The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a treatment provider waited too long after being allegedly short-changed by a municipal employer to file a claim for additional payment.
Mary Shields worked for the City of Portsmouth as an equestrian police officer. She slipped and injured her knee on Jan. 12, 2017, while walking with her horse.
Shields began seeing a doctor at Atlantic Orthopaedic for her knee injury on Jan. 20, 2017.
Shields went for another appointment on Jan. 27, and on Feb. 20, Atlantic performed surgery on the knee.
In the first week of March 2017, the city agreed t...
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