The SCoVA Blog

A Portsmouth Circuit Court’s decision to set aside a $3.5 million med-mal award will give the Supreme Court of Virginia a look at liability for a doctor’s practice group when a jury said the doctor was not negligent. In Westermann v. Bermisa, a 24-year-old man went to the defendant doctor on successive days with complaints [...]

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The Supreme Court of Virginia has rejected the appeal of a plaintiff who sought to collect damages from a man who had molested him as a youth, and who later resumed a relationship the plaintiff said led to his emotional breakdown. A Virginia statute allows a child who suffered sexual abuse to later sue for [...]

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