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A small boy of four in Virginia Beach is now a multimillionaire. A birth injury lawsuit filed by his mother after her son was permanently disabled due to birth injuries has netted $60,000 to the mother for medical expense reimbursement, and the amount of $2.3 million in damages to the boy. This award will allow the boy to have medical care, assistance, and compensation for difficulties and challenges he will face as an adult. The defendants in the case included nurse-midwife Rhonda Bertholf, and the medical practice of Dr. Richard M. Valentine Jr. M.D.,PC. Because Valentine’s practice is associated with Bertholf he was named as a defendant in the birth injury malpractice suit even though he had no involvement in the actual delivery. Information about the birth details, circumstances and the specifics of the birth injury were not disclosed except that the mother who filed the suit claims that her…
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