According to published reports, a Fairfax Circuit Court jury has awarded the estate of a former employee of Inova Fair Oaks Hospital nearly $2.25 million dollars following and operation to repair a failed Nissen fundoplication.

The verdict, awarded against Barry Walter, M.D. and Virginia Surgery Associates, was later reduced to $1.85 million to comply with Virginia’s “doctor and insurance company protection” law.

Read full story via  Virginia Malpractice News.