Of the 130 nursing homes in West Virginia, over half received a below average rating by Nursing Home Compare. The ratings were based on data from state inspections as well as staff-to-patient ratios.
Virginia’s Peanut Corporation of America is now facing wrongful death charges after a nursing home resident died from a salmonella infection following the consumption of a PCA peanut butter product.
Two years after the mining tragedy, two more families settled their wrongful death lawsuits with the mining company involved in the Sago Mine disaster.
The Associated Press reports that both the West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety, and Training, and the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration are investigating whether the recent fatal accident at a West Virginia Patriot Coal Mine is mining-related. On Jan. 28, 43-year-old Darrell Massey, a contract worker, was killed in a vehicle rollover….
As Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Virginia (VA) medical malpractice lawyers with over one hundred combined years of legal experience, we are familiar with the local practices that govern medical malpractice claims in Virginia Beach, Norfolk and the surrounding areas of Chesapeake, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, Virginia and beyond, as we have filed injury suits…