Patient’s death blamed on delay in treatment – $150,000 Settlement 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: September 13, 2010
Tags: Judge Samuel T. Powell III, Medical Malpractice, Williamsburg/James City County Circuit Court, Wrongful Death
Decedent, a 77-year-old female, died in the Williamsburg Community Hospital of a ventricular tachycardiac arrhythmia. Plaintiff alleged that the defendant cardiologist and emergency room group failed to treat her in a timely fashion. Decedent had a prosthetic heart valve installed several years prior to her death. In May 2000, she developed a MRSA infection on [...]
Negligence – Arbitration – Nursing Home Suit
By Deborah Elkins
Published: March 19, 2010
Tags: Judge Samuel T. Powell III, Negligence, Virginia Circuit Courts, Williamsburg/James City County Circuit Court
A Williamsburg-James City County Circuit Court denies defendant nursing home’s motion to compel arbitration, finding that signing of the nursing home contract document by plaintiff decedent’s son, as personal representative, did not legally bind his mother to the contract and does not require plaintiff to arbitrate her claim. Wiggins v. Ruxton Health of Williamsburg LLC [...]
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