Medical Malpractice – Sovereign Immunity – Childbirth 
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Published: May 28, 2010
Tags: Charlottesville Circuit Court, Judge Edward Hogshire, Medical Malpractice, Virginia Circuit Courts
A Charlottesville Circuit Court grants a plea of sovereign immunity to two defendant physicians in this medical malpractice suit alleging ordinary negligence in plaintiff’s labor and delivery.
Plaintiff alleges defendants deviated from the standard of care in a variety of ways, including failing to estimate fetal weight properly, failing to perform a Cesarean section instead of ...
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