During a delivery on May 16, 2003, the defendant, an obstetrician and gynecologist, encountered a shoulder dystocia. In response, the defendant performed various delivery maneuvers to safely deliver the plaintiff including the McRobert’s position, suprapubic pressure, Rubin’s, and delivery of ...

Tagged with: Henrico County Circuit Court Judge Gary Hicks Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts

A three-year family fight over owner­ship of a matri­arch’s home in the Rich­mond suburbs may be starting over now that the Supreme Court of Virginia has ordered a new trial. The court reversed a Henrico County judge’s decision to ex­clude ...

Tagged with: Beverly Gelber Domestic Relations Gregory D. Foreman Henrico County Circuit Court Judge Gary Hicks Justice Elizabeth A. McClanahan Meryl Glock Supreme Court of Virginia

Patient died fol­lowing one cycle of FOLFOX che­motherapy after a diagnosis of Stage IIIB colon cancer. It was later deter­mined that patient had a rare genetic mutation that af­fected his ability to metabolize 5-FU, the active agent in FOLFOX. Adminis­trator ...

Tagged with: Henrico County Circuit Court Judge Gary Hicks Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Wrongful Death

A Virginia State Bar committee says it’s time to dump rarely used pro­cedures in the Virginia Code that allow a judge or even a disgruntled client to launch a lawyer discipline procedure in circuit court. One such client-initiated case is ...

Tagged with: Henrico County Circuit Court Judge Gary Hicks Supreme Court of Virginia Virginia Court of Appeals Virginia State Bar

A Virginia State Bar committee says it’s time to dump rarely used procedures in the Virginia code that allow a judge or even a disgruntled client to launch a lawyer discipline procedure in circuit court. One such client-initiated case is ...

Tagged with: Henrico County Circuit Court Judge Gary Hicks Lawyer Discipline Virginia State Bar

A single man who fathered a child borne by a gestational carrier has won recognition of his parental status in a case of apparent first impression decided in Henrico County Circuit Court. The gestational carrier became pregnant through an assisted ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Henrico County Circuit Court Judge Gary Hicks

After hearing details of a violent family dispute, a Henrico County judge last month rejected all criminal charges against a 22-year-old man who said he killed his father to protect his younger brother. The case was notable for arguments based, ...

Tagged with: Criminal Henrico County Circuit Court Judge Gary Hicks

During the plaintiff mother’s delivery on Jan. 22, 2010, the defendant obstetrician encountered a shoulder dystocia. In response, the defendant obstetrician performed various delivery maneuvers in an effort to safely deliver the infant plaintiff including gentle downward traction, the McRobert’s ...

Tagged with: Henrico County Circuit Court Judge Gary Hicks Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts

Although a warehouse club sued after an employee shooting claims its lawyer was authorized merely to attend a mediation, but not to settle the case, a Henrico County Circuit Court says the lawyer had the necessary authority to settle the ...

Tagged with: Henrico County Circuit Court Judge Gary Hicks Negligence Virginia Circuit Courts

A warehouse club sued after an employee shooting must pay its share of a mediated settlement, despite its claim that its lawyer was only authorized to attend the mediation, not to bind the club to a $3 million payment. A ...

Tagged with: Henrico County Circuit Court Insurance Judge Gary Hicks Personal Injury