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Medical Malpractice Defense
The backbone of our litigation practice centers on defending physicians,
hospitals, nurses, nursing homes, and other healthcare providers in medical
malpractice actions. The firm has multiple offices with professional liability defense
teams, allowing the firm to provide broad geographic coverage within Virginia,
a feature of particular interest to the firm’s insurance clients.
The firm also defends healthcare providers in Maryland, the District
of Columbia, and West Virginia.
Most importantly, however, we have a history of successfully representing
healthcare clients in medical malpractice cases filed in state and federal
courts throughout Virginia and its neighboring jurisdictions.
In three of the last five years, the firm has obtained defense verdicts
that the Virginia Medical Law Report and the Virginia Lawyers Weekly have
reported to be among the largest defense verdicts in Virginia.
We have represented healthcare providers in cases involving a wide range of medical
and surgical conditions.The following is a mere sample of issues litigated: birth injuries, infant
death, fetal anomalies, conjoined twins, shoulder dystocia, emergency medicine, abdominal aortic aneurysm, DVT, myocardial
infarction, asthma, dehydration, carcinoma, joint replacement, spine surgery,
paralysis, pulmonary embolism, subdural hematoma, foot drop, ventilator
malfunction, heart lung bypass, toxicology, inferior alveolar nerve, lingual
nerve, dental implants, cellulitis, sepsis, Adult Respiratory Distress
Syndrome (ARDS), cholecystectomy, hysterectomy, ectopic pregnancy, fractures,
psychiatric diagnosis, suicide, patient falls, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's
disease, emphysema, bronchospasm, hyponatremia, radiographic diagnosis,
CT scans, MRI films, IVPs, tomograms, and SPECT scans.
In each of our offices, trial attorneys work in teams of principals,
associates, and legal assistants. As a result, when we represent a client,
that client gets the benefit of not just one attorney, but a team of professionals.
Our principals and associates have extensive experience in defending medical
malpractice actions through trial and appeal, and their expertise in this
complicated area of the law inures to the benefit of each client. Our
legal assistants and nurse paralegals have years of experience and understand how to obtain
and organize medical records and facilitate expert witness reviews. We
pride ourselves on involving each client so as to take full advantage
of the client’s expertise, and to ensure that each client stays fully
informed regarding the litigation.
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