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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[...]

$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[...]

$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[...]

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 Supreme Court Rules Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice Expert Qualified To Give Her Opinions

April 5, 2018

In its opinion filed on February 22, 2018, the Supreme Court of Virginia (“Virginia Supreme Court”) ruled that the circuit court abused its discretion when it refused to qualify the Virginia medical malpractice plaintiff’s only proposed expert witness under Code § 8.01-581.20. In a ca[...]

Virginia Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Verdict For Plaintiff For Failure To Prove Causation

March 12, 2018

In its opinion filed on February 22, 2018, the Supreme Court of Virginia (“Virginia Supreme Court”) overturned the $652,000 jury award in favor of the plaintiff in a Virginia medical malpractice case, holding that the circuit court erred in denying the defendant surgeon’s motion to[...]

Virginia Assisted Living Facility Sued For Failure To Protect Resident

November 14, 2013

On September 12, 2013, a lawsuit was filed in Virginia state court on behalf of a resident in a Virginia assisted living facility who allegedly was savagely attacked by another resident who was known to be violent. The 81-year-old woman, who has dementia, lived near to the resident who was known t[...]

Virginia Medical Malpractice Case Ends In Hung Jury

October 10, 2013

On October 3, 2013, a Culpeper, Virginia medical malpractice jury advised the presiding judge that it was unable to agree on a verdict despite 11 hours of jury deliberations over two days. The jury of three men and three women handed the judge a note that stated, “We are all in agreement tha[...]

$4 Million Virginia Legal Malpractice Win Following Medical Malpractice Loss

October 6, 2013

On September 27, 2013, a Richmond (Virginia) Circuit Court jury awarded $4 million to a young woman who became paralyzed from the chest down as a result of alleged medical malpractice that occurred in 2004, in her legal malpractice claim against her prominent Washington, D. C. medical malpractic[...]

$1.45M Virginia Nursing Home Negligence Verdict For Fire Injuries Caused By Smoking

August 13, 2013

A nursing home negligence jury in Virginia recently awarded $1.45 million to the estate of a man whose clothing caught on fire while he was allowed to smoke unsupervised at a Virginia nursing home. The incident occurred on June 3, 2011, when the wheelchair-bound nursing home resident’s swea[...]

VA Hospital In Virginia Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit

February 26, 2013

As a follow-up to our blog on November 16, 2012 entitled, “Family Of Navy Veteran Sues Virginia VA Medical Center After Her Suicide,” we are satisfied to report that on February 19, 2013, the U.S. government settled the medical malpractice case involving the Hampton (Virginia) Veteran[...]

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