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They Grow Up Too Soon: Don’t Let Time Expire on Your Child’s Medical Malpractice Claim Article

They Grow Up Too Soon: Don’t Let Time Expire on Your Child’s Medical Malpractice Claim

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Article co-written by Matthew Broughton, Jared Tuck, and intern Nicholas Beck In Virginia, a minor’s personal injury case typically has a statute of limitations of two years from the child’s 18th birthday. However, that deadline does not apply when the injury was caused by a medical provider’s negligence. If your child’s claim does not get filed before the expiration of the two-year statute of limitations, then his or her claim may be forever barred. The statute of limitations for a minor’s medical malpractice case can often be confusing, but with the help of experienced Virginia medical malpractice attorneys, your child […]

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United Parks & Resorts Earned a Defense Verdict After Nearly Seven Years of Litigation

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The results of client matters depend on a variety of factors unique to each matter. Past successes do not predict or guarantee future successes.

A Gentry Locke trial team earned a defense verdict for United Parks & Resorts after nearly seven years of litigation in both state and federal court. The Plaintiff was injured on the Aquazoid waterslide while boarding a family-style raft. Her medical damages of over $260,000 were not contested. She had two surgeries on her left knee. Plaintiff sued for $1.5 million and asked the jury to award $868,000 in closing argument. After three days of evidence, the jury found that our client’s lifeguards were not negligent, vindicating our multi-year effort to defend the Plaintiff’s claims.

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Defense Verdict Obtained for Western Express in Rear-end Accident

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The results of client matters depend on a variety of factors unique to each matter. Past successes do not predict or guarantee future successes.

Gentry Locke’s Civil Defense Litigation team defended Western Express in a multi-car accident on I-81 in Southwest Virginia. A Western Express tractor-trailer was the last vehicle in the collision series to rear-end Plaintiff’s work van. Plaintiff suffered serious injuries, including a spinal fracture and an uncontested moderate traumatic brain injury (“TBI”) with subdural bleeding. His uncontested medical damages totaled $337,000. Plaintiff alleged a variety of permanent ailments arising from his TBI. He sued for over 10 million dollars and refused to negotiate a settlement for a reasonable amount of damages. Liability was contested, as was the permanence of Plaintiff’s injuries. […]

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Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Release of Virginia Permit Transparency Website

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RICHMOND, VA – Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today the release of the Virginia Permit Transparency (VPT) website to bring increased transparency and efficiency to the Commonwealth’s permitting processes. “Our administration is committed to increasing transparency in the permitting process. The Virginia Permit Transparency website allows Virginia to continue to lead the country by bringing greater visibility to the regulatory and permitting processes,” said Governor Glenn Youngkin. “Virginia is demonstrating how a transparent permitting process can continue to attract top-quality business and job opportunities.” VPT provides the public a centralized platform to track the daily status and timeline of critical steps […]

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Brett Marston Named President Elect of the VSB

K. Brett Marston Named Next President-Elect of the Virginia State Bar

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ROANOKE, Va. (March 18, 2024) – The Virginia law firm Gentry Locke is pleased to announce that the firm’s managing partner K. Brett Marston has been named the next President-Elect of the Virginia State Bar (VSB). He will be elected as the 2024-2025 President-Elect of the VSB at the 2024 VSB Annual Meeting in late May. His term as President-Elect will begin July 1. “We are proud of the dedication Brett has shown in serving the legal profession and upholding the highest standards of professionalism, and know that his leadership will be a benefit to the Virginia State Bar,” said Gentry Locke Chair […]

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Cybersecurity FCA Whistleblowers Article

Cybersecurity FCA Whistleblowers

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In October 2021, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative. The purpose of this initiative is to combat cybersecurity vulnerabilities and cyber threats by ensuring federal contractors and grantees implement required cybersecurity standards. Whistleblowers play a critical role in the initiative. Cybersecurity fraud is often difficult for the government to detect, so the DOJ relies on insiders to report violations under the federal False Claims Act (FCA). The FCA allows whistleblowers, known as “relators,” to bring a lawsuit regarding an entity’s false claims to the United States for payment. This is known as a qui […]

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The Return of Divided Government in Virginia Article

The Return of Divided Government in Virginia: The State Budget as Ground Zero for the Power Struggle Over Virginia, Perhaps Headed to the Supreme Court of Virginia

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On January 10, 2024, Virginia returned to fully divided government, with the General Assembly entirely controlled by one party and the Executive Mansion controlled by the other party.  While hope springs eternal for bipartisanship and compromise, this era of political brinksmanship will make the Virginia Budget the legislative tool through which the General Assembly will attempt to force its will.  How far that can go implicates thorny and unanswered constitutional questions—questions that the Supreme Court of Virginia may soon be called upon to answer. A Brief Virginia Government Lesson First, a recap on the basics.  The legislative process requires both […]

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Ferrum College Lecture Series

Gentry Locke Announces Lecture Series Hosted at Ferrum College

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ROANOKE, Va. (March 7, 2024) – Gentry Locke Attorneys and Ferrum College are pleased to announce the 2024 Gentry Locke Lecture Series will be hosted at the College on Wednesday, April 10. The spring presentation titled “Demystifying AI: The Truth…a Terrible and Terrific Future” will focus on artificial intelligence, and its impact on industry, the future of jobs, and what higher education needs to consider as it prepares the students of today and tomorrow. Guest speakers will have opportunities to engage with Ferrum College students throughout the day and the evening presentation. The evening presentation is open to the public and will feature several […]

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Discovery in Virginia Article

Criminal Discovery

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Having now had the privilege (or pain) of practicing criminal law in three different states, I can safely say that not all criminal discovery rules and practices are even remotely equal. In law school, we all read Brady and Giglio and know well that a criminal defendant is entitled to certain information, namely exculpatory and impeachment evidence. However, I am sure more than one state criminal practitioner has had a state court judge or prosecuting attorney look at them as if they are speaking Greek whenever either Brady or Giglio is mentioned, and unfortunately, more than once in this last […]

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The Guardians of the Courthouse Gates: Virginia’s Requirement for Pre-Service Expert Certification in Medical Malpractice Cases

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A doctor’s negligence can have devastating and life-altering effects on a patient. A slip of the knife, a missed diagnosis, an unreasonable delay in treatment: All of these can lead to catastrophe. Many times, a patient’s only recourse after an encounter with a negligent healthcare provider is the Civil Justice system and a lawsuit to recover those damages caused by that provider with experienced medical malpractice attorneys. Although a suit for medical malpractice is just a more specific and specialized claim of negligence, Virginia law places a number of guardians at the gates of the courthouse, in an attempt to […]

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