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Our library provides important information to people who have been hurt in medical malpractice, car and truck accidents or other catastrophic accidents in Virginia or Washington D.C.  Read more about your brain injury, spinal cord injury, or other serious injury in our regularly updated library.

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• Medical Malpractice
• Car / Truck Accidents
• Birth Injuries
• Brain Injuries
• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Old Firm News
• Brain Injury
• Birth-Related Articles
• Medical Articles
• Significant Court Decisions
• Car / Truck Accidents
• Tort Reform News
• General

Significant Court Decisions:

• Virginia Supreme Court Issues Important Decision For Disputed Wrongful Death Cases [PDF]   
  Description: The decision in Centra Health, Inc. v. Mullins is a big victory for plaintiff's rights.
• Virginia Supreme Court clarifies the foundational requirements for the admissibility of medical literature [PDF]   
  Description: In Bostic v. About Women OB/GYN, the Virginia Supreme Court addressed the issue as to the foundational requirements for the introduction of medical literature pursuant to Virginia Code 8.01-401.1. The Bostic Court held that the trial court erroneously admitted medical literature, and reversed a jury verdict in favor of the defendant.
• Virginia Supreme Court addresses damages issue in truck accident wrongful death case [PDF]   
  Description: In Wright v. Minnicks, the Virginia Supreme Court reversed a trial court's decision to set aside a verdict in favor the plaintiff. The jury had awarded the plaintiff significant damages for loss of income, services, protection and assistance as a result of the decedent's death, but had awarded the plaintiff zero compensation for loss of solace damages. The Wright Court held that in light of evidence that showed the plaintiff's and decedent's marriage was failing, the jury's award of zero compensation for loss of solace damages was not inappropriate.
• Massachusetts Supreme Court Holds That A Doctor's Responsibility Goes Beyond Patients   
• Trial Court Order Awarding Plaintiff Costs and Attorney's Fees As A Result Of Defendant's Refusal To Admit An Uncontested Fact [PDF]   
• Virginia Supreme Court reaffirms mother's right to recover for her own emotional distress suffered as a result of an in utero injury to her fetus [PDF]   
  Description: The Virginia Supreme Court upheld a jury's verdict in favor of a mother's emotional distress claim arising from a birth injury to her son. The significance of this decision is that it recognizes that an injury suffered by a baby while in the mother's womb causes harm to both a mother and her child. As a result, both mother and child are permitted to recover for their injuries and Virignia's statutory cap on damages will apply to the mother and child separately. Mother and child are each entitled to recover an amount up to the limits of Virginia's medical malpractice cap.
• Virginia Supreme Court agrees with trial court's decision to fine defense attorney who raised groundless legal defenses [PDF]   
  Description: In an era when plaintiffs and plaintiff's attorneys are routinely criticized for bringing frivolous lawsuits, a Fairfax County trial court judge held that a defense attorney for Ford Motor Company raised legal defenses that were without any factual support. The trial judge fined the defense attorney as a result. In the attached opinion, the Virginia Supreme Court agreed with trial court's decision.

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