In his latest post to our firm’s VA & NC Medical Surgery Malpractice Attorneys Blog, my colleague Rick Shapiro reports that Norfolk, Virginia (VA) primary care physician Dr. Disamodha Amarasinghe is facing the revocation of his license. Evidence shows the doctor irresponsibly prescribed potentially deadly narcotic painkillers, possibly including fentanyl patches, and was negligent in…
Every day that a parent sends their child out the front door to the bus stop, they trust that they will arrive at school safely. Sadly, this isn’t always the case. Only minutes after telling his mom goodbye, a Kempsville High school student was struck and fatally injured on the way to his bus stop…
Years spent playing football in high school, at the University of Notre Dame and on Super Bowl-winning New York Giants and Chicago Bears teams may have taken such a toll on Dave Duerson’s brain that he took his own life in mid-February 2011. He was 50. After retiring as a player, Duerson remained active with…
An accident involving a tractor trailer and a pickup truck on the outskirts of Charlotte, North Carolina (NC) has left two people dead and three more injured. North Carolina (NC) Trooper C.B. Ferrell said the tractor-trailer was parked on the side of the road Monday afternoon. Ferrell said a witness said the pickup, which…
A fire-safety equipment manufacturing company’s appeal has been denied in the case of a firefighter whose widow received $40 million in damages from them. The announcement came on Tuesday, February 1, 2011. In 2007, Angela Martin and her children were awarded $27 million in a judgment against Survivair Respirators Inc. and its parent company, Bacou-Dalloz….