The London-based pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca will pay $198 million according to the Associated Press to settle roughly 18,000 U.S. lawsuits claiming that the drug Seroquel caused diabetes and other dangerous side effects. About eight thousand similar product liability lawsuits against the drug company are still pending in court. Seroquel (generic name quetiapine fumarate) was approved…
Far too many drivers are on the road right now feeling exhausted, maybe just pulled an “all nighter” and are having trouble concentrating. Their eyes get heavy and all they want to do is sleep, but they push themselves to get to their destination. This is what leads drowsy driving car wrecks. A recent car…
In his latest post to our firm’s VA & NC Medical Surgery Malpractice Attorneys Blog, my colleague Jim Lewis applauds a jury verdict in favor of a woman who had part of one leg and most of another foot amputated after her doctors failed to promptly diagnosis a potentially fatal blood infection called sepsis. Jim…
A 35-year-old Virginia woman was struck by a car while on vacation last week. Sharon Winn was walking in a crosswalk around 3 AM on Wednesday morning, July 28, when a vehicle struck her. Winn was rushed to a local hospital, where she is being treated for a head injury and is now in stable…
Over the past five years, the number of railroad crossing deaths at private crossings has surpassed the deadly rail crashes at public crossings in Virginia (VA). This is a disturbing trend since railroad crossing accidents at public crossings (i.e. rail crossings at high traffic public roads) is historically higher than at private crossings (i.e. rail…