Medical Malpractice

• Staten Island Man Receives Settlement

  Ben Glass | December 23, 2008 12:00 PM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  A settlement has been reached in a medical malpractice case involving a man from Staten Island, New York who alleged that a doctor failed to remove all of a tumor, resulting in additional,...

• Studies Show Emergency Rooms Overwhelmed By Uninsured

  Greg Webb | December 22, 2008 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  A recent report, released by the American College of Emergency Physicians, states the nation’s system of emergency rooms is in serious trouble. More and more unemployed or uninsured Americans...

• Botched Surgical Procedure for a Couple from Hurricane, West Virginia

  Ben Glass | December 21, 2008 11:56 AM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  A couple from Hurricane, West Virginia has filed a medical malpractice suit against a doctor who allegedly botched a surgical procedure to remove a thymus gland on the wife. The suit was...

• Why Families Need Personal Injury Lawyers-Another Medical Error Horror Story

  Rick Shapiro | December 19, 2008 11:36 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  There has been a recent trial verdict report out of North Carolina by some fine personal injury/medical malpractice lawyers who represented an 11-year-old named Kaleb Davis and his family. Davis...

• Medical Residents Urged To Get Sleep After 16 Hours

  Greg Webb | December 18, 2008 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  A panel at the Institute of Medicine recommended that medical and surgical residents in hospitals work no more than 16 hours without taking a mandatory five-hour sleep break, along with other work...

• Negligent Treatment at an Air Force Base Causes Woman to File Suit

  Ben Glass | December 18, 2008 9:37 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  A woman who filed a medical malpractice suit against the U.S. Government after necrotizing fasciitis, a flesh eating infection, virtually destroyed her arm due to the negligent treatment of military...

• Family Awarded $9 Million in a Medical Malpractice Case a Decade Later

  Ben Glass | December 16, 2008 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  A family has been awarded at least $9 million in a medical malpractice case, nearly a decade after the death of their 12-year-old son. On December 14, 1999, Andrew Muno underwent a surgical...

• Emergency Rooms are Disasters

  Dan Frith | December 10, 2008 2:31 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Don't take my word for it...take the word of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). The annual report card by the ACEP gave the nation a D- grade for Americans’ access to...

• MRSA Infections Typically Caught In Hospitals, Killing 18,000 People Each Year

  Greg Webb | December 09, 2008 8:00 AM | 4 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  MRSA infections kill more than 18,000 people a year, and six out of seven people infected with the antibiotic-resistant germ contract it at a health care facility. The germ, methicillin-resistant...

• Emergency Room Deaths Caused by Medical Malpractice

  Ben Glass | November 29, 2008 8:32 AM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  According to a 2007 statistic released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 115 million Americans receive treatment in emergency rooms each year. According to a report from the...