Record Inconsistencies Support Benefits Denial
Inconsistencies in claimant’s testimony about his abilities and work record and in the medical record support the ALJ’s denial of social security benefits based on a finding that claimant possessed the...
View ArticleWanted: A way to reverse problem with lawyers’ writing
As if bar candidates cramming legal knowledge didn’t have enough to worry about with the looming Virginia bar examination, word is out that bar examiners have been casting a critical eye on candidates’...
View ArticleALJ Rejects Treating Docs’ Opinions
The Harrisonburg U.S. District Court says the ALJ was justified in rejecting opinions of claimant’s treating physicians on her levels of mental and physical disability and her claim for benefits;...
View ArticleSchool Wins Dismissal of Pro Se ‘Bullying’ Suit
Plaintiff grandparents who filed a pro se suit against defendant public school district alleging school officials failed to protect their two grandchildren from bullying, intimidation and harassment by...
View ArticleSuit Dismissed for No Discovery Response
A Charlottesville U.S. District Court dismisses with prejudice civil rights claims filed by three of the five plaintiffs who allege a Charlottesville city ordinance that restricts panhandling to...
View ArticleAge Bias Claim Fails for Faulty Remedy
Adopting the magistrate judge’s recommendation, a Harrisonburg U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff’s age discrimination complaint for failure to demand available relief; the pro se plaintiff has a...
View ArticleSettlement is $1.1M in hospital death case
The children of a woman who died from a long-untreated blood infection after being seen at a hospital emergency room will share in a $1.1 million settlement of a claim against the hospital and the ER...
View ArticleEMTALA claim settled after death of drug-using woman – $1,100,000 Settlement
A $1,100,000 settlement has been reached with a western Virginia hospital and emergency room physician for the death of a 27-year-old needle drug-using woman who had previously given up the custody...
View ArticleWoman with drug problems suffered kidney damage – $750,000 Settlement
Plaintiff, a 33-year-old female, presented to a hospital emergency department with complaints of left-sided leg and hip pain following a fall. She was also experiencing nausea and vomiting. She...
View ArticleMan hurt by wrong-way driver on I-81 – $400,000 settlement
Plaintiff was injured in a head-on collision on Interstate 81 north. Defendant drove the wrong way on the Interstate and collided with the plaintiff’s vehicle; defendant had been drinking prior to...
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