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 [...]
A courtroom sting: Lawyer ensnares defendant who altered checks
By Peter Vieth
Published: October 22, 2012
Tags: Fraud, Northampton County Circuit Court
Doug Kahle had a problem. The Virginia Beach lawyer was taking his case to trial, but he wasn’t sure he could get in the evidence he needed to show a crooked contractor had deliberately fleeced his clients. Kahle was armed with stacks of copied cancelled checks he obtained from subpoenas to out-of-state banks. His problem [...]
An unbroken chain
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: April 16, 2012
Tags: Legal History, Northampton County Circuit Court
As North and South clashed during the Civil War, court officials across Virginia sent their records to Richmond, hoping to keep them away from invading Union armies. “It seemed to be common practice that the invading army would go straight to the courthouse,” said Carl Childs, director of local records services with the Library of [...]
Second concussion complicates effort to resolve brain injury case – $799,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: November 1, 2010
Tags: Judge Joseph A. Leafe, Northampton County Circuit Court, Personal Injury
Plaintiff, age 30, was struck on the left side of her vehicle in an intersection when the defendant ran a red light. Plaintiff’s head struck and broke her driver’s side window. She suffered headaches, memory problems, anxiety and executive functioning problems. The case was complicated by the fact that the plaintiff suffered a second concussion [...]
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