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Tazewell County Circuit Court Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore for the Plaintiff, along with Co-counsel Tom Scott of The Street Law Firm. While at Clinch Valley Medical Center on April 19, 2008, our client developed priapism, a urologic emergency which required immediate evaluation by a urologist. Our client’s attending physician failed to timely obtain a urologist to evaluate him and, as a result, the priapism went untreated for approximately 16 hours. This caused permanent erectile dysfunction. After more than 3 days of evidence, a jury of 7 women and 1 man deliberated for approximately two-and-a-half hours before returning a verdict for our […]

Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore for the Defense Salem City Circuit Court In a residential construction dispute, a contractor sued homeowners for $385,000 for alleged unpaid extra work. Gentry Locke represented the homeowners in defense of the lawsuit. After a six day jury trial, the jury only awarded the contractor a de minimus amount of approximately $6,000.

Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore for the Defendant Virginia Board of Medicine The Virginia Board of Medicine leveled disciplinary charges against our client, a pain management physician, for allegedly excessive and improper prescribing of opioid medications to a patient who had recently completed inpatient detox treatment. Following a hearing, the Board dismissed all charges. It found that the inpatient treatment records showed only that the patient was opioid dependent, not opioid addicted. As the patient had long-term chronic pain problems, she would be expected to be dependent on opioids to manage that pain. In short, the Board concluded that the physician […]

Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore for the Defense Montgomery County Circuit Court The case involved a slip-and-fall with an ad damnum (demand) for a half-million dollars. The plaintiff fell in her sister-in-law’s yard in November of 2005. Gentry Locke represented the sister-in-law defendant, and following the sister-in-law’s death in 2012, represented her estate. Guy Harbert and Catherine Huff defended the case on the grounds that the plaintiff could not prove what caused her fall, and that our client had no notice of a defective condition in her yard or of the plaintiff’s presence in the yard at the time of the fall. At trial […]

Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore for the Plaintiff Arbitration Our client suffered cervical injuries when the car she was driving was rear-ended by a taxicab driver. The cab driver was charged with following too closely and paid a fine, but argued that our client negligently operated her car and caused the collision. The parties agreed to arbitrate the matter. The arbitrator found the cab driver negligent and returned an award for our client.

Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore for the Plaintiff Amherst County Circuit Court Our client suffered right hip and elbow injuries in a motor vehicle collision involving a tractor-trailer and a pickup truck. The passenger van he was riding in was hit on its left side by the pickup truck. The driver of the pickup truck blamed a tractor-trailer driver for cutting him off, which he claims caused him to go into our client’s lane of travel and collide with the van. Evidence from the scene indicated the pickup truck driver was not paying attention to the turning tractor-trailer and that the […]

Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore for the Plaintiff. Roanoke City Circuit Court Gentry Locke attorneys Tony Russell and Anthony Segura won a jury trial case concerning the wrongful, preventable death of an 89-year-old retired nurse. Although medical records indicated that the victim was a fall risk, employees at an orthopedic center instructed the woman to stand to have X-rays taken of her spine. While standing unassisted she fell, striking her head on the floor, and died six days later in a hospital. The Roanoke City jury found unanimously that the orthopedic center was negligent for the actions of its employees […]

Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore for the Plaintiff. A Roanoke City jury unanimously found for the victim of medical malpractice, who was represented by Gentry Locke attorneys Tony Russell and Amanda Shaw, against Carilion Clinic, awarding $1 million to fully and fairly compensate the victim for her injuries and damages. The patient had a medical condition known as Wegener’s Granulomatosis, which she entrusted to the care of Carilion Clinic.  However,  Carilion Clinic’s physician did not timely diagnose or treat the patient’s condition. As a result, the patient’s Wegener’s Granulomatosis progressed until she suffered acute kidney failure, requiring emergent hospitalization and approximately two […]

Monica T. Monday of Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore for the Appellee. The Court of Appeals of Virginia has affirmed an equitable distribution award in a divorce appeal and has awarded the wife her appellate attorney’s fees. The court found no error in the trial court’s ruling that gives 55% of the marital property to the wife and considered the husband’s poor relationship with his stepdaughter. Finding that the husband’s appeal lacked merit, the court also granted the wife’s request for the husband to pay her appellate attorney’s fees.