Where plaintiff seeks documents from defendant municipality under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, an employee petition to the personnel committee to discuss complaints and concerns about the town manager is not exempt from disclosure. Background Hawkins sought mandamus relief ...

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The plaintiff’s decedent was a 55-year-old otherwise healthy female who presented to the defendant family practice on a Friday afternoon in February with a history of fever, chills, nasal congestion and a sore throat that made it difficult to swallow. ...

Tagged with: Judge S. Anderson Nelson Mecklenburg County Circuit Court Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts

Plaintiff’s husband, who was operating a vehicle in which plaintiff was a passenger, was traveling west on U.S. Route 58 in Mecklenburg County when he entered a cut-through in the median. He was intending to cross eastbound Route 58 and ...

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Lingering questions about a breakdown in hospital communications led a Southside judge this month to allow access to a hospital’s policy for X-ray reports in a medical malpractice case. The ruling came just days after the former patient died of ...

Tagged with: Judge Leslie Osborn Mecklenburg County Circuit Court Medical Malpractice

Plaintiff was an 81-year-old female with multiple pre-existing comorbidities. On the day of the wreck, she was in a wheelchair riding in a handicapped transport van on Route 58 in Mecklenburg County between South Hill and Boydton. Defendant, driving a ...

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(AP) — A lawsuit against the state of Virginia by a nutritional supplement maker whose stock comprises Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s total investment portfolio is raising questions about the Republican’s potential conflicts of interest. Henrico-based Star Scientific Inc. sued Virginia’s ...

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The plaintiff, a 23-year-old woman, sustained a fractured humerus in her right (dominant) arm in an episode of domestic violence. She was eventually seen by the defendant orthopedic surgeon, who planned operative repair with the use of an intramedullary rod. ...

Tagged with: Judge Leslie Osborn Mecklenburg County Circuit Court Medical Malpractice