Missed deadline leads to $2.3 million default judgment in Roanoke medical malpractice suit

Jan - 19
2020

Missed deadline leads to $2.3 million default judgment in Roanoke medical malpractice suit

A missed deadline in a $3 million medical malpractice suit against a Salem clinic has brought about an abrupt and drastic result: It prompted a default judgment over the summer, and a judge last week ruled that a jury’s seven-figure award for the plaintiff will stand.

The company, Salem Orthopaedics, has argued that its registered agent, attorney Jeff Dorsey, did not inform it of the suit when it was first filed in June. It said it remained unaware of the legal action until early September, by which time a $2.3 million judgment had already been entered against it.

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