<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Rawls Law Group]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our experienced team of medical legal professionals is dedicated to providing our clients with the highest level of legal representation.
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The case was resolved at mediation earlier...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/900-000-settlement-a-hard-fought-settlement-in-a-wrongful-death-case</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a43c31bdc061b2051d8cd48</guid><category><![CDATA[Verdicts and Settlements]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:26:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_49fb2c6a5b9e43a69f7679a3bab8dbcc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rawls Law Group</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[$500,000 Settlement: VA Hospital's Failure to Monitor a Patient Results in Fatal Airway Obstruction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rawls Law Group recently secured a $500,000 settlement on behalf of the estate and surviving family of a decorated military veteran who died as a result of preventable negligence at the Hampton Virginia VA Medical Center. The veteran was admitted to the hospital for routine rehabilitation treatment. While hospitalized and restrained, hospital staff failed to follow several patient safety standards including maintaining proper control of medical supplies in the patient's room. As a result, a...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/500-000-settlement-va-hospital-s-failure-to-monitor-a-patient-results-in-fatal-airway-obstruction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a43c0a33c06bdad542955e1</guid><category><![CDATA[Verdicts and Settlements]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:15:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_5863101083e04bd0a2976aa6ca621c73~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brewster Rawls</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[$435,000 Settlement: VA Misses Veteran's Fatal Stroke]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rawls Law Group recently secured a $435,000 settlement for the family of a veteran who died after VA providers failed to diagnose a life-threatening stroke in time to intervene. The veteran presented to a VA emergency room with worsening neurological symptoms, and the on-call radiologist misread the imaging as normal. In reality, the scan showed a blockage of the arteries supplying blood to the brain. Because of this failure, the veteran was  never transferred for emergency intervention. He...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/435-000-settlement-va-misses-veteran-s-fatal-stroke</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a42894ef0b33a1db58016ef</guid><category><![CDATA[Verdicts and Settlements]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:18:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_1faac83b144a4b988da53d4fe08245db~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brewster Rawls</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[$725,000 Settlement: Ignored Stomach Discomfort Leads to Delayed Cancer Diagnosis]]></title><description><![CDATA[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, the primary care...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/725-000-settlement-ignored-stomach-discomfort-leads-to-delayed-cancer-diagnosis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a31a7eb6e3aac0bcf9bdb99</guid><category><![CDATA[Verdicts and Settlements]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Med Mal News]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:51:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_d1a395eb3fa545eb90671153d697a0d0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rawls Law Group</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Restricts Contractor Immunity Defenses in Hencely v. Fluor Corp.]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 Federal Tort Liability...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/supreme-court-restricts-contractor-immunity-defenses-in-hencely-v-fluor-corp</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1f1cebb7fe62b256a0c0fb</guid><category><![CDATA[VA News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Veterans Affairs News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Tort Claims Act]]></category><category><![CDATA[FTCA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Firm News]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:53:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_c39c5108414942cead472ef6b52a9111~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rawls Law Group</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Henrico Nursing Home Failed Its Most Vulnerable Residents — and the State Is Taking Notice]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 unit were abused...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/a-henrico-nursing-home-failed-its-most-vulnerable-residents-and-the-state-is-taking-notice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b583d8ba6aec9a810866d</guid><category><![CDATA[Nursing Home Cases]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Med Mal News]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 18:37:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_50d3ec154dd3415484dc46393d95cafa~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rawls Law Group</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Nursing Home Industry's Political Playbook ]]></title><description><![CDATA[At Rawls Law Group, we spend our days fighting for people who have been harmed in nursing homes. We see the consequences of inadequate staffing, weak oversight, and a regulatory environment that too often tilts toward industry interests rather than patient welfare. So, when a new CBS 6 investigation revealed that the nursing home industry has become one of Virginia's top political donors heading into the 2026 legislative session, it was troubling—but it wasn't surprising. This past General...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/the-nursing-home-industry-s-political-playbook</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f8c0116774f9d9f8d3b61c</guid><category><![CDATA[Firm News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nursing Home Cases]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 16:05:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_656bf34ac0654d17a821d3529561751c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rawls Law Group</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Staying Calm, Building Reputation, and Winning the Long Game: Sharp Cookie Interview w/ Brewster Rawls]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Tifiny Swedensky’s recent episode of Sharp Strategies Sweet Success on Sharp Cookie, President and Founder of Rawls Law Group, Brewster Rawls, was interviewed to discuss what it takes to build a long-term, sustainable practice. The secret: it all starts with mindset. Owning and operating a business will be met with turbulence. As a business owner, life is going to throw many things at you; however, you have to be able to bounce back and tackle objectives one day at a time. Nothing is...