Jody Houston, a 54-year-old avid kayaker and stock trader, presented to the defendant cardiologist on March 25, 2013, with a history of chest pain for two months, gastric reflux, high cholesterol, a lifetime of cigarette smoking, and an abnormal EKG ...

Tagged with: Alexandria Circuit Court Judge Lisa B. Kemler Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Wrongful Death

This medical malpractice case involved the percutaneous placement of a device to close a hole in the atrial septum of the plaintiff’s heart. The device slipped out of position during the placement procedure, eventually leading to significant neurologic injury. At ...

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On Oct. 31, 2013, plaintiff’s decedent, a 5-year-old male with history of chronic severe obstructive sleep apnea underwent a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy surgery (T&A) to seek relief from the ongoing obstructions in the airway. The patient tolerated the procedure well, ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Brett A. Kassabian Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Wrongful Death

Plaintiff alleged that the decedent suffered a slow bleed beginning shortly after cardiac bypass surgery, that nurses failed to appreciate same over the course of 10 hours, and that the decedent suffered cardiac arrest and brain injury as a result. ...

Tagged with: Judge Clifford L. Athey Jr. Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Winchester Circuit Court Wrongful Death

The plaintiffs alleged that their son, who presented to the emergency department after taking an overdose of Dextromethorphan, received improper treatment. The defendants argued that the son deliberately, with the intent to commit suicide, withheld from providers in the ED ...

Tagged with: Judge Charles N. Dorsey Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Roanoke Circuit Court Wrongful Death

Defendant diagnosed plaintiff with metatarsalgia, or pain in the ball of her foot. Defendant eventually determined that this excessive pain and pressure on the ball of the plaintiff’s left foot was caused by both positional and structural deformities. The positional ...

Tagged with: Judge Thomas J. Wilson IV Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Rockingham County Circuit Court

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 ...

Tagged with: Halifax County Circuit Court Judge David A. Melesco Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts

Plaintiff, age 52 and mailman with the US Postal Service for 26 years, fell on April 30, 2011, fracturing his collarbone (or clavicle). The defendant orthopedic surgeon treated the plaintiff, who was a two-pack-a-day cigarette smoker, conservatively with a sling ...

Tagged with: Judge Charles F. Sharp Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Stafford County Circuit Court

Plaintiff, 86, married and the mother of seven, presented to the defendant orthopedic spine surgeon in January 2013 with complaints of gait difficulties and imbalance. MRIs of her spine revealed severe spinal canal stenosis (narrowing) and spinal cord compression in ...

Tagged with: Fredericksburg Circuit Court Judge Patricia Kelley Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts

Plaintiff was a 59-year-old local minister. After a rise in his PSA and follow-up biopsies, he was diagnosed with Gleason 7 (4+3) Stage T1c prostate cancer in December 2012.  Plaintiff’s medical history was complex and included diabetes, hypertension, sarcoidosis treated ...

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