The defendant general surgeon operated on plaintiff, a 59-year-old male, on May 27, 2010. Plaintiff presented with cholelithiasis and acute cholecystitis. He underwent an urgent laparoscopic cholecystectomy that was converted to an open procedure after his gallbladder ruptured, spilling a ...

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Plaintiffs live in close proximity to land owned by the defendants, which has operated for many years as a pear farm known as Virginia Gold Orchard. Defendants constructed a hedgerow (plaintiffs referred to it as a “debris pile”) around their ...

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This shooting took place in the early evening at a Sheetz gas station on Route 58 in Halifax County on July 2, 2008. The entire incident was caught on surveillance video. Neal Seamster, age 22, had purchased a small amount ...

Tagged with: Halifax County Circuit Court Judge David A. Melesco Million-Dollar Verdicts Wrongful Death

A Halifax County jury returned a $1.4 million battery verdict this month against a county deputy who shot and killed a man as the man tried to drive away from a marijuana bust. The March 15 verdict will be reduced ...

Tagged with: Halifax County Circuit Court Judge David A. Melesco Million-Dollar Verdicts Wrongful Death

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 ...

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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 ...

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