Lawyers and legislators from various Virginia locales, including populous Fairfax County, say Gov. Bob McDonnell missed the mark when he proposed money to fill certain judgeships. The governor overlooked areas badly in need of judicial help, in part because the ...

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A disabled Henry County woman keeps a $1.85 million award – reduced from a jury verdict of $6.5 million – as a Roanoke City circuit judge rejected defense claims that the sum awarded did not line up with past awards ...

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Virginia lawyers have wasted no time getting to the courthouse to file lawsuits after the national outbreak of fungal meningitis this fall blamed on tainted steroid injections prepared by a Massachusetts pharmacy. By Oct. 19, five lawsuits had been filed ...

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A 57-year-old physical therapist had been diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease at age 25. The plaintiff lived a normal life without significant difficulty with her kidneys, experiencing no obstructions, stones or blood in her urine. In the spring of 2009, ...

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A Roanoke City Circuit Court denies a federal prisoner’s motion to dismiss state detainers filed on underlying charges of probation violation, as the Interstate Agreement on Detainers does not apply to probation violation proceedings. Under Article III of the Interstate ...

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A 32-year-old patient who was 24 weeks pregnant presented to the emergency department with reports of severe abdominal pain, cramping and nausea. She also reported to hospital staff that she had been born with a condition called gastroschisis—a birth defect ...

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A Roanoke City jury has returned verdicts totaling $9 million against two obstetricians in a birth injury case where the child’s medical expenses have already exceeded the cap for the child’s recovery under Virginia law. The child – now 10 ...

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A Roanoke City Circuit Court sustains demurrers to plaintiff’s second amended complaint alleging fraud in the inducement and seeking to pierce the corporate veil in negotiation of a loan agreement. The question remains what it has been: Has plaintiff stated ...

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An 84-year-old nursing home patient sustained an unwitnessed fall in her bedroom. Plaintiff claimed the fall was caused by the nursing home’s failure to apply and monitor a fall alarm in her bed, which was required by the patient’s care ...

Tagged with: Judge Charles N. Dorsey Million-Dollar Verdicts Negligence Personal Injury Roanoke Circuit Court

A Roanoke City jury returned verdicts totaling $6.5 million for an 84-year-old woman injured in a fall at a nursing home. With an award of $5 million in punitive damages, the jury evidently sought to punish the owner of the ...

Tagged with: Judge Charles N. Dorsey Million-Dollar Verdicts Negligence Personal Injury Roanoke Circuit Court