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  • Read more: The Scope of Virginia’s Birth–Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program

    The Scope of Virginia’s Birth–Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program

    By Alex Stein Virginia’s Birth–Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act of 1987 (BRNICA) affords aggrieved patients a no-fault compensation remedy for qualified injuries while giving potential tort defendants – doctors and hospitals who choose to participate in the Birth–Related Neurological Injury Compensation Fund – an absolute immunity from malpractice liability. Va. Code Ann. § 38.2-5002. For a…