Rawls Law Group recently reached a $725,000 settlement for the family of 71-year-old woman in Virginia who died tragically from metastatic colon cancer. The mother of RLG’s client had visited the same primary care doctor for years when she began experiencing stomach discomfort. The primary care doctor dismissed the symptoms as being related to irritable bowel syndrome, even when the woman’s stomach discomfort worsened and began interrupting her sleep. Due to the misdiagnosis,

In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Hencely v. Fluor Corp. that state law tort claims against a military contractor are not preempted where the federal government neither ordered nor authorized the contractor’s alleged misconduct. The Court's ruling rejected the Fourth Circuit’s categorical “battlefield preemption” doctrine, thereby restricting military contractor immunity. When asked about the recent ruling, Glen Sturtevant, attorney and chairman of AAJ’s Feder

Canterbury Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Henrico County is facing its most serious regulatory scrutiny after a Virginia Department of Health inspection determined the facility failed to protect multiple residents from a known aggressive resident over the course of nearly two years. Inspectors issued "immediate jeopardy" citations — the most severe classification available — following an April 2026 review that revealed four residents in the facility's memory care uni