Plaintiff, 55, suffered from amyloidosis with renal involvement, a rare blood dis­ease for which no cure exists. She under­went chemotherapy and a successful stem cell transplant in April 2012. On June 17, 2012, the patient was re-admitted with fe­ver of ...

Tagged with: Defense Verdict Judge William R Marchant Medical Malpractice Richmond Circuit Court Wrongful Death

The plaintiff’s dece­dent was a 62-year-old mother of four adult children who presented to the defendant den­tist in July 2011 with complaints of a severe toothache on the lower left side of her mouth. Dr. Lee examined her mouth and ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Michael F. Devine Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death

On Feb. 9, 2014, the defendant was serving as the on-call general surgeon for a local community hospital. She received three pages from an emergency medicine physician about a patient in the Emergency Department. During their first telephone call, the ...

Tagged with: Alexandria Circuit Court Defense Verdict Judge Nolan B. Dawkins Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death

On Jan. 19, 2010, at 11 p.m., Paulette Eversole, 43, presented to the Winchester Medical Center emergency department complaining of 10/10 abdominal pain and vomiting since earlier that evening. She reported to the ER physician that the abdominal pain had ...

Tagged with: Defense Verdict Judge Clifford L. Athey Jr. Medical Malpractice Winchester Circuit Court Wrongful Death

Michael English was a 22-year-old college student who suffered from schizophrenia. When medicated, he was fine. When he stopped taking his medications, he would act out. In October 2012, during a schizophrenic episode, he attacked a friend. Michael was arrested ...

Tagged with: Civil Rights D.C. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan Wrongful Death

Decedent was a passenger in the rear seat of his own car traveling on the Route 220 Bypass in Henry County, Virginia. The vehicle was struck from behind by a F350 Ford Pickup which was towing a trailer. The decedent’s ...

Tagged with: Henry County Circuit Court Wrongful Death

Plaintiff’s decedent was a 29-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department at DePaul Medical Center with flu-like symptoms. Her oxygen saturation was noted to be 88 percent on admission and 90 percent at the time of discharge. The decedent ...

Tagged with: Judge Junius P. Fulton III Medical Malpractice Norfolk Circuit Court Wrongful Death

Decedent, age 73 at the time of her death, presented to a hospital emergency department with complaints of having lower back and abdominal pain for the previous three days.  She further complained that her urine had been dark and cloudy ...

Tagged with: Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death

A jury’s $4.2 million award for the family of a man killed in a workplace accident has been overturned by the trial judge, who ruled the victim’s own negligence contributed to his death. The man’s conduct in using an industrial ...

Tagged with: Judge David B. Carson Million-Dollar Verdicts Roanoke Circuit Court workplace Wrongful Death

This action arose out of a two-car colli­sion on U.S. 40 in Sus­sex County which is a two-lane highway. The defendant drove off the road on the right, overcorrected, came back across the high­way into the oncoming lane and struck ...

Tagged with: Sussex County Circuit Court Wrongful Death