A judge made two key rulings Wednesday in the civil lawsuit involving more than 1,000 former patients of convicted OB-GYN Javaid Perwaiz, who are each seeking $10 million from Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.
Judge Linda Bryant allowed claims under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act to be added to the first six complaints in the litigation. Bryant also ordered the seven complaints, involving 1,040 women, to be combined into one master complaint.
At the center of the lawsuit are former patients of Perwaiz who accuse Chesapeake Regional of playing a role in unnecessary and irreversible gynecological surgeries and fraudulent billing…