Treatment of colon impaction led to perforation, plaintiff claims – Defense Verdict 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: March 18, 2013
Tags: Judge Dennis Lee Hupp, Medical Malpractice, Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts, Shenandoah County Circuit Court
Plaintiff, a female in her mid-fifties with a family history of cancer, was referred for colon cancer screening/ colonoscopy in July 2003. The procedure was terminated for fear of perforation. Barium enema was then recommended and performed the following day with noted findings of sigmoid diverticulosis and retained stool. Plaintiff presented to the emergency department [...]
Six-year-old girl drowned at Shenandoah beach park facility – $1,000,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 7, 2013
Tags: Million-Dollar Settlements, Premises Liability, Shenandoah County Circuit Court
The family of the plaintiff’s decedent traveled to Half Moon Beach Park, a commercial outdoor recreational facility in Shenandoah County. The decedent, age 6, drowned in the park’s swimming area, in a shallow roped-off section designated for non-swimmers and young children. The drowning occurred in the presence of lifeguards employed by the defendants. The property [...]
Referendum Request Rejected by Court
By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 4, 2012
Tags: Judge Dennis Lee Hupp, Municipal, Shenandoah County Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts
A motion for protective order filed by the Virginia Resources Authority is rendered moot, says a Shenandoah County Circuit Court, and the court sustains in part and overrules in part the VRA’s plea in bar in the present suit seeking a referendum requiring voter approval for financing of the Rappahannock-Shenandoah-Warren Regional Jail. I sustain the [...]
Student falls from window after expulsion from school – $700,000 Settlement
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: June 20, 2011
Tags: Negligence, Shenandoah County Circuit Court, Wrongful Death
On April 20, 2007, a 17-year-old student was informed he was being expelled from a Virginia military high school where he was scheduled to graduate in just a few weeks. Within minutes of receiving the news, he went out of his third-floor dormitory window to his death on the sidewalk below. The deceased was a [...]
Tort – Real Estate – Trespass – Boundary Dispute
By Deborah Elkins
Published: August 20, 2010
Tags: Judge Dennis Lee Hupp, Shenandoah County Circuit Court, Tort, Virginia Circuit Courts
Although defendant did not know he had trespassed on his neighbor’s land when he removed a fence and changed the location of a stream, those actions nevertheless showed a willful and wanton or reckless disregard for the rights of others, and a Shenandoah County Circuit Court says the fence can stay but defendant must relocate [...]
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