The patient was a 68-year-old male with a history of hypertension, a half-pack per day smoking habit, hypertensive heart disease, GERD, alcoholism and colon polyps. He presented to the hospital on Aug. 8, 2011, for a colectomy and subtotal and ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Petersurg Circuit Court

On June 25, 2010, plaintiff’s decedent, a 49-year-old female who worked as a computer systems analyst making $175,000 per year, presented to the defendant rheumatologist for diagnosis and treatment of a persistent forearm rash, aching joints, shortness of breath and ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Wrongful Death

Plaintiff, 49, had been treated by various physicians at the defendant clinic since at least 1999 for recurrent sinusitis, upper respiratory infections and allergic rhinitis. He presented to the defendant doctor in December 2009 for an annual physical. The physical ...

Tagged with: Judge Jerrauld C. Jones Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Norfolk Circuit Court

The plaintiff was a 31-year-old female who presented to the emergency department via EMS with complaints of severe headache, visual loss, dizziness and nausea/vomiting. She reported to the EMS personnel and the ED providers that she had experienced similar symptoms ...

Tagged with: Judge Carl Eason Jr. Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Suffolk Circuit Court

The defendant general surgeon first saw plaintiff, a 48-year-old female, on Sept. 14, 2010. Four days earlier, she has presented to a family practitioner and complained of abdominal pain since Sept. 6, which she rated as 8-9 out of 10 ...

Tagged with: Buchanan County Circuit Court Judge Patrick R. Johnson Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts

On Jan. 31, 2009, decedent, age 38 and Filipino, suffered an intracerebral hemorrhage at home. She had stopped taking her hypertensive medication because she was breast-feeding at the time. She was airlifted from Reston Hospital to Inova Fairfax, where she ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Bruce D. White Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Wrongful Death

The 39-year-old plaintiff sought treatment from the defendant gynecologist on May 18, 2004, for complaints of pelvic pain, dyspareunia and urinary frequency. Plaintiff had a previous history of hysterectomy, pelvic adhesions, lysis of pelvic adhesions, childhood sexual abuse and a ...

Tagged with: Judge Junius P. Fulton III Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Norfolk Circuit Court

The 71-year-old plaintiff underwent a laparascopic cholecystectomy on May 21, 2008, for acute and chronic cholecystitis (inflammation of the gall bladder) and gall stones (cholelithiasis). Intra-operatively, the defendant surgeon found a severely taut and inflamed gall bladder. Otherwise, the surgery ...

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

Plaintiff, a 48-year-old woman, underwent a hysterectomy on Nov. 30, 2009, for complaints of long-standing severe pain and dysfunctional bleeding with her menstrual cycle. The surgery was performed by two experienced surgeons employed by the defendant, an obstetrical/ gynecological practice. ...

Tagged with: Judge John R. Doyle III Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts Norfolk Circuit Court

The plaintiff, a 42-year-old woman, underwent LASIK to correct her nearsightedness. The surgery was performed by the defendant, an ophthalmologist. During the procedure, the corneal flap created in each eye was slightly decentered, but the defendant determined there was sufficient ...

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