By Tucker Griffin Barnes | Published April 24, 2023 | Posted in Auto Accident, Bicycle Accident Attorney, Car Accident Attorney, Charlottesville Personal Injury Attorney, Harrisonburg Personal Injury Attorney, Medical Malpractice, Motorcycle Accident Attorney, Palmyra Personal Injury Attorney, Personal Injury Attorney, Staunton Personal Injury Attorney, tractor-trailer accident, Virginia Personal Injury Attorney | Tagged Tags: American colonies, American shippers, constitutional rights, freedoms, history, impartial jury, importance., jury service, King Henry VIII, Magna Carta, nullification, obligation, obligations, privilege, Revolutionary War, safeguarding, significance, Star Chamber, system of laws, taxes, trial by jury, unjust laws, US Constitution, Virginia charter | Comments Off on The Importance of Jury Service: Safeguarding Our Constitutional Rights
The Importance of Jury Service: Safeguarding Our Constitutional Rights
You probably know that trial by jury was first guaranteed as a right in 1215 when King John signed the Magna Carta. Did you also know that in 1500 King Henry VIII abolished the right to trial by jury? From 1500 to 1689 that right did not exist for English citizens. A secret court called Read More
$1,750,000 Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict
HUGE congrats to Yvonne T. Griffin, our senior trial attorney, and Lee Livingston from MichieHamlett, on their $1,750,000 medical malpractice verdict. Our client sued an Augusta County orthopedic surgeon and Orthopedics Associates LTD in Fishersville following a knee replacement operation that resulted in one of her legs being amputated. The $1.75 Million verdict is one Read More
Patients File Malpractice Claims for Misdiagnosis
Medical malpractice does not only include unreasonable or intentional neglect. New studies have determined that misdiagnosis is an equally serious form of medical malpractice — one that is far more prevalent than was previously known. The studies found that somewhere between 26 and 63 percent of malpractice claims were cases of missed diagnosis, in which Read More
