A Virginia public hospital’s corporate arm does not automatically inherit government immunity, and the doctor who treated you may have none at all. Immunity is a defense they must prove, not assume.

The District sets no dollar limit on pain and suffering, unlike Maryland and Virginia. A $4 million malpractice verdict that survived appeal shows how D.C. juries are allowed to put a number on what was taken from you.

A Virginia jury found that a delayed specialist referral cost a patient most of his sight. An appeals court then erased the verdict over one missing piece of proof. Here is what these claims require.

In Maryland, being listed in a relative’s wrongful death lawsuit does not protect your own claim. A new ruling cost a father his share because he did not formally join within three years of his son’s death.