Decedent was 47 years old when he was admitted to Danville Regional Medical Center on April 15, 2008, for a split thickness skin graft to his right forefoot. He never had been under general anesthesia. During his pre-operative assessment, the ...

Tagged with: Danville Circuit Court Judge Joseph W. Milam Jr. Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Wrongful Death

On Sept. 24, 2009, the decedent was admitted to the hospital with a bleeding gastric ulcer. The defendant was her cardiologist and primary care physician. Decedent had a number of co-morbidities on admission, principally deforming rheumatoid arthritis, coronary artery disease, ...

Tagged with: Danville Circuit Court Judge Joseph W. Milam Jr. Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts

On Sept. 15, 2005, an 80-year-old female patient underwent an upper endoscopy to determine the cause of her complaints of difficulty swallowing. Prior to the endoscopy, the patient had reported that food was becoming lodged in her mid-sternal area. She ...

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A Danville Circuit Court has given a plaintiff access to a hospital incident report that his lawyer thought could shed light on what happened when an infant was injured during a circumcision. The hospital tried to protect the information by ...

Tagged with: Danville Circuit Court Judge David A. Melesco Negligence

A Danville Circuit Court says Danville Regional Medical Center must turn over to plaintiff an incident report that has factual information not protected by Va. Code § 8.01-581.17; the document here falls under iiiRiverside Hospital v. Johnson,iii and even viewing ...

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Plaintiff, a 19-year-old student, was a passenger in the back seat of defendant’s vehicle. Defendant and another passenger had been drinking prior to picking up the plaintiff. Defendant drove 15 or more miles on back roads to pick up the ...

Tagged with: Danville Circuit Court Judge David A. Melesco Personal Injury