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/staying-calm-building-reputation-and-winning-the-long-game-sharp-cookie-interview-w--brewster-raw</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f8b9c4993f3e5ebcb04079</guid><category><![CDATA[Lawyer Advice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Firm News]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 15:36:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_9a57290363a04d43982f8498fdd1a76e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rawls Law Group</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shocking and Sad: Peter Anderson Talks to CBS 6 about VDH’s Failure to Enforce Nursing Home Insurance Law]]></title><description><![CDATA["If nursing homes are allowed to skirt Virginia law and not be insured up to the damage cap without consequence, this could mean that many, many victims of nursing home abuse and negligence... cannot receive justice."                                                                                      											 — Peter Anderson, Rawls Law Group A Virginia nursing home abuse attorney is speaking out against what he calls a serious and systemic failure by the state's health department to...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/shocking-and-sad-peter-anderson-talks-to-cbs-6-about-vdh-s-failure-to-enforce-nursing-home-insuranc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cead5b719295076f2cb23e</guid><category><![CDATA[Virginia Med Mal News]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:02:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_8314c2170e0540d3bf846fef2d12832c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rawls Law Group</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rawls Law Group Investigates Negligent Plastic Surgery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Outpatient cosmetic surgery is often sold as quick, affordable, and low risk. But when clinics cut corners on safety and post‑operative care, patients can end up in the hospital or worse. This is especially true in high‑volume cosmetic surgery chains and loosely regulated “recovery houses,” where vulnerable patients may be left without real medical oversight at the most critical moments.   The Dangerous Illusion of “Easy” Cosmetic Surgery Across the country, cosmetic surgery centers heavily...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/rawls-law-group-investigates-negligent-plastic-surgery</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a6e69d7c30ee37982fb92b</guid><category><![CDATA[Virginia Med Mal News]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:55:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_573c2ec1b26f45ffa9184b3cab64891c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter Anderson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighting the Good Fight - Glen Sturtevant Targets Nursing Homes During General Assembly Session]]></title><description><![CDATA[Outside the Virginia State Capitol this week, a group of advocates made their voices heard — demanding that lawmakers take meaningful action on nursing home quality. Their message was urgent, personal, and, for many of them, long overdue. The demand from advocates came after the General Assembly’s recent session failed to address issues disrupting nursing home care and quality in Virginia. 	Earlier this month and late last month, Sen. Glen Sturtevant (R-Chesterfield and Rawls Law Group...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/fighting-the-good-fight-glen-sturtevant-targets-nursing-homes-during-general-assembly-session</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a1e25150fcf4a427a01ec9</guid><category><![CDATA[Nursing Home Cases]]></category><category><![CDATA[Firm News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Med Mal News]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:33:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_68527977480347d191ebcffa8d38e93b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rawls Law Group</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal Prisoners and the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) is the primary vehicle through which federal prisoners can sue the United States government for negligent or wrongful acts committed by federal employees. In the context of federal prisoners, claims under the FTCA can commonly include medical malpractice or negligence. This blog post will discuss the complicated history federal prisoners have had with FTCA claims and how a recent Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decision has catalyzed the...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/federal-prisoners-and-the-federal-tort-claims-act-ftca</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699f582bbf1bf6f6a2a7a56c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:22:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_603ca4b8d5594fe4998da15799de956a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rawls Law Group</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mazor Medtronic Surgical Robot Malfunctions: What Injured Patients Need to Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[What Is the Mazor Medtronic Surgical Robot?   The Mazor X and Mazor X Stealth Edition are robotic guidance systems manufactured by Medtronic, which acquired Mazor Robotics in December 2018 for $1.7 billion. Marketed as a precision tool for spinal surgery, the system is designed to guide surgeons during the placement of pedicle screws and other spinal implants. It does this by tracking the real-time position of surgical instruments relative to the patient's spine and displaying that...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/mazor-medtronic-surgical-robot-malfunctions-what-injured-patients-need-to-know</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6998849ff63bd550f09f287f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:07:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_2658c41f0664451cb262aa193777a2c7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter Anderson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starting off the New Year Strong: Peter Anderson serves as a Nursing Home Panelist for Virginia Trial Lawyers Association's Long-Term Care Retreat ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In late 2025, Peter Anderson was named a Leader in Law by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. This distinction came shortly after Peter Anderson was appointed to former Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin’s nursing home oversight board. The latter part of 2025 was filled with success for Peter, and the start of 2026 is no different. On February 6th, 2026, Peter was selected to be a panelist for the Long-Term Care Retreat, an informative seminar hosted by the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (VTLA)....]