Virginia Malpractice News » Nursing Home Malpractice http://virginia-medical-malpractice.com Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:32:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Sexual Assault in Nursing Home-What Can Be Done http://virginia-medical-malpractice.com/sexual-assault-in-nursing-home-what-can-be-done/ http://virginia-medical-malpractice.com/sexual-assault-in-nursing-home-what-can-be-done/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:36:02 +0000 Ben Glass http://virginia-medical-malpractice.com/?p=160 It’s horrifying to imagine that a resident of a nursing home can be victimized. The question sometimes arises whether such a case is governed by Virginia’s medical malpractice act. After all, is this “medical malpractice” at all? In a 2006 case against Woodbine Nursing home (Alexandria, Virginia) the Supreme Court of Virginia ruled that such a case is not governed by the Virginia Medical Malpractice Act.

The Supreme Court of Virginia’s decision on this sexual assault in a nursing home case is here.

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