2011 - Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp

Chesapeake, VA Police Officer Dies During Dive Training: Possible Equipment Defect Suspected

In a perfect world, all police officers would retire or leave the force on their own terms. But as we all know, it’s not a perfect world. On December, 20, 2011, the Chesapeake, Virginia (VA), Police Department lost a brave officer, Timothy Schock, during routine water search-and-rescue dive training. Members of the Chesapeake police dive team were conducting exercises…

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Portsmouth, VA Mother Who Suffered Brain Damage Has Malpractice Award From Maryview Hospital Upheld

The federal appeals court in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), on December 8, 2011, upheld a $900,000 malpractice award a woman from Portsmouth had won from Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center. In the original case, stemming from a botched Caesarean section conducted to deliver the woman’s fourth child in 2005, the woman and her Norfolk attorney, Kim Michelle…

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