Undetected vascular injury led to below-knee amputation – $1,500,000 Settlement 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 11, 2013
Tags: Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Settlements
The 18-year-old plaintiff was transported to the emergency room following a crush injury to his right leg. The defendant orthopedic surgeon accepted care of the patient on the night of his admission, but did not evaluate him until the following morning and did not operate until the following afternoon. At the time of the patient’s [...]
Patient died following three consecutive colonoscopies – $1,300,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: February 4, 2013
Tags: Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Settlements, Wrongful Death
This claim involved the death of a 39-year-old male, survived by a sole beneficiary, his wife. He presented to the defendant gastroenterologist with a history of morbid obesity, a reported weight loss of 80 pounds in less than three months, in addition to abdominal pain, constipation, vomiting and nausea. Upon presentation, plaintiff’s decedent had been [...]
C-Section was ordered an hour too late, birth injury plaintiff claims – Defense Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 28, 2013
Tags: Judge Sage B. Johnson, Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts, Washington County Circuit Court
Plaintiff contended that the defendant OB/GYN failed to appropriately monitor her mother’s labor, recognize and respond to fetal distress, and timely order a C-section, which resulted in anoxic encephalopathy with severe and permanent neurological injury and cerebral palsy. The primary focus was on the fetal heart tracings between 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 8, 2003, until [...]
Woman loses unborn child after pregnancy complications – $950,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 28, 2013
Tags: Medical Malpractice
A 23-year-old woman who was pregnant with her first child was being monitored for high blood pressure by her obstetrician and nurse midwife during her pregnancy. During her third trimester, she was monitored weekly to ensure that she did not develop preeclampsia, a serious obstetrical condition. At approximately 36 weeks gestation, she presented to the [...]
Radiologist failed to diagnose renal cancer in early stage – $1,500,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 28, 2013
Tags: Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Settlements, Wrongful Death
The decedent, a 58-year-old woman, presented to the emergency room on April 12, 2008, with complaints of abdominal and chest pain. The treating emergency room physician ordered an abdominal/ pelvic CT scan with contrast, and specified a suspected appendicitis as the indication for the study. The defendant radiologist interpreted the study and indicated in his [...]
Plaintiff claims hospital fall led to brain injury – $3,500,000 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 21, 2013
Tags: Judge Timothy S. Fisher, Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Verdicts, Newport News Circuit Court
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 [...]
Family doc did not send teen to ER after stroke diagnosis – $3,500,000 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 21, 2013
Tags: Hampton Circuit Court, Judge Bonnie L. Jones, Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Verdicts
The plaintiff, an 18-year-old woman, scheduled an appointment with her family doctor due to her symptoms of tingling in her right arm, a tongue that felt “asleep,” a headache and the inability to feel her right leg. During her appointment at the office of her family doctor, a nurse practitioner saw the plaintiff. After examining [...]
Man suffers second stroke after first stroke misdiagnosed – $2,290,247 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 7, 2013
Tags: Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Verdicts, Northampton County Circuit Court
Plaintiff presented to the emergency room at Shore Memorial Hospital with multiple stroke-like symptoms. After running a number of tests and a CT scan, the diagnosis was a migraine headache. Plaintiff was instructed to take an aspirin and return in three days for an MRI. On the second day, he suffered a serious stroke, was [...]
Failure to treat kidney stone results in sepsis, necrosis – $2,750,000 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 7, 2013
Tags: Judge Everett A. Martin Jr., Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Verdicts, Norfolk Circuit Court
Plaintiff, age 71, began seeing defendant urologist in June 2008. The doctor identified a 6mm kidney stone and told the plaintiff it would pass. The following month the plaintiff went to the emergency room with renal colic, as the stone had shifted and was blocking the kidney’s juncture with the ureter, but then shifted. Over [...]
Patient suffered necrotizing fasciitis after orthopedic surgery – Defense Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 31, 2012
Tags: Judge John E. Wetsel Jr., Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts, Winchester Circuit Court
On July 30, 2008, plaintiff, a 350-pound, 22-year-old man with pre-existing venous stasis issues, was in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident and admitted to the hospital for a broken left tibia and fibula, and other trauma injuries. The patient underwent closed reduction internal fixation and rodding of the left leg that night. On Aug. 4, 2008, [...]
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