As Virginia federal courts grapple with the constitutional status of same-sex marriage, a more modest change has come quietly through orders in two Virginia circuit courts that recognize the parentage rights of same-sex couples. Each case resulted in a Virginia ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Domestic Relations Judge Gregory L. Rupe Judge Harold W. Burgess Jr. Richmond Circuit Court Same-Sex Marriage

The three plaintiffs were in a vehicle stopped at a red light at the intersection of Courthouse Road and Smoketree Drive in Chesterfield County. Defendant, traveling at more than 55 mph, rear-ended the plaintiffs’ vehicle without applying his brakes. Plaintiffs ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Judge Herbert C. Gill Personal Injury

This case involved a 43-year-old male with a history of recurring diverticulitis who underwent a laparoscopic colon resection performed by the defendant, a board certified colon and rectal surgeon, in March 2006. A colonoscopy performed earlier that month by the ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Judge Frederick G. Rockwell III Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts

On April 2, 2012, at approximately 8:00 p.m., the plaintiff was riding his bicycle in the direction of traffic on the right-most edge of a two-lane road. The defendant, who had recently turned 18, struck the plaintiff on the rear ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Personal Injury

Plaintiff, a 47-year-old auto mechanic and divorced father of one, was riding his motorcycle to work on July 17, 2012. The defendant, a 71-year-old retired father of four, stopped at a stop sign and then pulled out without seeing the ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Personal Injury

The plaintiffs hired attorney Pauline M. Ewald to represent them in two civil actions. Ewald, counsel of record for the plaintiffs, failed to appear at a final hearing in two civil matters and allegedly failed to notify the plaintiffs that ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Judge Steven C. McCallum Legal Malpractice

The plaintiff, a 34-year-old mother, was scheduled for a repeat Caesarean section, but went into labor nine days early on Aug. 1, 2010.  Labor progressed quickly. She delivered a healthy baby girl vaginally, with no complications. After delivery, plaintiff complained ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Judge Steven C. McCallum Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Verdicts

The case began at 2:22 a.m. on Aug. 1, 2010, Richmond attorney Stephanie E. Grana told the jury in her opening statement. That’s the time Sally Arbogast gave birth to a healthy baby girl. But it’s also the time when ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Verdicts

The defendant performed a cholecystectomy surgery of the plaintiff on Aug. 5, 2009. The operation started as a laparoscopic procedure but was converted to an open procedure because of dense adhesions and unclear anatomy. Over the course of the plaintiff’s ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Medical Malpractice

Plaintiff was evaluated by his primary care physician for complaints of back pain after a football game. He was referred to defendants for X-rays of the lumbar spine which defendant physician interpreted as normal. Eight months later, another set of ...

Tagged with: Chesterfield County Circuit Court Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts