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Virginia Medical Malpractice Cases
- Podiatrists Soon Able to Make Diagnoses! They Couldn't Before?
- Lawyer Sues Wrong Doctor - VA Supreme Court Upholds Reprimand
- Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Doctor Forgot Where to Operate, but Went Ahead Anyway
- Hospital Thwarted in Attempt to Hide Stunning Facts of Patient's Death
- MedMal Cases Misrepresented in Virginia's Largest Verdicts
- An Example of How Medical Malpractice Cases Should Be Handled
- Doctor operates on wrong side and his insurance company says "we didn't do anything wrong!"
- Fairfax Jury Awards $2.25 Million in Malpratice Case
- Virginia Board of Medicine reprimands doctor who feel to order appropriate tests for rectal bleeding
- Doctor's medical license revoked after failing to order appropriate tests
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Frequently Asked Questions about Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, and Insurance Disputes
Q: What is "informed consent?"
A: When you have a procedure such as surgery, your physician is obligated to inform you about the risks, benefits and alternatives to the procedure. This way you become informed about your medical options available to you. In many instances, the physician fails to advise the patient about specific risks or alternatives to the procedure, or the patient has a bad outcome where one or more risks was not disclosed to the patient. The key issue in this type of claim is whether the patient would still have proceeded forward with the procedure, had they, as a reasonable person, known of the risks of the procedure. If the answer is no, then there is likely a basis for a claim. If the patient would have gone ahead regardless of the risks, even though the physician may not have told them of that specific risk, then in all likelihood they would not have a viable basis for such a claim.
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Latest News
- Posted on 11/10/2009Virginia Supreme Court upholds verdict following a fire in the operating room
- Posted on 10/12/2009Doctor Misdiagnoses Cancer and Cuts Off Leg
- Posted on 2/20/2009One of the largest verdicts in Virginia
- Posted on 9/26/2008Doctor Who Failed to Do One of Two Promised Procedures Has to Pay, Says Virginia Supreme Court
- Posted on 6/10/2008Did Patient Die Because Doctor Hung Up Phone?