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/starting-off-the-new-year-strong-peter-anderson-serves-as-a-nursing-home-panelist-for-virginia-tria</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69987d946624c1d60f16213e</guid><category><![CDATA[Firm News]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:32:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_61e520b3ec1642b095ac9f709a7e63d8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rawls Law Group</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claims of Sexual Assault and Improper Cancer Treatment Against Dr. Attique Samdani, a Richmond Oncologist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Richmond oncologist Attique Samdani had his medical license revoked for up to three years after the Virginia Board of Medicine found he made inappropriate sexual comments and touched a woman against her will while acting as her mentor. Although three sexual assault allegations have been reported to police, no criminal charges have been filed due to the statute of limitations or victims choosing not to pursue a case. Our firm has recently been contacted by multiple individuals who report a...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/claims-of-sexual-assault-and-improper-cancer-treatment-against-dr-attique-samdani-a-richmond-oncol</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698e41498879a928a5a8b661</guid><category><![CDATA[Virginia Med Mal News]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:14:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_cedd76e574a14d02b645d17cad70782c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rawls Law Group</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[$1.3 Million Settlement: Misinterpreted Ultrasound Leads to Delayed Diagnosis and Wrongful Death of Six-Year-Old Girl ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rawls Law Group recently reached a $1.3 million settlement for the family of a six-year-old girl who died from a small bowel obstruction. The defendant radiologist misinterpreted an ultrasound remotely and reported the findings as nonspecific, failing to identify massive ascites and bowel abnormalities that plaintiff’s experts opined were clear indicators of ischemia or obstruction. Rather than an immediate transfer for emergency surgery, the medical team followed the radiologist's...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/1-3-million-settlement-misinterpreted-ultrasound-leads-to-delayed-diagnosis-and-wrongful-death-of</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6989ff0e5ce248ef448368b2</guid><category><![CDATA[Verdicts and Settlements]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:41:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_9fb12113468a4554a8ff2e94e3b8bade~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brewster Rawls</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[$400,000 Settlement: Nurse's Negligence Results in Permanent Bladder Damage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rawls Law Group represented a 58‑year‑old Virginia woman who underwent surgery for bladder prolapse. During the post‑operative bladder challenge, a hospital nurse overfilled the woman's bladder to more than double the normal capacity and failed to timely catheterize her despite complaints of pain. The nurse's negligence caused a permanent bladder sprain, recurrent urinary tract infections, and voiding dysfunction. The case was resolved at mediation for $400,000 with Justice Roush of the...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/400-000-settlement-nurse-s-negligence-results-in-permanent-bladder-damage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6984f7d853744f609cc38f7c</guid><category><![CDATA[Verdicts and Settlements]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 20:10:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_ae191b6e6fb9407685938b767e867834~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brewster Rawls</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gulf War Illness Gets Medical Recognition, But VA Benefits Lag Behind]]></title><description><![CDATA[“This is more than just a code. This is long-overdue validation for the suffering of the quarter-million afflicted veterans — and a formal acknowledgment that their illness is real, physical and service-related.”   - Beatrice Golomb, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine at University of California San Diego School of Medicine   More than three decades after the end of the Gulf War, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has officially recognized Gulf War Illness within their...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/gulf-war-illness-gets-medical-recognition-but-va-benefits-lag-behind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69090780661dffee57b9b2a2</guid><category><![CDATA[VA News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Veterans Affairs News]]></category><category><![CDATA[FTCA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Tort Claims Act]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_a8f80951fa9c47cba3e8b5fe5ef1b072~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rawls Law Group</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FEAR NOT]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Christmas story – that is, the story of the birth of Jesus – is full of angels. Without fail, the angels greet the mortals, whether it be Zacheriah, Mary or the shepherds or whoever, with an admonition to not be afraid. 	 That disclaimer makes total sense. The appearance of an angel would be rather scary. In our modern times, if we perceived we were encountering an angel, we might be concerned we had gone crazy – and if you told anyone about it there are plenty who would, in fact, think...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/fear-not</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6949a2535d4b64b89eeb7ce6</guid><category><![CDATA[Firm News]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 21:18:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_e821f38c270a4523b4f24e0897dff105~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brewster Rawls</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Hour Delay Nets $900,000 Settlement]]></title><description><![CDATA[In hospitals, certain presentations trigger certain actions. At this point, such protocols should be observed by all hospitals. Failure to do so is a breach of the standard of care. It’s negligence. When a patient comes into an emergency room with complaints indicative of a heart attack, rapid action is necessary. The most important thing to do initially is to get an EKG, a tracing of the heart’s electrical activity. This test can give the healthcare providers important information as to...]]></description><link>https://www.rawlslawgroup.com/post/one-hour-delay-nets-900-000-settlement</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69455a09a79f8c9ba2b1867a</guid><category><![CDATA[Verdicts and Settlements]]></category><category><![CDATA[Firm News]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:03:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/474a7c_aba129d4f89a49e78a199630c7599e49~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_788,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Brewster Rawls</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>