Two teen-aged girls went to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital after being hit by cars in separate accidents after school on May 22, 2012. The first, and more serious, pedestrian accident occurred on Granby Street near Wards Corner in Norfolk, Virginia (VA). The 17-year-old crash victim sustained serious injuries, but it is unknown whether her life…
A new traumatic brain injury clinic for children in Richmond, Virginia, has made VCU’s Children’s Hospital see a three-fold increase in head injury cases.
Nearly 80 percent of medical malpractice claims were decided in favor of the defendant doctor.
A civil trial jury in Roanoke, Virginia (VA), on May 18, 2012, awarded a family whose daughter was born in 2001 with cerebral palsy and malfunctioning kidneys $9 million to pay for past and future medical treatment costs. The damages are to be paid by two obstetricians who, evidence presented in court showed, misdiagnosed a health…
A crash has claimed two lives near Fayetteville, North Carolina (NC). The accident occurred between exits for N.C. 59 through Hope Mills and U.S. 71 for Parkton and Red Springs. According to the Fayettesville Observer, a blue Oldsmobile heading north veered across the median, then struck a Hummer head on. The Hummer flipped before coming…