Medical Malpractice – Sovereign Immunity – NICU Nurses 
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Published: May 7, 2010
Tags: Charlottesville Circuit Court, Judge Edward Hogshire, Medical Malpractice, Virginia Circuit Courts
A Charlottesville Circuit Court denies pleas of sovereign immunity by defendant nurses on a med-mal claim alleging one nurse negligently placed a peripherally inserted catheter central line in the premature infant plaintiff’s right arm, and another nurse failed to notice signs and symptoms indicating the line had been negligently placed, which later led to surgical ...
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