The estate of a 33-year-old asserted a claim that Adderall was wrongly prescribed to the deceased while he was a patient at a psychiatric facility, and that outpatient therapy thereafter failed to provide necessary counseling that was required, due to ...

Tagged with: Judge Thomas S. Shadrick Medical Malpractice Settlement Wrongful Death

Plaintiff’s decedent was an 85-year-old widowed female who was in reasonably good health, living alone and self-sufficient. She was a driver killed in a two-vehicle intersection collision. She had been proceeding straight on Braddock Road and the other driver, going ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Michael C. Allen Settlement Wrongful Death

Doe, 53, was diagnosed in 2005 with a brain tumor called a glio­blastoma. Via aggressive treat­ment in an NIH clinical trial, he was doing well. In 2015, Doe was transferred back to his treating oncologist, Dr. Roe. Roe prescribed two ...

Tagged with: Judge Thomas S. Shadrick Medical Malpractice Million-Dollar Settlements Wrongful Death

Plaintiff’s decedent, a 58-year-old man, was found lying in a median of a four-lane highway next to his mo­tor scooter late at night. Rescue squad delivered him to a hospital emergency department, he was examined by emergency depart­ment physician, found ...

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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 ...

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