Charlottesville Jury Awards $825,000 in Virginia Medical Malpractice Case
Rick Shapiro and Kevin Duffan obtained a $825,000 jury verdict in a medical malpractice case.
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Roanoke Hospital Settled
Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia has been the focus of a $3 million wrongful death lawsuit in the case of a man who died from lung cancer in 2011. This case recently was settled for $2 million. The lawsuit alleged that doctors for the clinic failed to act after they took two chest x-rays in…
Two Kentucky Pedestrians Killed in Separate Accidents That Involved Cement Trucks
Some people say lightening never strikes twice. However in Louisville, KY there have been two different fatal accidents in the last six months that involved an Advance Ready Mix concrete truck and pedestrians. The latest truck accident occurred when a concrete truck failed to yield the right of way and hit two women in a crosswalk…
Some Dental X-Rays Dramatically Increase Risk of Developing a Brain Tumor
Some people hate going to the dentist. Well, a recent study revealing a connection between certain dental x-rays and brain tumors probably won’t assuage people’s fears of a dental office. The study interviewed a test group and asked , among other things, about the person’s history of dental work and the number of times they…
Portsmouth, VA Mother Who Suffered Brain Damage Has Malpractice Award From Maryview Hospital Upheld
The federal appeals court in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), on December 8, 2011, upheld a $900,000 malpractice award a woman from Portsmouth had won from Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center. In the original case, stemming from a botched Caesarean section conducted to deliver the woman’s fourth child in 2005, the woman and her Norfolk attorney, Kim Michelle…