Another serious Raleigh, North Carolina (NC), traffic accident is being blamed on a drunk driver. The predawn SUV rollover wreck on I-440 near Six Forks Road sent three to the hospital with injuries and appears to have occurred after the driver began arguing with her passengers. Authorities do not believe speed was a contributing factor,…
A tractor-trailer driver who was outside of his truck on Route 35 in Putnam County, West Virginia (WV), was knocked down and run over by a passing semi near Hurricane Creek Road. The at-fault driver of the second truck stopped to aid the victim and police did not immediately file charges. View Larger Map Many…
A new study regarding traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children has found that serious head injuries continue to affect patients even a decade after the accident that caused the trauma. The effects of a TBI on young children can last years. According to a new article published in the journal Pediatrics this month, “Predictors of Cognitive…
In the early morning hours of March 11, 2012, two young men lost their lives and two more suffered injuries in a car crash just outside Hudson, North Carolina (NC), on Mission Road near Hickory Boulevard. The vehicle ran off the road and hit a tree. View Larger MapNorth Carolina Highway Patrol Troopers who responded…
In his latest post to our VA-NC Medical Surgery Malpractice Blog, my colleague Mark F. reports on a major victory for a patient who suffered a stroke following botched gastric bypass surgery at a Florida (FL) hospital. The man’s surgeon, doctors and nurses failed to diagnose or treat internal bleeding during the postoperative period, and…