Plaintiffs seek $2.5M in shoulder dystocia case – Defense Verdict 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 16, 2012
Tags: Henrico County Circuit Court, Judge Daniel T. Balfour, Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts
During the plaintiff mother’s delivery on June 27, 2004, the defendant obstetrician encountered a shoulder dystocia. In response, the defendant obstetrician performed various delivery maneuvers in an effort to safely deliver the infant plaintiff including gentle downward traction, the McRobert’s position, supra pubic pressure and the Wood’s screw. Although the defendant obstetrician successfully delivered the [...]
Some Payments Gifts to Wife, Some to Couple
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 10, 2012
Tags: Domestic Relations, Henrico County Circuit Court, Judge Daniel T. Balfour, Virginia Circuit Courts
Although wife’s father testified the multiple payments he provided to wife were gifts to her alone, the Henrico County Circuit Court says it’s less clear from the depositions, and some of the payments were to both and some were wife’s alone. Wife testified there was no physical relationship when she reconnected with a former college [...]
Nature of gifts at issue in couple’s divorce
By Paul Fletcher
Published: January 5, 2012
Tags: Domestic Relations, Henrico County Circuit Court, Judge Daniel T. Balfour
When a wife’s father said that a $15,000 payment was for “y’all,” he made a joint gift to the couple, despite his later testimony that he intended only to help his daughter. Henrico Circuit Judge Daniel T. Balfour had to weigh a number of gifts in Polich v. Polich (VLW 011-8-232) to determine whether they [...]
Case turns on delay in reporting knee injury from crash – $225,000 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: November 8, 2010
Tags: Henrico County Circuit Court, Judge Daniel T. Balfour, Personal Injury
Plaintiff was involved in a motor vehicle accident on Dec. 15, 2008. She was transported from the scene to the emergency room of St. Mary’s Hospital with complaints of facial burns from the air bag deployment and head, neck, and shoulder discomfort. She did not complain about a right knee injury. Four days after the [...]
Domestic Relations – Equitable Distribution – Gifts To Couple
By Deborah Elkins
Published: July 16, 2010
Tags: Domestic Relations, Henrico County Circuit Court, Judge Daniel T. Balfour, Virginia Circuit Courts
Although husband worked after the marriage at an annual income of $120,000, while wife was not employed outside the home and managed the couple’s household and finances, wife’s father provided ongoing financial support to the couple of over $1.8 million, including child support payments to husband’s children from a prior marriage, and the Henrico County [...]
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