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Medical Malpractice – Botched tubal ligation results in childbirth
Washington County Circuit Court awarded $871,298.90 in wrongful conception suit after defendant obstetrician's botched tubal ligation using Filshie Clips.
Some claims survive demurrer in easement case
Plaintiffs’ claim of a prescriptive easement to use defendants’ road survives demurrer because the complaint alleges exclusive and continuous use, from which plaintiffs’ use under claim of right is presumed. […]
Worker who quit for good cause gets benefits
The Virginia Employment Commission erred by denying plaintiff’s claim for unemployment benefits because the record does not support its finding that he voluntarily left his employment without good cause. ‘Good […]
Plaintiff claimed delay in surgery exacerbated injury – Defense Verdict
Plaintiff alleged that he was misdiagnosed and received negligent treatment after a left biceps tendon rupture. After an injury at work, the patient was seen in defendant’s urgent care clinic. […]
Creditor’s Lien-Payoff Complaint Too Late
A funeral home that had a 2013 $6,313 judgment against a woman, whose Washington County real estate was partitioned and sold in 2015, with a payment of $3,020 on the […]
Imperfect Motion, But Rezoning, Permit Upheld
Although a motion to approve rezoning and a special use permit in support of a proposed land transaction did not perfectly conform to Va. Code § 15.2- 2286(A)(7), the public […]
Plaintiff suffered multiple orthopedic injuries in I-81 head-on crash – $1,300,000 Settlement
Plaintiff, a 49-year-old woman, was driving southbound on I-81 for work when the defendant’s decedent left the northbound lanes of I-81, crossed the median, entered the southbound lanes, and collided […]
School counselor injured in tractor-trailer collision – $350,000 Settlement
The plaintiff, a 44-year-old school counselor, was injured on Nov. 13, 2009, in a collision on I-81 in Bristol. She was a passenger in a car driven by her son […]
C-Section was ordered an hour too late, birth injury plaintiff claims – Defense Verdict
Plaintiff contended that the defendant OB/GYN failed to appropriately monitor her mother’s labor, recognize and respond to fetal distress, and timely order a C-section, which resulted in anoxic encephalopathy with […]
Name Change for Domestic Partner Not ‘Fraudulent’
A Washington Circuit Court grants a petition for name change pursuant to Va. Code 8.01-217 filed by a man who wishes everyone in his household to use the same surname, […]
Name Change for Domestic Partner Not ‘Fraudulent’
A Washington Circuit Court grants a petition for name change pursuant to Va. Code § 8.01-217 filed by a man who wishes to have everyone on his household use the […]
Disk, soft-tissue injuries alleged in traffic collision – $55,148 Verdict
Plaintiff was rear-ended while sitting at a red light. Defendant claimed she was traveling no more than 10 mph. There was no significant damage to the defendant’s vehicle. [11-T-035] Type […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers stroke from ruptured aneurysm
- Premises Liability- Man suffers paralysis after bench tipped back
- Medical Malpractice – Botched tubal ligation results in childbirth
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Pickup truck passenger dies from crash injuries
- Medical Malpractice-Patient received spleen injury during colonoscopy
- Medical Malpractice – Patient suffers complications from improper cyst removal
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Henrico driver sustained wrist fracture in five-car collision
- Medical Malpractice-Patient dies following blood loss in surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Defense points to plaintiff’s prior collision, stressors
- Medical Malpractice – Ingrown toenail removal leads to CRPS type 2
- Motor Vehicle Negligence Rear-seat passenger injured when car hits telephone pole
Opinion Digests
- Arbitration – Court decides whether nonparty to arbitration agreement can enforce it
- Constitutional – Circuit court applied wrong standard in church dispute
- Civil Procedure – Medical malpractice statute of limitations doesn’t apply to claims against hospital
- Bankruptcy – Creditor can’t examine debtor under Bankruptcy Code § 707(b)(1)
- Administrative – Court construes Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
- Taxation – County’s tax assessment was ‘plainly wrong’
- Negligence – Release doesn’t bar rider’s negligence claim against horse owner
- Bankruptcy – Motion to reinstate Chapter 7 petition previously dismissed by court is denied
- Wills and trusts – Court applied incorrect statute of limitations to breach of trust claims
- Administrative – Doctor’s attacks on license suspension order fails
- Habeas Corpus – Petition attacking military court martial is dismissed
- Parent and Child – Stepmother awarded custody of stepchildren over father’s objection
