Medical Malpractice

Apr 11, 2017

Bowel perforation may have exacerbated existing problems – $1.65 Million Settlement

Plaintiff, 55, underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. During the laparoscopy, defendant surgeon noted that a trocar may have perforated the small bowel. He looked for a perforation but did not find one. […]

Apr 4, 2017

Inaccurate biopsy for lesion prompted unnecessary surgery – $275,000 Verdict

During an office visit to a dermatologist for a hand rash, a suspicious lesion (mole) was noticed on plaintiff ‘s back. The lesion was excised and sent to defendant pathology […]

Mar 29, 2017

OB-GYN did not provide help for woman with miscarriage history – $800,000 Settlement

Plaintiff, a 23-year-old pregnant woman, presented to her OB-GYN and reported a history of an incompetent cervix with a second trimester loss. Plaintiff became pregnant again and alleged that defendants […]

Mar 24, 2017

MD with dual role claims immunity

An anesthesiologist at the University of Virginia Medical Center who allegedly mismanaged a patient’s intubation says he is immune from a medical malpractice suit filed by the patient’s estate. Relying […]

Mar 15, 2017

Doctors fail to win protection of birth fund

Physicians sued for a child’s birth injuries failed to bring their case into the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Fund in a ruling last month from the Court of Appeals of […]

Mar 13, 2017

Nerve was damaged during the extraction of woman’s tooth – $750,000 Settlement

Plaintiff, a middle-aged woman, suffered a serious inferior alveolar nerve injury as a result of the extraction of her asymptomatic impacted lower wisdom tooth. The nerve injury resulted in severe […]

Mar 7, 2017

Vet’s Family Wins $793K Med-Mal Award

A Roanoke U.S. District Court awards a veteran’s estate $793,423 in their wrongful death suit against physicians at the Salem VA Medical Center who were negligent in performing gall bladder […]

Mar 7, 2017

Patient took his life after alleged wrong prescription – $650,000 Settlement

The estate of a 33-year-old asserted a claim that Adderall was wrongly prescribed to the deceased while he was a patient at a psychiatric facility, and that outpatient therapy thereafter […]

Dec 28, 2016

Patient died due to reversed chemo medication instructions – $1,600,000 Settlement

Doe, 53, was diagnosed in 2005 with a brain tumor called a glioblastoma. Via aggressive treatment in an NIH clinical trial, he was doing well. In 2015, Doe was transferred […]

Dec 28, 2016

Death case against rehab center settled, claim continues – $500,000 Partial Settlement

Plaintiff’s decedent, a 58-year-old man, was found lying in a median of a four-lane highway next to his motor scooter late at night. Rescue squad delivered him to a hospital […]

Dec 28, 2016

Woman left paraplegic after spinal cord therapy – Defense Verdict

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 […]

Nov 28, 2016

Doctors failed to diagnose man’s cancer at early stage – $1.5M Verdict

The decedent, Gerald Teeuwen, was a 77-year-old bicycle racer, who never smoked, but had a persistent cough when he presented to Patient First on Jan. 3, 2013. A chest X-ray […]