merely Responding To Emails From Virginia Resident Does Not Permit Medical Malpractice Claim To Be Brought Against Out-Of-State Defendants In Virginia

Virginia Appellate Court Reverses Remittitur Order In Medical Malpractice Case

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

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