On Sept. 4, 2016, Dwayne Kenney suffered a leg fracture from a motorcycle accident, which defendant Cyrus Kump, II, MD at OrthoVirginia in Richmond repaired by open reduction, internal fixation surgery on Sept. 8, 2016. On Dec. 16, 2016, Dr. ...

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The patient went to the emergency room with complaints of abdominal pain two days after being discharged following the birth of her first child via C-section. A CT scan was read as possibly showing an abscess on her uterus, and ...

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Plaintiff elected to undergo spinal cord stimulation, a two-phase neuromodula­tion therapy (“SCS therapy”) for pain that uses mild elec­tric current to block pain signals traveling between the spinal cord and the brain. Before SCS therapy is recommended, the patient must ...

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These consoli­dated personal in­jury and wrongful death actions arose from an industrial explosion and fire at a logging site in Greensville Coun­ty on April 7, 2011. The four plaintiffs were all members of a logging crew. Three of the plaintiffs ...

Tagged with: Judge Melvin R. Hughes Jr. Million-Dollar Settlements Personal Injury Products Liability Richmond Circuit Court

Victims of an explosion and fire at a Southside Virginia logging site in 2011 have settled product liability claims for a total of $42 mil­lion, lawyers report. Four workers suffered severe burns when welding machinery exploded in flames as the men ...

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Plaintiff, a 51-year-old nurse with a history of back surgery, underwent sur­gery to fuse four vertebrae (L2-L5) using a minimally invasive technique known as eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF). A preoperative DEXA scan con­firmed good bone quality to support a ...

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A Richmond Circuit Court grants summary judgment to plaintiff Freddie Mac, as defendant borrower has provided no support for her allegations that Freddie Mac acted as an agent for Bank of America. In the case at bar, when called upon ...

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A Richmond Circuit Court says plaintiff borrower may proceed with her claim for breach of contract alleging defendant bank “back dated” a 30-day notice to cure required under the deed of trust prior to foreclosure on her property, but the ...

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A plaintiff suing for legal malpractice is a third-party beneficiary of the contract between the commonwealth and plaintiff’s court-appointed lawyer, and his claim is governed by the five-year statute of limitations under Va. Code § 8.01-246; the Richmond Circuit Court ...

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The upstairs tenant in a duplex is not liable for his dog biting his landlord who came into the backyard where the dog was present, says a Richmond Circuit Court. The plaintiff landlord testified she was there to show the ...

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