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	<title>Virginia Lawyers Weekly &#187; Judge Timothy S. Fisher</title>
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		<title>Plaintiff claims hospital fall led to brain injury &#8211; $3,500,000 Verdict&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/01/21/plaintiff-claims-hospital-fall-led-to-brain-injury-3500000-verdict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An 81-year-old total hip replacement patient fell while undergoing in-patient treatment at Riverside Hospital, fracturing her femur and hitting head. Twenty hours later, plaintiff suffered a mild cerebral stroke, which extended during orthopedic surgical repair under general anesthesia, causing permanent hemiplegia. Riverside had previously assessed the plaintiff as a high fall risk, but failed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A return to ‘Riverside’&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/01/03/patients-fall-leads-to-3-5m-verdict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An 87-year-old hospital patient injured in a fall has won a $3.5 million verdict against a Newport News hospital using high resolution imaging to dramatize alleged brain injuries for the jury. An appeal of Shirley Burrell’s verdict against the owner of Riverside Regional Medical Center could offer a ruling on the admission of hospital policies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Mutual wills’ depend more on trust than law&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Second marriages and “first” children are generating more issues in estate-planning practice, as couples continue to divorce and remarry before they can celebrate that golden anniversary with one spouse. One of those issues is making sure the children of each spouse get treated equitably when the last parent dies. Mutual wills, sometimes accompanied by a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asbestos Claim Against Shipyard Dismissed&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/07/15/asbestos-claim-against-shipyard-dismissed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this suit by the estate of a man who allegedly died from mesothelioma contracted from asbestos exposure after he worked on construction of the U.S. Navy submarine Lewis &#38; Clark in 1965, a Newport News Circuit Court dismisses plaintiff’s claim against defendant shipyard. I am unaware of this issue being raised in the asbestos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shipyard worker blames Exxon for mesothelioma &#8211; $25,000,000 Verdict&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/04/04/shipyard-worker-blames-exxon-for-mesothelioma-25000000-verdict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A former ship repair supervisor contracted mesothelioma almost 30 years after he last worked for Newport News Shipbuilding on oil tankers owned by Exxon Mobil Corp. Plaintiff, now 72, contended that the disease was caused by his exposure to asbestos in the engine and boiler rooms of 17 ships he worked on from 1966-77, some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man gets $25M asbestos verdict against Exxon&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/03/24/man-gets-25m-asbestos-verdict-against-exxon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Newport News Circuit Court jury has awarded $25 million to a ship repair coordinator who had contracted mesothelioma. The predecessors of Exxon Mobil, the defendant in the case, had taken steps to protect their refinery workers from the dangers of asbestos since the 1930s. But the company did nothing to shield its employees or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insurance &#8211; Duty To Defend – CGL Policy – Construction Dispute&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2010/03/30/insurance-duty-to-defend-%e2%80%93-cgl-policy-%e2%80%93-construction-dispute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Newport News Circuit Court grants summary judgment to plaintiff insurance carrier, declaring that a CGL policy does not cover a suit filed by a physician who is suing a builder for alleged construction defects in remodeling of the physician’s medical building. The carrier, Builders Mutual Insurance, claims it has no duty to defend policyholder [...]]]></description>
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