Case summary: Pulliam  v. Coastal emergency Services (supreme court 1999)

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Supreme Court of Virginia.
Karl B. PULLIAM, Executor of the Estate of Elnora
R. Pulliam
v.
COASTAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OF
RICHMOND, INC., et al.
Record No. 980659.

Jan. 8, 1999.

In this wrongful death action, personal injury trial attorneys Charles H. Cuthbert Jr. and Margaret Cuthbert Broaddus of Cuthbert Law Offices in Petersburg, Va. led the way in an appellate fight that challenged the constitutionality of the state’s cap on medical malpractice damages. This was a medical malpractice case arising out of the Emergency Room at Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, Virginia. This important appeal drew interest from multiple parties and numerous amicus briefs were filed. The Supreme Court of Virginia upheld the cap in a January 8, 1999 opinion.  The jury’s verdict of over $2 million dollars is the largest verdict ever returned by a Petersburg jury.

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