Library

Our library contains articles and briefs written by our lawyers and other documents and references we think will be interesting and useful to our visitors.

Library Categories:

• Medical Malpractice
• Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility Abuse
• Managed Care Abuse & Insurance Company Misconduct
• About our Lawyers
• Our Lawyers in the News
• Court Opinions in Cases of our Lawyers
• Nursing Home Liability and Elder Abuse
• Defective Products
• Expert Witnesses
• Discovery
• Other Topics
• General

Medical Malpractice:

• Centra Health v. Mullins - amicus curiae brief [PDF]   
  Description: When an elderly person is the victim of medical malpractice it is often disputed whether he or she died as a result of medical malpractice or whether the victim suffered personal injuries yet died of natural causes. Attorneys Josh Silverman and Carolyn Lavecchia filed this brief in the Virginia Supreme Court arguing the plaintiff can present both personal injury and wrongful death claims to the jury.
• Riverside Hospital v. Johnson [PDF]   
  Description: Attorney Josh Silverman co-authored this successful amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief to persuade the Virginia Supreme Court that hospital incident reports must be provided to the plaintiff. In this case, the Virginia Supreme Court held that incident reports that contain medical information are not protected from discovery. The opinion by the Virginia Supreme Court can be found in this library under "Court Opinions in Cases of our Lawyers."
• Medical Malpractice Legislation Update [PDF]   
  Description: In 2005, the Virginia General Assembly enacted the most sweeping procedural changes to medical malpractice litigation in years. For injured persons, the most significant change is a new requirement that the plaintiff obtain a certificate from a qualified expert that the defendant breached the standard of care and that the breach of the standard of care caused the plaintiff's injury or death. The attached article describing the newly enacted laws was authored by attorney Joshua Silverman.
• Medical Malpractice Victory in Richmond [PDF]   
  Description: PLEASE NOTE THAT CASE RESULTS DEPEND UPON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE. THE RESULTS OF ONE CASE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT A CERTAIN RESULT WILL BE ACHIEVED IN FUTURE CASES. PLEASE CONTACT US TO DISCUSS THE SPECIFICS OF YOUR CASE.
  
  Tom Williamson successfully represented a plaintiff in a medical malpractice trial in Richmond. The jury awarded the plaintiff $1.5 million. Click on the above link to read the trial report published in Virginia Lawyers Weekly.
• Trial of a Medical Malpractice Case [PDF]   
  Description: A chapter on the trial of medical malpractice cases authored by Tom Willliamson and published by the Virginia Law Foundation in "Medical Malpractice Law in Virginia (2008)".
• Medical Malpractice Win in Petersburg, Virginia   
  Description: PLEASE NOTE THAT CASE RESULTS DEPEND UPON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE. THE RESULTS OF ONE CASE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT A CERTAIN RESULT WILL BE ACHIEVED IN FUTURE CASES. IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE LAWYERS OF WILLIAMSON & LAVECCHIA, L.C. TO REVIEW YOUR LEGAL MATTER, PLEASE CONTACT US.
  
  Carolyn Lavecchia and Joshua Silverman successfully represented the plaintiff who had undergone a Nissen fundoplication. The jury awarded 1.25 million dollars plus pre-judgment interest.