Ford v. Commonwealth

By Judge Thomas d. Horne

In this medical malpractice action, plaintiffs seek recovery against various health care providers based upon care rendered Jan Ford while a patient at the University of Virginia Hospital during the period from February 12,1996, to April 4, 1996. At the time he was being treated at the hospital, Jan Ford was seventeen years of age. Jan Ford suffered a left iliac wing fracture, a humerus fracture, and a severe closed head injury as a result of a skiing accident that took place on February 12,1996. Plaintiffs John Ford and Marijke Ford, his wife, seek to recover the…