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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
Virginia Lawyers Weekly » Verdicts & Settlements 
Virginia Medical Malpractice Cases
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- Why proving your doctor was wrong is not enough;
- How the medical profession bands together to keep you from winning your case;
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Blog for 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
- Another miscarriage of justice in Virginia medical malpractice claims
- National Tort Reform Would Arbitrarily Tell This Family "Tough Luck"
- "Certificate of Merit" Requirement Ruled Unconstitutional In Washington State
- Wall Street Journal -- Response to Tort Reform
- Woman Dies From Burns Incurred In Surgery
- Ten Common Medical Errors Everyone Should Know About
- Find The Answer To Your Question Regarding Virginia Medical Malpractice Cases!
- Lawsuit Claims Doctor Injected Patients with Substance Not Approved for Human Use
- Virginia Supreme Court Rules Against Parents in "Wrongful Birth" Case
- Nursing Home Patient Walks from Home and Dies
- But, Ben, the doctor's done this before!
- Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice: What's the Difference?
- Roanoke Times Editorial Critical of Virginia's Silly "Cap"
- Doctor Called "Immediate and Serious Threat To Public Health"
- Board of Medicine Acts Against Two Doctors
- One Million Dollar Fairfax Malpractice Verdict in Cancer Case
- "This Case Will Never Go to Trial "
Virginia Lawyers Weekly » Verdicts & Settlements
- Insurance for tow truck key to resolution of case - $675,000 Settlement
- Misplaced staple during surgery blocks blood flow, causes death - $775,000 Settlement
- Pulmonary embolism develops after disk surgery from crash - $275,000 Settlement
Library for Virginia Medical Malpractice Cases:
- Podiatrists unable to testify regarding causation. Hollingsworth v. Norfolk Southern. Supreme Court of Virginia [PDF]
Description: VA Supreme Court case regarding podiatrists and their ability to testify regarding causation of foot and ankle injuries. - VA State Board Reprimands Attorney For Frivolous Suit [PDF]
Description: Virginia attorney Michael P. Weatherbee get's publicly reprimanded by the VA State Board for suing the wrong person in a medical malpractice case. - The Right to Blog [PDF]
Description: Court rejects hospital challenge of attorney's right to blog about case - Inicent Report [PDF]
Description: Mahone v Sentara. Medical Malpractice Transcript regarding Hospital production of incident report that it claimed was privileged - Orthopedist Allegedly Went Ahead with Surgery Without Waking Patient Up [PDF]
Description: Fredericksburg, Virginia Lawsuit alleges doctor forgot where he was supposed to operate - An insurance company's response to a claim that the doctor operated on the wrong side of the shoulder.
- Fire in the Operating Room At Alexandria Hospital--the rest of the story
Description: The Supreme Court of Virginia has upheld a verdict against an Alexandria surgeon and the corporation she worked for arising from second and third degree burns which a patient suffered when a flash fire developed in the operating room. Rita Talbert had sued Debra Hutchins, M.D. and Alexandria Surgery, LTD after she was severely injured in a 2005 fire at the Inova Alexandria Hospital. The surgery was to have been a simple outpatient thyroid surgery. - Virginia Board of Medicine Reprimands Doctor Who Missed Rectal Cancer [PDF]
Description: In a case in which a jury awarded $1 million to a malpractice victim, the Virginia Board of Medicine has reprimanded the doctor. - Virginia Statute of Limitations--outrageous miscarriage of justice [PDF]
Description: Virginia is in the dark ages when it comes to tackling the statute of limitations in medical malpractice cases. In most states your time does not begin to run until you discover that you have been a victim of malpractice. Not Virginia, a very doctor protective state. - Blankenship v. Sheller, MD [PDF]
Description: Wrongful death lawsuit filed against Barbara Sheller and Seattle Children's Hospital
Frequent Questions for Virginia Medical Malpractice Cases:
- Does "defensive medicine" add to the cost of health care in the United States?
- I was dating a doctor and I discovered that the doctor looked at my private medical records. I am not a patinent of the doctor. Now we are no longer dating.
Does Virginia recognize a cause of action for this invasion of my privacy? - Has INOVA Fairfax Hospital ever been sued?
- Does a parent have a medicla malpractice claim for witnessing the suffering of his child?
- What is the difference between a personal injury attorney and a medical malpractice attorney?
- I recently discovered that a previous dentist had done work in 2004 that was incompetently done. What is the statute in this case and when does it start - upon the last work done by the previous dentist or upon my discovering the dentist's bad work?
- Is there a statute of limitation on a malpractice suit? How long after a malpractice injury do you have legal claim?
- Are physician expert witnesses easy to find and are they usually willing to testify against another physician?
- Do most medical malpractice cases result in a verdict in favor of the patient?
- TBA: Do most medical malpractice cases settle?
- Does a bad outcome mean that medical malpractice has occurred?
- Should I obtain my own medical records or should I get an attorney to obtain them for me?
- What do I do if I suspect that malpractice has occurred?
- Why do medical malpractice cases take longer than normal legal cases?
- Are most medical malpractice awards subject to a cap on damages, if so, which damages are capped?
- How do I make a claim against the local, state, or federal government?
- What damages can be recovered for medical malpractice?
- Can anything be recovered if medical malpractice causes the patient to die?
- Do I have to pay my insurance company back out of a recovery for medical malpractice?
- Do I have to pay back government benefits paid to me because of an injury?
- What do I have to prove in my medical malpractice case?
- What must be shown to prevail in a medical malpractice case?
- Can you file a claim for what could have happened?
- Is a misdiagnosis malpractice?
- What expenses are generally paid by a settlement for a malpractice case?
- I was on a medical malpractice jury recently. Although we wanted to find for the plaintiff we were afraid that our verdict would destroy the doctor financially. His wife was sitting in the courtroom during closing arguments and we really felt sorry for them. Will a doctor be destroyed by a medical malpractice verdict?
- You declined my case. How come?
- Why do we need expert witnesses in our case?
- How can we prevent the doctor from altering my medical records?
- What is "informed consent?"
- What is the "continuous treatment" rule?
- If I sue my doctor, is he going to lose his license?
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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?