020-3-513 – Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association v. Kimsey
Virginia Lawyers Weekly//October 19, 2020//
Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association v. Kimsey, Case No. 20-cv-587, Oct. 7, 2020. EDVA at Richmond (Hudson). VLW 020-3-513. 15 pp.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Workers’ Compensation- Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice- Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Struck in face by forklift, woman suffers brain injury
- Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
- Medical Malpractice – Nursing facility patient dies after fracturing ankle in fall
- Medical Malpractice- Patient has bladder injury during colostomy reversal
- Premises Liability- Apartment guest burned by gas grill spewing fire
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Physician sustained hand injuries in crash
- Premises Liability- Dog bite injury nets settlement
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Woman suffers injuries after T-bone collision
Opinion Digests
- Environmental – Court allows construction of pipeline to proceed
- Employment – District court erred when it certified classes in wage/overtime suit
- Patent and trademark – PTO grants trademark registration 10 years after deadline
- Employment – Employees fail to plead facts making their discrimination claims plausible
- Criminal – Man sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for shooting at military sites
- Constitutional – Court reinstates suit over abuses in West Virginia foster care system
- Domestic Relations – Wife defeats former husband’s contempt petition
- Civil Procedure – Court clarifies scope of craved oyer doctrine
- Corporate – LLC member prevails on breach of fiduciary claim
- Taxation – County may require data center company to provide customers’ names
- Criminal – Man fails to vacate default judgment forfeiting approximately $21,000
- Negligence – Business not liable for failing to call ambulance







