Virginia lawyers weekly recently their list of the largest Virginia judgments 2009. The list had listed 21 judgment (a judgment must be at least $ 1 million to make the list) with 7 of them as medical malpractice judgments. Missing judgments on course with 4, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 20 with the highest distinction among them listed at $7.4 million! This is a whole amount.

However, that $7.4 million is not what the plaintiff was awarded, simply what thought the jury the case was worth. Unfortunately the jury judgment medical malpractice Cap (i.e. found missing between 1 July 2001 and 1 July 2002) to the current Virginia of $1.6 million and is only 15 highest verdict in Virginia for 2009.

The story is the same for the other medical malpractice cases. In fact, if you in the caps each medical malpractice judgment applied to factor, just a case makes the top 10, a judgment $ 1.85 million, and it has rankte Darden as number combo 10., the million dollar-Medmal judgments from Virginia in 2009 total $ 11.72 million not just the largest 2009 ruling in the State, a 13.5 million US-dollar false advertising claim.

Food for thought is the next time the someone you that says medical malpractice reforms required. Unfortunately, it is already here and the plaintiff's their only recovery since 1999 refuse served has.

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