Defective hip implants are affecting people from all walks of life including those living right here in Hampton Roads. That’s what 59-year-old Clayton Blosser of Newport News, Virginia (VA) faced when he opened a letter last year that said the artificial hip he’d had implanted in 2006 was being recalled by the manufacturer. Priscilla LeMoine…
The domination of the health insurance market in Hampton Roads by two companies is revealed in a report from the American Medical Association, according to the Virginian-Pilot. The companies in question are WellPoint, the parent company of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Virginia (VA), and Optima Health. The article says WellPoint had a…
Yesterday in Charlotte, North Carolina (NC), a man died when he lost control of his pickup truck. The accident happened around 3:30 on Bellhaven Boulevard. Officers say the 39-year-old man ran off the right side of the road, lost control of his Nissan pickup, and crashed into three trees. Rescue workers say he died at the scene….
In his latest post to our firm’s Norfolk Injuryboard blog, my colleague John C. offers essential tips for boaters and riders of personal watercraft such as Jet Skis. John notes that avoiding drowning and injuries on the water is often as simple as not drinking and boating and always wearing a properly fitted life jacket. EJL
APM Terminals in Portsmouth, Virginia (VA), saw its seventh on-the-job fatality in the past six years on March 28, 2011, when a forklift driver drove over a stevedore. The accident took the life of 38-year-old Ceres Marine Terminals employee Paula Bellamy. She was struck by containers being carried on the fork while she was guiding…