In this medical malpractice case, a patient sued an emergency room physician and a radiologist for their substandard evaluation and treatment of supraglottitis, an infection of the epiglottis and surrounding supraglottic structures. In June 2016, the plaintiff presented to a…
A judge has refused to undo a $2.3 million medical malpractice judgment against a former Salem medical clinic that didn’t know it was being sued because its registered agent did not forward the suit papers. A former patient obtained a…
A missed deadline in a $3 million medical malpractice suit against a Salem clinic has brought about an abrupt and drastic result: It prompted a default judgment over the summer, and a judge last week ruled that a jury’s seven-figure…
When Roanoke-area health care providers make their worst mistakes, the results can get buried in two places: graveyards and out-of-town courthouses. Graveyards are where the victims of medical malpractice are buried; out-of-town courthouses are where the wrongful death lawsuits sometimes…
Earlier this year, Buena Vista Police obtained a search warrant for a house on Sycamore Avenue. The warrant was based on information from a “Reliable Confidential Informant” who told the copes there was methamphetamine in the house. Armed with the…
Months of negotiations became reality Tuesday as a special prosecutor dropped malfeasance charges brought against two Radford patrol officers and the city’s former police chief. Officer Chris Caldwell and 1st Sgt. Pete Rutzinski were exonerated and returned to active duty,…
Roanoke obstetrician-gynecologist Randall Falls was negligent in his care of a patient who nearly died after surgery to remove an ovary, a jury decided late last week. The jury, after deliberating for four hours, returned Friday night with a $1.3…
Two Roanoke police officers can’t hide behind their badges if they violated the constitutional rights of a Roanoke lawyer by jailing him after he repeatedly told them to leave his property, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed. A…
FIVE YEARS AGO this week marked the end of John McCloskey’s life. The morning of Dec. 18, 1994, the manic-depressive 18-year-old awoke inside Western State Hospital in Staunton, writhing in stomach pain and vomiting his own feces – the victim…
Rex Bowman. Richmond Times – Dispatch. Richmond, Va.: Apr 4, 1999. Copyright Richmond Newspapers, Incorporated Apr 4, 1999 When it came to spending money, Reid Jones Jr. was as cautious as a diamond cutter. A one-time traveling salesman with a…