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Claim against ER doc in death case struck – Defense Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: November 28, 2011
Tags: Judge James H. Chamblin, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts, Wrongful Death

This was a medical malpractice case involving emergency medical treatment provided to the plaintiff, at the Loudoun Hospital Center on Oct. 30, 2004. At the time of presentation, the ER physician defendant was told that the plaintiff had recently had an artificial insemination procedure. Originally this was the only information the family could [...]

ER doc prevails in claim over shock following dogbite – Defense Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: November 21, 2011
Tags: Judge Thomas D. Horne, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Medical Malpractice

This was a medical malpractice case involving emergency medical treatment provided to the plaintiff at the Loudoun Hospital Center by the defendant E.R. physician. Plaintiff presented on Dec. 25, 2004, at 5:40 a.m., for emergency medical treatment with complaints of achiness all over, low back pain, severe headaches, nausea and vomiting. She had [...]

Jury needed only 20 minutes to find for doc in med-mal case – Defense Verdict

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: October 24, 2011
Tags: Judge James H. Chamblin, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts

Plaintiff’s wife underwent surgery to remedy blocked fallopian tubes and remove abdominal adhesions. Defendant physician recommended the surgery to improve the wife’s chances of success with IVF therapy. Another physician, who was not a party to the case, performed the surgery. After the surgery, plaintiff’s wife was discharged home. She then developed a bowel perforation [...]

Candidate Can Run from 87th District

By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 17, 2011
Tags: Civil Rights, Judge Thomas D. Horne, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts

Testimony from respondent and his former neighbors support his claim that he intended to move from his old house to a new house in South Riding, Va., when he changed his voter registration and driver’s license in April 2011, and although his wife still maintains a secure office at their old house, a Loudoun County [...]

HOA Wins Damages on Owner Violations

By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 17, 2011
Tags: Judge Thomas D. Horne, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Real Estate, Virginia Circuit Courts

Although the Loudoun County Circuit Court finds a homeowner, in building her home, committed multiple violations of the plan approved by the Architectural Review Board, the court will assess damages in favor of plaintiff homeowners’ association on the basis of “one overriding violation,” the failure to comply with the ARB-approved application.
Plaintiff alleges defendant failed [...]

With Issue Pending, Noncompete Survives Demurrer

By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 11, 2011
Tags: Contract, Judge Thomas D. Horne, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts

A Loudoun County Circuit Court overrules defendant’s demurrer and says a construction company may sue its former employee for allegedly breaching a noncompete agreement by soliciting business from a client and trying to hire a former coworker within 12 months of leaving employment with the construction company; defendant’s demurrer is overruled, in light of existing [...]

The Battle of Lee’s Crossing

By Peter Vieth
Published: October 5, 2011
Tags: Judge Thomas D. Horne, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Real Estate

A century and a half after the guns of the Civil War fell silent, a latter-day skirmish at a Loudoun County community known as Lee’s Crossing is being fought in both state and federal court.
The clash between some residents of the pastoral development and the couple that now governs its homeowners’ association has generated recent [...]

Passenger suffers hip, brain injuries in collision -$11,000,000 Settlement

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: August 1, 2011
Tags: Loudoun County Circuit Court, Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury

The plaintiff, a 16-year-old female, was injured on June 22, 2008, in a collision in Pennsylvania. She was a backseat passenger in a Ford F-150 pickup, which was hit by a Ford Econoline E-350 service van that crossed the center yellow line on a wet two-lane highway.
The plaintiff was taken by helicopter to Hershey Medical [...]

Amended Complaint Filed Too Late

By Deborah Elkins
Published: July 18, 2011
Tags: Civil Procedure, Judge Thomas D. Horne, Loudoun County Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts

Although a Loudoun County Circuit Court gave plaintiff leave to amend its complaint after the court sustained one defendant’s demurrer and the parties agreed among themselves that plaintiff could file a global amended complaint against all defendants, plaintiff did not file its amended complaint within the time specified by the court, and the court dismisses [...]

$11M settlement made in brain injury case

By Alan Cooper
Published: July 8, 2011
Tags: Loudoun County Circuit Court, Million-Dollar Settlements, Personal Injury

A 19-year-old woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a traffic crash has won an $11 million settlement from the owner of a van that crossed the center line on a wet two-lane highway.
The woman was a backseat passenger in a Ford-150 pickup truck when it was hit by a Ford Econoline E350 service [...]

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