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		<title>Medical practice was liable, doctor was not&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court of Virginia has reinstated a jury verdict against a Portsmouth medical practice for alleged sloppy management in the case of a 24-year-old patient who died of pneumonia. The trial judge ruled the $3.5-million verdict had to be set aside because the jury made inconsistent findings &#8211; exonerating the doctor, but finding the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court Sets Aside $3.5M Med-Mal Award&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Portsmouth Circuit Court sets aside a $3.5 million med-mal award because the verdict form showed the jury did not find the doctor liable, but found the doctor’s practice group liable, and there was no evidence that the practice group was independently liable for alleged failure to communicate a diagnosis of pneumonia to decedent. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jury verdict creates issue of respondeat superior &#8211; Plaintiff’s Verdict Set Aside&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The estate of a 24-year-old decedent alleged at trial that the defendant doctor and his group were liable for the failure of the doctor to timely advise the decedent of the presence of pneumonia as evidenced by a chest X-ray. The jury returned a $3,500,000 verdict (later reduced to $1,850,000 pursuant to the medical malpractice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portsmouth judge sets aside $3.5 med-mal award&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Portsmouth judge has set aside a $3.5 million verdict against a medical practice group because the verdict exonerated the employee-physician who the plaintiff alleged was negligent. The doctor’s office allegedly dialed the wrong phone number, then failed to follow up, to let a man know that test results showed pneumonia, not an upper respiratory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man dies from pneumonia before learning of diagnosis &#8211; $3,500,000 Verdict&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/01/17/man-dies-from-pneumonia-before-learning-of-diagnosis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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