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Inmate loses sight in one eye during retinopathy - $500,000 Verdict (access required)

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 8, 2010

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At the time of treatment, the plaintiff was a prison inmate being treated for diabetic retinopathy at the MCV Eye Clinic. Prior to a laser procedure on her left eye in 2003, she received a retro-bulbar block, for anesthesia, administered by two MCV residents. Immediately upon the needle going behind her eye; she went ...
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