NC Regulatory Group Shuts Down Assisted Living Facilities due Neglectful Conditions

An assisted living center in Warren County has been closed by the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation. According to the report the Floyd McKissick Senior Assisted Living Center in Norlina received zero stars under the state’s adult care licensure rating system. This is the lowest rating possible. An inspection made at the facility…

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Virginia (VA) Jury Awards $7.5 Million in Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer Case

A great result in a medical negligence case was recently achieved in the Spotsylvania Circuit Court of Virginia in a wrongful death case about a doctor’s error in treatment. According to an article that appeared in Virginia Lawyers Weekly, a jury awarded $7.5 million to the husband of a registered nurse who died from breast cancer. Eleanor Browder had noticed a lump in her breast
and had gone to see her family practitioner from Lee’s Hill Medical Associates in May 2003.

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