Virginia High Court Remands Percocet Overdose Suit For New Trial On Punitive Damages

(April 20, 2020, 9:20 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Supreme Court on April 9 reversed a trial court’s decision to strike a claim for punitive damages and remanded for a new trial on such damages in a wrongful death action against a doctor accused of writing a patient at risk of addiction 144 prescriptions for Percocet over the course of 40 months (Shea Curtis v. Christopher Highfill, et al., No. 190117, Va. Sup., 2020 Va. LEXIS 38)....

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