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DISCLAIMER: The above results are specific to the facts and legal circumstances of each of the above clients' cases and should not be used to form an expectation that the same results could be obtained for other clients in similar matters without reference to the specific factual and legal circumstances of each client’s case.

$3.3 Million Verdict For Wrongful Death Of 3-Year Old At Inova Fairfax Hospital

We represented the parents of a 3-year-old girl who died at Inova Fairfax Hospital as a result of a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of elevated ammonia in her blood. The daughter was born with a urea cycle defect, which is a genetic inborn error of metabolism. As a result of this defect, she was unable to metabolize protein properly. As a result, ammonia built up in her body instead of being converted to urea and excreted through urine. Ammonia is toxic to the brain. The health care providers at Fairfax Hospital recognized that our client's daughter had critically high ammonia levels, yet they failed to implement treatment that would have reversed the ammonia levels. As a result, our client's daughter suffered irreversible brain damage, ultimately leading to her death. The jury returned a verdict for $3.3 million. The trial court reduced the verdict to $1.7 million in accordance with Virginia's applicable statutory cap on damages. Inova Fairfax Hospital appealed the jury verdict. The Virginia Supreme Court denied the petition for appeal. The verdict was recognized as the 4th Largest Medical Malpractice Verdict in Virginia in 2006.

Awarded: $3,300,000.00

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