Archive for January, 2010

Virginia Lawyers Weekly released their Virginia’s Largest Verdicts list for 2009 recently. Medical malpractice cases were represented at spots number 4, 5, 9, 11, 13,15, and 20. The “amount” numbers for the medical malpractice are somewhat skewed, however, due to Virginia’s current medical malpractice cap. The cap statute reads: “In any verdict returned against a health care... »

A patient suffering from acute chest pain, diaphoresis (heavy sweating associated with physical distress), and pain radiating to the left arm with numbess. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital where he later suffered a myocardial infarction (heart attack). Despite the fact that catheterization was called for by the EMT the patient did... »